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Soldiers waiting to board the troopship OMRAH

Soldiers waiting to board the troopship OMRAH, Kew, melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1914. This black and white photograph is a group portrait of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force. The interior of the terminal forms the backdrop. Two of the men in the front row carry union jacks, another man is seated on his kit bag. The reverse has a lead pencil inscription reading `OMRAH 13'. The men are possibly from the 10th Reinforcements, 7th Machine Gun Section.

 

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Photographer: J. E. Barnes

Object number: 00027621

 

See also Australian War Memorial image: cas.awm.gov.au/item/PB0666

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Uploaded on October 8, 2012
Taken on January 17, 1917