Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

Accession Number PB0010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Barnes, Josiah
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Date made 3 October 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Members of 118th Howitzer Battery, 4th Divisional Artillery Column (4DAC) wait to board HMAT Aeneas (A60), seen in the left background. A soldier on the right front has a flag resting on his leg with 'For our brave boys' printed on it. Other soldiers are holding Australian flags, Union Jacks and one (front left) is holding a (possibly) French flag.

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