SORRENTO, VIC. MARCH 1919. SOLDIERS AND NURSES AT BACK BEACH ENJOYING A PICNIC DURING THEIR STAY ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Mornington Peninsula, Portsea
Accession Number P01425.020
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

SORRENTO, VIC. MARCH 1919. SOLDIERS AND NURSES AT BACK BEACH ENJOYING A PICNIC DURING THEIR STAY AT THE QUARANTINE STATION AFTER THE VOYAGE HOME ON THE TROOP TRANSPORT HMAT DERBYSHIRE. QUARANTINE WAS A MEASURE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. (DONOR: J. A. BATE)