Description
Portrait of two unidentified seamen in fancy dress costume for the sports competition run by the ship's company of HMAS Melbourne. 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
Lent by Stoker C Cootes
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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