First World War Photograph of Five Adults & a Child at North Head Quarantine Station in NSW
c. 1918Small black and white photograph of 4 adults & a child in civilian clothing seated on the ground at North Head Quarantine Station in NSW, Australia. Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, in uniform is seated & leaning behind the women & child on the right of photo. The child has their left hand in a sling, and a single storey structure is in the background.
This series of black & white photographs was collected by Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, regimental number 19. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) on the 11th August 1914, just a week after war was declared on Germany. The mission of the ANMEF was to destroy German radio stations and occupy German New Guinea and surrounding areas. The ANMEF secured military occupation on the 13th September 1914. The photographs are from two areas of Australian military deployment during the First World War. Ten (10) are from a deployment to German colony of New Guinea in 1914 and another eighty (80) from Cairo dated 1915 and 1916.The photographs of his deployment are of national significance and show one of Australia’s first military action in the First World War.
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Handwritten in black ink on rear, "Pte. E. Bannister / c/o Major Bruce / Quarantine / North Head."
This photograph shows Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, in uniform seated behind the women & child on the right of photo. There is four (4) other adults in civilian clothing and the child has their left hand in a sling. From the inscription on the rear of the photo, the group are at the North Head Quarantine Station in NSW. This quarantine station played a vital role in isolating returning soldiers with any infectious diseases.
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