69884
- TitleRagtime sketches on board our transport / Vasco, 1917
- Creator
- Call numberPXE 700/vol. 2
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
1916-1917 - Type of material
- Reference code69884
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description58 drawings - charcoal and watercolour
- Scope and Content1. [Title page]
2. On board our transport, 1916 ...
3. `Some of the bhoys' en route for `the old dart' Dec 1916 - Yorkey, Balks, Red, Ray, 6375
4. Andy Johnson, Bill Hodge, Our Chief Steward, 16136, Dec 1916
5. North Coast Eric of the 53rd No. 3145 - Steve looking for submarines - Jerry - Crock of the 53rd - Ashfield Dug of the 18th No. 6382, 1917
6. [rough sketch]
7. 16197, Lifes dream on active service - Darkie's washing day - Jonesy, 1917
8. Longun - The Chief - Abe of the trench mortars - Kiely, 1917
9. Paddy gets a gillette - No. 16260 as Mess Orderly - Jock shaves to avoid `Guard' - Morris No. 16286 Holystones the silver, 1917
10. [rough sketch]
11. `Rations' at sea - Jones - 3159 - Steve - Jones again - Tea Dixie, 1917
12. Snowy Blackett - Kiely - Bartello - Elliot, 1917
13. Jack Powell - Ogilvie - Aubrey - Corporal Peterson - Tuomey's washing day, 1917
14. The John - Coaling at Cape Town - Our Picquet - The prone position - The face at the window, at Cape Town 1917
15. The only Jones - Harrison of the 53rd - That YMCA bloke
16. 7047 Robbie of the 4th Nov. Reinfts, 1917
17. Nearing Sierra Leonne - On the lookout for submarines - Lance Corporal Banner 4th Batn. - 3164 Les of the 56th - Mick Lennon of the 53rd - McHugh with the 53rd - 6282 Joe Carter of the 17th, 1917
18. The 20th's euchre party `at sea' - `arry Lauder - Cornelius - Tom Speak - Lippy Gaps - Corporal Weedon - Howard, 1917
19. Our boatswain - Snowy of the 4th - Chant of the 17th - 3256 Alwyn Francis 8th of the 55th - Brownie wishes he could get ashore - Private Steel 8th of the 55th - Bill of the 54th 3261
20. `arry of the Gingerbeers 16223 - Wilhelm of the 18th - 16243 - One of the 19th - 6949 Billy of the fighting 4th - Asquith of the 19th, 1917
21. H.M.S. Glasgow - Submarine guard - Donnelly of the 56th - Ryan with trench mortars - 6380 Marty - Bert of the trench mortars - Robertson of the 17th - Bruce 54th, 1917
22. John Joseph, Cape Town, 1917
23. Steam laundry in the Bay of Biscay, No. 6955 of the 4th Batn. Proprietor, 1917
24. Tibby 18th of the 18th - Ragtime Billy No. 6316 - Phil - 6331, Mac of the 19th - Joe the submarine spy - Ike - 6298 Darky - Nugget O.C. deck swabbers, Dixon's trainer, 1917
25. A corner of the sapper's boudoir - Getting a polish for the best dressed sapper - Harris of the 4th off duty - Sleeping cobbers, 1917
26. The sappers' boudoir `somewhere at sea' - The sapper at rest, Blunt 16171 - 11 Mess, 1917
27. Mess 14 - Knockout Crellick of the 4th polishing silver - Matthews off guard - Batman at rest, 1917
28. Washing day in our backyard at sea
29. Coaling at Cape Town, 1917
30. [number not used]
31. Troop wash place - `Lamps' - Forsyth of the Fourth - 16115 Mess Orderly No. 7 with the Queensland Field Engrs - Jock - Jim of the 18th - 16192 - 16197 - Rossy, Peter and Mac, 3 engineers - Goodley - Bill Genner of the Field Engrs., 1917
32. [rough sketch of ships]
33. Washing day on board our transport, 1917
34. J.W. 3258 - Transport bread line - Furze on sentry at sea, 4th Batn. - Pegg? looking for submarines - Our storekeeper - Joe the baker - Our escort H.M.S. Glasgow, 1917
35. Sammy writing home to Goulburn - Dixon - 3173, Lees, 1917
36. J.J.J. of the 19th - Paddy dreaming of home - Burns of the 19th's washing day, 1917
37. Douglas from Smithfield No. 16256 - Price and Paddy - `Thora' of the 4th - Hodgie of the Engineers - St. Peter's Bill of the 54th No. 3210, 1917
38. `Three weeks' on the transport - `Foote', 1917
39. Our baker - Natal cheeroots, 1917
40. Canteen ale - Submarine guard, 1917
41. Ragtime sketches round our transport
42. Belgium and Zambuck on active service at sea - Peter Heyney - Dixon the pride of our troopship - Jockey Holmes, 1917
43. McKenna - Eric - Newly - Page - Dad, 1917
44. McDowell - McDermott - In the Sappers' Boudoir, Hammocks, 1917
45. Ned Kelly - Pat O'Keefe, Domino Magnates of the 20th at sea, 1917
46. Young and only baby Doug of the Engineers - Sapper Simspon dreaming of home, 1917
47. Wall Trench Mortars - Catt - Chapman - Cook - Joe Williams 54th - Our baker - Big Barney 18th - Belgium
48. Costello - Steve uses lifeboy soap - Gunners room, Mahony of the 54th - `That d - hose again!' The Troopship pest - Partridge of the 54th - 3171 Lack with the 55th - King of the deck swabbers, 1917
49. On board our transport, 1917
50. Brooker 53rd - The Hammock King 54th - Racey - Stan Race of the 53rd - Page of the 53rd - Podger of the 53rd - One of the Allies' workers, Brownie of the 17th - Wilson trench mortars - Heaney 53rd, 1917
51. `Les' of the 54th - Lined up for `Scrunch' - Meader the transport cop, 1917
52. 3176 - 3197 - 3198 - Snow 3225 - A good drying day
53. Burns the `tin fish spy' - 3135 - Paddy the rise and shine sergeant - Ben Dyer of Newtown on Picquet `at sea' - Ike - Belgium, Jan 1917
54. Polishing belts
55. The Malingerers
56. Maxwell & Genet mess orderlys `meals' at all hours sausages on Sundays onions and pickles at a minutes notice ... - use colgates shaving soap - Swabber ...
57. On the rocks Sierra Leone - Keystone Wally of the 19th
58. The Mess Orderlies at sea - E Mess - Keatley - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Creator died before 1955
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Most sketches are signed "Vasco" and dated 1916-1917 - Name
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