Place | North & Central America: Caribbean |
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Accession Number | ART13328 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | unframed: 40.3 x 51 cm (irreg.) |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on plywood |
Maker |
Crozier, Frank |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1936 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Coaling HMA ship (cruiser) at the West Indies
Description
Men of the West Indies are coaling a ship. HMAS Sydney and 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.