A crowd of local men come aboard an Australian transport to help coal the vessel. The ...

Accession Number EN0082
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made West Africa: Sierra Leone
Date made 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A crowd of local men come aboard an Australian transport to help coal the vessel. The Commonwealth government had to requisition many ships for use as transports, as it had few that were suitable for sending the AIF to Europe.

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