HMT Rangatira (A22) at Pinkenba Wharf embarking members of the 2nd Australian Light Horse ...

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Accession Number P01235.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 24 September 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

HMT Rangatira (A22) at Pinkenba Wharf embarking members of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment and 7th Battery, Australian Field Artillery (AFA). Troops of the 7th Battery AFA lined up on the wharf waiting their turn to embark on the troopship. The Rangatira was part of the convoy carrying the first contingent to Egypt.