| Accession Number | EN0475 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Hampshire, Portsmouth |
| Date made | 15 April 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of seamen, officers and visitors on board HMAS Australia on the occasion of a ...
Description
Group portrait of seamen, officers and visitors on board HMAS Australia on the occasion of a visit by the Prince of Wales. Most of those sitting on the deck in the front row are midshipmen. Second seated row: unidentified; unidentified commodore; unidentified captain; Sir Joseph Cook, Minister for the Navy in the Federal government 1917-1920 and former Prime Minister of Australia 1913-1914, wearing a bowler hat; Commodore John Saumarez Dumaresq, commander of His Majesty's Australian Fleet; Edward, the Prince of Wales; Admiral Grant; Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty; Admiral Haworth Booth; unidentified.