Group portrait of unidentified crew members aboard the destroyer HMAS Parramatta. The men are ...

Place Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
Accession Number EN0366
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Adriatic Sea
Date made January 1918
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 unidentified crew members aboard the destroyer HMAS Parramatta. The men are warmly dressed in thick coats, gloves, scarves and caps. Note the ship's mascot, a puppy. The six Australian destroyers took part in patrols of the Adriatic Sea between October 1917 and October 1918.