Images relating to the service of Frederick Lucas King

Accession Number	P02449.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Print
Place made	At sea
Date made	c October 1914
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A wallaby, which was a troop mascot, possibly for the 7th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (3FAB), on board SS Rangatira. The pet is being offered some food while surrounded by clothes and equipment probably on the deck of the transport on its way to the Middle East.