Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

Accession Number PB0210
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Barnes, Josiah
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Date made 19 February 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

Members of the 7th Reinforcements, 10th Machine Gun Company lined up along the railway tracks on the wharf next to a railway carriage prior to boarding HMAT Ballarat (A70). There are two railway workers in the group, one standing with his hands in his pockets in the centre and the other one to the right turning around. There is a train porter to the right and perhaps a station master standing to the far left.

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