G01553
Photograph G01553 First World War, 1914-1918At Sea. 9 November 1914. "The Japanese battleship Ibuki crossing over at full speed to put herself between us (HMT Orvieto) and the German raider SMS Emden, about 11 a.m." C E W Bean
G01554 Accession Number: G01554
Description
CEW Bean original caption : At Sea. November 1914. M. Guillaux, a French aviator, to whom we (HMT Orvieto) gave a passage". The AWM embarkation roll for the 1st Division Headquarters ( AWM 8 Sub-Class 1/42 ) lists him as Aviator accompanied by attendant and grouped with the other non-combatants and honorary captains such as C E W Bean, PE Schuler and Chaplain W E Dexter. Guillaux is sitting on a sea chest belonging to Lieutenant (later Major ) Benjamin Douglas Jack, 5th Battalion, who was killed in action on 9 April 1918.
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Accession Number
G01554
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
November 1914
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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