Summary

Black and white negative, dating from World War I, showing a ship in water close to land. Printed copies of the negative are also held in the collection: MM 88670, MM 88801 and MM 88682, which is inscribed: 'One of our monitors - The Tarantulla / you have probably seen her mentioned in the papers in connection with her dash up the Tigris & capture of several Turkish river boats. She had just been firing into [Illegible] when I took this. You can see them unfastening the moorings to allow to get away out of range.'

Part of a collection of World War I photographs associated with the service of Lionel Knox Trezise (service no. 14340), father of the donor John Trezise. Lionel was a 'reliving postmaster and telegraphist' when he enlisted on 22 March 1916. He was placed in the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron as a sapper, serving with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force. During his service he apparently took photographs in India, Sri Lanka and Mesopotamia (Iraq and neighbouring regions). After returning to Australia in 1919 he married and became a public servant. He died in 1972. Lionel's brother John Gordon (Jack) Trezise also served in World War I (service no. 5105). He enlisted on 2 March 1916 while a 26-year-old shop assistant in Broken Hill, and was killed in action in France on 1 June 1918.

Description of Content

Image showing a ship mooring on the banks of a river. Men in uniform are walking alongside the ship on shore, and there are men working on the ship.

Physical Description

Black and white negative.

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