Colombo Harbour. c. 15 November 1914. "Warships and New Zealand transports inside, we (HMT ...

Accession Number G01575
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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