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Albany, WA. 30 October 1914. Transports coaling and watering in the inner harbour prior to departure. HMS Minotaur and HMAS Melbourne can be seen opposite the pier. (Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial G01543) ![]() |
Archie Barwick sailed on the S.S. Afric from Albany to Alexandria and served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. (Image courtesy of the Western Australian Museum) ![]() |
Convoy of thirty-eight troop ships, escorted by four naval ships, with the British cruiser HMS 'Minotaur' in foreground leading the convoy. This ship is followed by SS 'Orvieto' carrying General Bridges and the AIF Headquarters staff. (Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial ART00190) ![]() |
Sappers on deck of the Orvieto - November 1914 (Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia). ![]() |
A friendly spar aboard the troopship HMAT Euripides. (Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial P08286.012) ![]() |
Sister Alice Gordon King and Sister Janet Radcliffe, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), who were amongst the first twenty-five nurses to sail with the troopships in the convoy with the First Expeditionary Force. (Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial P00046) ![]() |
Officers exercising on board the HMT 'Omrah' at sea, November 1914, on the way to Egypt. (Image courtesy of National Library of New Zealand) ![]() |
King George's Sound, Albany, WA. 31.12.1914. Arrival of the Second Detachment of the Australian and New Zealand Imperial Expeditionary Forces. (Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial P02065.001) ![]() |