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Australian servicemen in a Sydney during the Victory Parade from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Royal Australian Navy men march through Martin Place for the Victory Parade from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Civilian men signing up for the Australian Army from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Troops of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force marching near Circular Quay, Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Australian naval personnel marching in Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Australian Imperial Forces marching in Sydney, c 1915 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Troopship ORONTES, Melbourne from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Members of the 21st Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Brigade about to depart on the troopship NESTOR from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Troops (probably Australian Flying Corps) about to board the ORSOVA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Officers awaiting embarkation on the troopship HORORATA, Melbourne from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
The troopship WARILDA and the tug RACER, Melbourne from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Artillery Officers waiting to board the ULYSSES from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
The troopship KAROOLA about to embark from Melbourne, WW1 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Soldiers waiting to board the troopship BALLARAT from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Soldiers waiting to board the troopship WARILDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012

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Soldiers waiting to board the troopship BALLARAT

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Jan Mathews said:
This photo was taken on the day my great grandfather, Herbert Allen Gathercole boarded the 'Ballarat' with the Australian Imperial Force Railway Company so I believe he is pictured here.
ottaviano photos said:
My great uncle private reginald lloyd departed on this day and on this ship k.I.A france 1.10.1918
Russell Aitken said:
My first cousin twice removed, George Walter DOWNEY, is recorded as embarking on the Troopship Ballarat on 29th Feb 1917. This date does not exist. I believe this was a typo and should read 19th Feb 1917. He was on the Ballarat when it was torpedoed by a submarine and sunk.

The troopship WARILDA and the tug RACER, Melbourne

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
The 'Racer' tugboat was later converted from steam to sail! Argus, 19/2/1936 p.10 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11883630
" ... The Racer, which served in the port of Melbourne as a tugboat for nearly half a century, is being recommissioned as a schooner for the Tasmanian timber trade. The transition from steam to sail is not a new experience for her. She was built as a steam tug in Sunderland in 1886, but was sunk in Queenstown harbour (Ireland) and remained submerged for six months. She was raised and converted to a three-masted schooner. When she reached Melbourne she was again altered to steam. ... "
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Ah! I was trying to read the name on the tug, good to have a fresh pair of eyes! What a rollercoaster life for the little tug, all around the world, sunk and raised, converted multiple times...
beachcomber australia said:
More about the 'Warilda' (built 1912, Glasgow) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAT_Warilda -
" HMAT Warilda (His Majesty's Australian Transport) was a 7713 ton vessel, built by William Beardmore and Company in Glasgow as the SS Warilda for the Adelaide Steamship Company. She was designed for the East-West Australian coastal service, but following the start of the First World War, she was converted into a troopship and later, in 1916, she was converted into a hospital ship. ... ... ... Sinking - On 3 August 1918, she was transporting wounded soldiers from Le Havre, France to Southampton when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-49. This was despite being marked clearly with the Red Cross; as with a number of other hospital ships torpedoed during the war, Germany claimed the ships were also carrying arms. The ship sank in about two hours, and of the 801 persons on board, a total of 123 lives were lost. Amongst the survivors was her commander, Captain Sim, who was later awarded the OBE by King George V. Her wreck lies in the English Channel. ... "
Wreck site - www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1951
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia We can still go see WARILDA! I wonder what the visibility is like in the English Channel...

Field kitchen surrounded by civilians and soldiers probably at Victoria Barracks

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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Nice one - thanks Quasymody, we've stored these links for further study :)
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] hmmm, it's a shame it's not clearer. The only person that looks similar to the one in the newspaper is the man, possibly from Victoria Barracks, to the left of the pole with the hat on....