Description
Playing their instruments, unidentified band members from HMAS Melbourne start running in the Band Race at the sports competition held by the crew. With HMAS Sydney, the Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the Caribbean (based in Jamaica) and the North Atlantic off Long Island (based at Halifax) between 1915 and 1916, as part of the North American and West Indies Squadron. Bermuda was the base for the squadron.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Credit Line
Donor Stoker C Cootes
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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