The first troopships leaving Albany, Western Australia Accession Number: P00252.002

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The first troopships carrying Australian and New Zealand soldiers, horses and supplies to the Great War, leaving Albany on 1 November 1914. This photograph was taken by 607 Private William H Fell, AIF, who died of wounds on 4 May 1918. Fell's negatives, taken throughout the war, were forwarded to the Sydney photographer Harold Cazneaux, for whom Fell had been a studio assistant before the war. Cazneaux printed Fell's negatives.

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Accession Number
P00252.002
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Overall: 23.5 cm x 26.4 cm
Date Made
1 November 1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Johnson
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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