EN0450 Accession Number: EN0450

Description

Group portrait of five unidentified seamen at a signalling class aboard 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.

Details

Accession Number
EN0450
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Date Made
c 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Stoker C Cootes
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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