EN0405 Accession Number: EN0405

Description

Group portrait of three officers from the destroyer HMAS Swan at the port in the mouth of the Adriatic Sea. Identified left to right: Acting Lieutenant John Gordon Boyd of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve; Commander Arthur George Hayes Bond; Engineer Lieutenant Commander George William Bloomfield of Brisbane, Qld. HMAS Swan was engaged in patrols of the Adriatic Sea between October 1917 and October 1918.

Details

Accession Number
EN0405
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
November 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Sub Lieutenant Munro
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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