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Photograph EN0524 First World War, 1914-1918Captain Oliver Backhouse CB, RN, inspects the ship's company on board HMAS Australia. The third officer in the group following Captain Backhouse is Fleet Surgeon Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN.

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Captain Oliver Backhouse CB, RN, inspects the ship's company on board the battle cruiser HMAS Australia. The third officer in the group following Captain Backhouse (far left, turned side on to the camera) is Fleet Surgeon Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN.
Captain Oliver Backhouse CB, RN, inspects the ship's company on board HMAS Australia. The third officer in the group following Captain Backhouse is Fleet Surgeon Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN.

Captain Oliver Backhouse CB, RN, inspects the ship's company on board HMAS Australia.

Five officers who served with HMAS Australia from when she was commissioned on 21 June 1913, and were popularly known for that reason as 'the Old Contemptibles', take a stroll on the ship's deck. Thi

Group portrait of five officers who served with HMAS Australia from when she was commissioned on 21 June 1913, and were popularly known as 'the Old Contemptibles'. This nickname was first adopted by
Captain Oliver Backhouse CB, RN, at work in his cabin on board HMAS Australia.

Group portrait of the medical staff on board the battle cruiser HMAS Australia. Identified left to right (back): Sick Berth Attendant G Matheson. Middle row: Sick Berth Attendant L Vanstone; Sick Be
