| Places | |
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| Accession Number | P00117.029 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne |
| Date made | 4 October 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Image from the collection of 1606 Warrant Officer Class 1 Owen Kenneth Stewart, 3rd and 11th Field Artillery Brigades.
Description
PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 1914-10-04. SERGEANT OWEN KENNETH STEWART (MARKED WITH X AT REAR OF HIS SUBSECTION) 3RD BRIGADE, 7TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY JOINED ALL THE ARTILLERY AT A VOLUNTARY CHURCH PARADE. THE ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURNE, THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOSEPH CARR, DD, RC CANCELLED OTHER ENGAGEMENTS TO CONDUCT THE SERVICE FOR THE QUEENSLAND BOYS WHEN HE HEARD THERE WAS NOBODY ON BOARD HMT (A22) RANGATIRA TO CONDUCT THE SERVICE. MRS CARR SHELTERED BY AN UMBRELLA IS ON HIS LEFT. HMT (A15) STAR OF ENGLAND IS IN BACKGROUND LEFT OF PICTURE AND IN THE DISTANCE ON RIGHT ARE THE HORSE LINES AND ALSO SOME BATHING HOUSES.