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Title
H.M.A.S. Yarra and naval activities in New Guinea during World War I, 1914
Creator
Gerald A. Hill
Call number
PXB 362
Level of description
fonds
Date

1914
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
152432
Physical Description
Photographs - 40 photoprints (chiefly snapshots) - 12 x 16 cm. or smaller
Scope and Content
Scenes on board H.M.A.S. Yarra, including the crew's Christmas Day celebrations in 1914. Also scenes relating to naval activities in New Guinea during World War I, including Kabakaul, Bitapaka and Madang
General note

Transfer from Manuscripts Section (Gerald A. Hill papers re war service, 1914-1919) Location Number: ML MSS 1989 Mitchell Library
Reference: The Australians at Rabaul... / S. S. Mackenzie. St.Lucia, Qld. : UQP in assoc. with the Australian War Memorial, 1987 (from the series: The official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, Vol.X)
Signatures / Inscriptions

Photoprints titled on reverse
Name
Australia. Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
World War (1914-1918)
Yarra (destroyer)
Subject
Adult Males
Topic
artillery
Christmas parties
crews
naval operations
naval ships
Place
Papua New Guinea

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