Visit of a HMAS Australia football team from the Australian Navy. Four competitors fly high in an ...

Accession Number D00090
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 31 October 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Visit of a HMAS Australia football team from the Australian Navy. Four competitors fly high in an attempt to mark the ball in an incident in the Australian Rules match against the AIF Headquarters (HQ) team at Battersea Park. Left to right: Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) Thewlis, Australian HQ (dark shirt); unidentified; Corporal McNamara (obscured); S Sgt Inkster, Australian Army Postal Corps (left man in mark); four unidentified; Private J. Porter (arms folded).