Group portrait of unidentified crew members from HMAS Melbourne, in costume for a theatrical ...

Accession Number EN0136
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Jamaica: Surrey (Jamaica), Kingston (Jamaica)
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of unidentified crew members from HMAS Melbourne, in costume for a theatrical entertainment ashore. Along with HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne was serving with the North American and West Indies Squadron. The ships alternated between a northern patrol with a base at Halifax and a Caribbean patrol based in Jamaica.

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