Group portrait of the ship's company on the fore deck of HMAS Sydney. Several sailors are sitting ...

Accession Number EN0164
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Hampshire, Portsmouth
Date made January 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
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 the ship's company on the fore deck of HMAS Sydney. Several sailors are sitting or standing on top of the 12 inch gun. Officers in the front row are (left to right): possibly Paymaster Midshipman Thomas F Maynard; possibly sub lieutenant Harry L Howden; unidentified lieutenant; Chaplain Rev Hubert H Trigge; Surgeon Lieutenant Commander William J Carr; Lieutenant Commander Rupert Clare Garsia; Captain John Saumarez Dumaresq, RN, with a telescope under his arm; unidentified commander; Lieutenant Commander Cuthbert John Pope; Paymaster Lieutenant Commander Donald Andrew Peart; unidentified lieutenant and gunnery officer; unidentified midshipman, possibly from the Royal Australian Naval Reserve; possibly Chief Gunner William Chisholm.