NSW. c.1895. Sailors of the NSW Naval Brigade during a training exercise probably on the coast of ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales
Accession Number P01503.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

NSW. c.1895. Sailors of the NSW Naval Brigade during a training exercise probably on the coast of NSW. They have 1888 pattern equipment with both Martini Henry and Lee Metford rifles. The field piece is a Sea Service 6-pounder gun for use by the Navy. (Original print held in the Australian War Memorial Archive Store. Transferred from the Naval Historical Collection, no. 306623)