EN0274 Accession Number: EN0274

Description

Group portrait of five unidentified Australian soldiers on a visit to HMAS Torrens, with an unidentified member of the crew. The man on the extreme left is a lighthorseman, and possibly also the fourth man from the left. With the other five ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla, HMAS Torrens visited Port Said on her way to Malta, where the crews were to undergo training for patrol duties in the Adriatic Sea.

Details

Accession Number
EN0274
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
1917-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by J M Benjamin
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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