Name/Title"DEPARTURE OF FIRST TROOPS" newspaper article
About this objectSingle newspaper clipping with a black and white photograph of a ship full of waving soldiers, and titled at the top of the clipping, "DEPARTURE OF FIRST TROOPS". Handwritten along the top of the clipping, "August 18/1934".
Beneath the photograph is printed "Portion of the Rabaul contingent leaving by the ferry steamer Kulgoa, to embark. These were the first troops to leave Australia for the war, and the picture was taken by the 'Herald' photographer 20 years ago today".
Date Made18 August 1934
Place MadeAustralia
Medium and MaterialsPaper
Ink
MeasurementsW: 127 mm
L: 140 mm
D: 1 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsShips
Subject and Association KeywordsWorld War 1
Subject and Association KeywordsAustralian Military Forces
