Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

Accession Number PB0825
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Barnes, Josiah
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Date made 10 August 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

A group of officers, of the 37th Battalion, some with EO (Embarkation Officer) on their arm bands, standing or kneeling on the wooden wharf, waiting to board with the battalion for England on the troopship HMAT Persic (A34). Identified left to right: front row: captain; lieutenant; lieutenant with colour patch on left shoulder. Back row: possibly captain; possibly general; possibly Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frederick George Woods, a Barrister and Solicitor from Hawthorn, Vic, the Commanding Officer of 37th Battalion, with newspaper in his hand; captain and lieutenant wearing Sam Browne belts. Troops in the background and the gangway of HMAT Persic in the background. (Identical image held at P00997.004).

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