Cunard White Star liner QUEEN MARY. The world's largest liner
Date1934-1939
Object numberANMS1116[045]
NamePostcard
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper.
DimensionsOverall: 85 x 138 mm
ClassificationsPosters and postcards
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Helen Clift
History
SignificanceThese objects are significant because they relate to a naval reservist who served in a little known and relatively unheralded unit of the Royal Australian Navy in WWI.
These objects are a chronicle and a material record of the overseas service -on Gallipoli and in the Middle East- of a Petty Officer in the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (RANBT) during WWI. Very little material evidence associated with the RANBT has survived and most of the unit's history is known only in relatively small circles, possibly because the 1st RANBT was not at Anzac Cove!
White Star Line
before 1946
State Library of South Australia
1902-1910
