| Accession Number | PB0787 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Barnes, Josiah |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne |
| Date made | 6 December 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints
Description
Members of the 9th Reinforcements, 4th Machine Gun Company, (4MGC) grouped informally on the wharf, waiting to embark on the troopship HMAT Orsova (A67). On the first deck of the ship several civilians stand and watch the soldiers on the wharf. Behind the soldiers at the back is a sergeant wearing a peaked cap. Second row, third from right seated, 561 Private (Pte) John Allen Salmon, farmer of Beeac, Vic. Pte Salmon died of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis on 2 April 1917 at Belton Hospital, Grantham, England aged 28 years.