EN0353 Accession Number: EN0353

Description

View of part of the fore deck of the destroyer HMAS Yarra, showing an Australian flag flying from a pole. Together with her five sister destroyers, HMAS Yarra left Gibraltar on 3 January 1919; the flotilla returned to England before departing for Australia in two groups in February and March.

Details

Accession Number
EN0353
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
December 1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Seaman E Bouchier
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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