Portrait of Vice Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, RN. Vice Admiral Patey was ...

Place Oceans: Atlantic Ocean
Accession Number EN0385
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Caribbean: Bermuda
Date made November 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

Portrait of Vice Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, RN. Vice Admiral Patey was Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Navy from 1913 to 1915. He commanded the North American and West Indies Cruiser Squadron, which included HMAS Sydney and HMAS Melbourne, between March 1915 and September 1916.