Two Australian Army soldiers on board RMS MAURETANIA or RMS QUEEN MARY

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

DateMay 1940

Object number00020478

NameNitrate negative

MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

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DescriptionThis photograph, depicting two Australian Army soldiers on board a troopship and wearing gas masks, was taken when the Cunard Line's RMS MAURETANIA and RMS QUEEN MARY had sailed from New York to Sydney in March 1940 to carry troops to the United Kingdom.HistoryThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.