| Place | Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Albany |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00252.002 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Fell, William Hewitt |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Albany, Australia: Western Australia, Albany |
| Date made | 1 November 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
The first troopships leaving Albany, Western Australia
Description
The first troopships carrying Australian and New Zealand soldiers, horses and supplies to the Great War, leaving Albany on 1 November 1914. This photograph was taken by 607 Private William H Fell, AIF, who died of wounds on 4 May 1918. Fell's negatives, taken throughout the war, were forwarded to the Sydney photographer Harold Cazneaux, for whom Fell had been a studio assistant before the war. Cazneaux printed Fell's negatives.