Black and White Photograph of Raymond Parker WARBURTON and Three Crew Members From SS Pera

1914 - 1916
Overview

Black and white photograph of Raymond Parker WARBURTON and three crew members from ‘SS Pera’, all seated on a park bench, wearing full uniform. A large palm tree is seen in the background and a civilian child on the left of the photograph. The photograph has been taken in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-12-2025.2.15
Item type
Themes
Material
Width
75 mm
Height or length
55 mm
Weight
1 g
Inscriptions and markings

On the rear handwritten in pencil – “The Plaza / Montevideo 22nd Dec / Mr Connaway (Purser) / Mr Short (wireless / me / Mr Vizer (3rd Officer)”

Contextual information

Raymond Parker WARBURTON was employed as an Electrical Engineer on board the ‘SS Pera’ (HMAT A4 Pera), a transport ship owned by P&O London, which was leased by the Commonwealth during the First World War. Raymond was employed on SS Pera between 1/12/1915, engaged in London and discharged on the 09/091917. In this photograph Raymond is pictured with three other crew members, name of each man is listed on the back. All men are in uniform and are seated with Raymond third from left an. They are all seated on a park bench in the Plaza Independencia, (Spanish for Independence Square), an historic square in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Place made
Montevideo, Uruguay
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
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Last modified
Friday, 23 January, 2026
Completeness
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Photo of Raymond WARBURTON with 3 other crew from SS Pera in Montevideo
Photo of Raymond WARBURTON with 3 other crew from SS Pera in Montevideo
Rear of photo with names, place & date written in pencil
Rear of Photo with names of those pictured and place & date taken

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