Collection relating to Albert Bissett Amess

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon
Accession Number P02241.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Amess, Albert Bissett
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon
Date made c December 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Exterior of the Mess Hut at the Officers' Training School, Royal Military College (RMC), Duntroon. The hut was big enough to hold about 120 men for meals. The hut was also used as a lecture hall and sometimes as a concert venue. The soldiers standing outside the hut are officer trainees or cadets of No. 3 Platoon. (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store)