Two officers on horseback at Spencer Street Railway Station. One of them is Brigadier General ...

Accession Number C01220
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made August 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Two officers on horseback at Spencer Street Railway Station. One of them is Brigadier General Walter Ramsey McNicoll, DSO (commanding 10th Infantry Brigade). Also pictured are numerous hansom cabs and several horse drawn vehicles carrying a variety of goods. At the time reinforcements were marching through Melbourne to embark at Port Melbourne.