001390/27 Accession Number: 001390/27

Description

Troops of a unit of the 7th Division AIF carrying their kitbags and wearing great coats line up on the wharf for embarkation on the troopship which will carry them to the Middle East. In the right foreground is VX2414 Pte George Leon King of 2/2 Australian General Hospital (AGH). Next to him is a soldier by the name of Pope and another member of the unit is holding an Australian flag aloft.

Details

Accession Number
001390/27
Photographer
Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
15 April 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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