Group portrait of four officers and the ship's band with their instruments on board HMAS Sydney. ...

Accession Number EN0215
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Hampshire, Portsmouth
Date made April 1917-March 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 four officers and the ship's band with their instruments on board HMAS Sydney. In the front row are (left to right): an unidentified Royal Marine, holding the conductor's baton; Captain John Saumarez Dumaresq, RN, with a telescope under his arm; Commander Henry Priaulx Cayley; and a lieutenant of the Royal Naval Reserve, possibly Frederick John Herbert. The Australian flag is hanging behind the group. See EN0178.