Group portrait of the gun crew of HMAS Sydney's port number 3 (P3) 6 inch gun, on the deck in ...

Accession Number A03401
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Gibraltar
Date made December 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of the gun crew of HMAS Sydney's port number 3 (P3) 6 inch gun, on the deck in front of the breech and gun shield. Identified from left to right, back row: 1934 Able Seaman (AB) Ernest Robert Hansen; 2221 Leading Seaman (LS) George Henry Wilson; 8007 Petty Officer (PO) James Edward Newham; and 3328 AB Adolphus Taylor.
Second row: 2803 AB Robert John Adams; 7862 LS Walter Albert Oliver; and 7869 AB Harry Harold Edson.
Front row: 2351 AB Otto George Morris; 7925 AB Charles Percival Turner (holding the ship's cat); and 2090 AB Blaise Stanley Beaton, who originally enlisted as Herbert Harry.