EN0475 Accession Number: EN0475

Description

Group portrait of seamen, officers and visitors on board HMAS Australia on the occasion of a visit by the Prince of Wales. Most of those sitting on the deck in the front row are midshipmen. Second seated row: unidentified; unidentified commodore; unidentified captain; Sir Joseph Cook, Minister for the Navy in the Federal government 1917-1920 and former Prime Minister of Australia 1913-1914, wearing a bowler hat; Commodore John Saumarez Dumaresq, commander of His Majesty's Australian Fleet; Edward, the Prince of Wales; Admiral Grant; Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty; Admiral Haworth Booth; unidentified.

Details

Accession Number
EN0475
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Date Made
15 April 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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