Accession Number | G01575 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
Date made | c 15 November 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Colombo Harbour. c. 15 November 1914. "Warships and New Zealand transports inside, we (HMT ...
Description
Colombo Harbour. c. 15 November 1914. "Warships and New Zealand transports inside, we (HMT Orvieto) anchored outside. The transport Euripides, A14, the largest in our fleet, 15,000 tons, on our starboard beam. For five weeks she was always there, and my brother, Captain J. W. B. Bean, Australian Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer, 3rd Battalion AIF, was on board her. From Colombo she and the fast division (3rd Division) sailed separately." C E W Bean