001391/22 Accession Number: 001391/22

Description

A crowd of relatives and friends who gathered on the wharf to greet troops arriving by train for embarkation and farewell those already embarked on the troopship carrying them to the Middle East.

Details

Accession Number

001391/22

Photographer

Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate

Date Made

April 1940

Place Made

Melbourne

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

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