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Photograph C01062 First World War, 1914-1918The first convoy of Australian troopships lying outside Colombo Harbour en route to Egypt. The ship with two funnels is the Orient liner HMAT Orvieto (A3), which was the flagship of the convoy.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC, 1914-10. AUSTRALIAN TROOPSHIPS ORVIETO (A3), WITH THE TWIN FUNNELS, AND OMRAH, WAITING TO SAIL WITH THE FIRST CONVOY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND AND THENCE TO EGYPT. (DONOR B. HASEMAN)
The first convoy of Australian troopships lying outside Colombo Harbour en route to Egypt. The ship with two funnels is the Orient liner HMAT Orvieto (A3), which was the flagship of the convoy.

BRISBANE, QLD, 1914-09-25. 3RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, 7TH BATTERY, WAITING TO SAIL FROM BRISBANE, BEING FAREWELLED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. (DONOR B. HASEMAN)

Men of the 9th Battalion attending a church parade on the pier in Melbourne. The Queensland transports were waiting in Port Phillip Bay for permission to proceed to King George's Sound, Western Austra

Two Australian troopships waiting off Albany, Western Australia, to sail with the first Australian convoy on 1 November 1914.

King George's Sound, WA. 1914-10-27. Ships of the first convoy of transports carrying the first contingent of troops of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and New Zealanders, prior to leaving Albany

King George's Sound, WA. 1914-10-27. Ships of the first convoy of transports carrying the first contingent of troops of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and New Zealanders, prior to leaving Albany
