First World War Photograph of Barrage Gardens & Waterway
c. 1915Small black and white photograph of Barrage Gardens, showing a waterway and lush gardens either side, with a bridge crossing the waterway 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, "Scene in the gardens at the / Barrage. /"
Photograph slightly blurred.
The Barrage Gardens were a popular recreational area for Allied troops during the First World War.
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Various photos of the Barrage Gardens.
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