Group portrait of His Royal Highness Edward the Prince of Wales and several officers on board ...

Accession Number EN0484
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of His Royal Highness Edward the Prince of Wales and several officers on board HMAS Australia during his visit to the ship. Identified left to right, front row: (half hidden, wearing civilian clothes) Sir Joseph Cook, Minister for the Royal Australian Navy (and Prime Minister of Australia 1913-1914); Commodore John Saumarez Dumaresq, commander of His Majesty's Australian Fleet; Admiral Grant with a cocker spaniel; Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord; Admiral Haworth Booth; an unidentified commodore.