WWI Photograph Album - Troopship Journey.

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Accession No.2001.678.1DescriptionPhotograph album of 13685 2nd Lieutenant John Basil Parker, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade. The album includes photos on the troopship journey aboard the SS Maunganui; physical drill on board; Officers seen reading books on deck; 25132 Lieutenant Philip Arthur Keddell sharing a joke with 12888 2nd Lieutenant Heathcote E Farr; Troops going ashore in a lighter at Fremantle (Australia); Scenic view of countryside and city in Perth; SS Maunganui; Boxing tournament on board troopship; Entrance to Durban harbour (South Africa); Local women and children; Troops lining up on the wharf; View of courtyard of the Royal Hotel; Rickshaw stand and rickshaw puller; Cape Town; Entrance to zoo; Table Mountain and Devil's Peak; The Lion's Head; Soldiers at a recreation ground passing by wooden kegs on a table; Soldiers having lunch at Groote Schaur; Soldier with drum strapped to him and hold drumsticks; Various buildings in Cape Town; Local people selling flowers; Atlantic Ocean; Ship named the Berima sailing in the Atlantic Ocean; Soldiers on board a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, enacting Crossing the Line, Neptune's court; Dakar, Senegal; View of an island; Local people diving for coins at Dakar; Her Majesty's Ship Ophir; Washing day on board a ship; Two soldiers on board ship's deck, Lieutenant S Harper and 6/1104 Officer Commanding, Major Felix Ballard Brown; Soldier using a sextant; Two nurses; Group photo of officers; England; Ship in Plymouth Harbour; and Stonehenge

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