Soldiers waving farewell before embarking at Melbourne on the troopship Empress of Canada which ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 001842
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 5 May 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Soldiers waving farewell before embarking at Melbourne on the troopship Empress of Canada which joined the Queen Mary and several other ships to form a convoy carrying Australian and New Zealand troops to the Middle East.