Gunner W E C Haseman 1737
Gallipoli WW1 1915
DEPARTURE
BRISBANE, QLD, 1914-09-25. 3RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, 7TH BATTERY, WAITING TO SAIL FROM BRISBANE, BEING FAREWELLED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AT SEA, C. 1914-11. THE SCENE ON DECK ON THE TROOPSHIP RANGATIRA (A22), A TRANSPORT IN THE FIRST CONTINGENT TO LEAVE AUSTRALIA AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. NOTE THE SUN HATS ON THE MEN TENDING THE HORSES.
AT SEA, C. 1914-11. HORSES IN THEIR STALLS ON THE DECK OF THE TROOPSHIP RANGATIRA, A TRANSPORT IN THE FIRST CONTINGENT TO LEAVE AUSTRALIA AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WAR.
PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. SS RANGATIRA WHICH WAS USED AS A TROOPSHIP IN 1914-1918 WAR.
PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, C. 4 OCTOBER 1914. ONE OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY EIGHTEEN POUND QUICK FIRING GUNS BEING SLUNG ABOARD THE HMAT (A22) RANGATIRA IN PORT MELBOURNE.
PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 1914-10-04. ON THE PIER AT PORT MELBOURNE AFTER CHURCH PARADE. THE HMAT (A15) STAR OF ENGLAND IS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE GROUP CENTRE FRONT CONSISTS OF COLONEL ROSENTHAL AND THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOSEPH CARR DD RC, ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURNE, AND MRS CARR GOING ON BOARD HMAT (A22) RANGATIRA. SERGEANT OWEN KENNETH STEWART IS MARKED BY AN X. SERGEANT C.H. GALLIOTT IS STRIDING ALONG TO THE LEFT OF HIM.
PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 1914-10-04. SERGEANT OWEN KENNETH STEWART (MARKED WITH X AT REAR OF HIS SUBSECTION) 3RD BRIGADE, 7TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY JOINED ALL THE ARTILLERY AT A VOLUNTARY CHURCH PARADE. THE ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURE, THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOSEPH CARR, DD, RC CANCELLED OTHER ENGAGEMENTS TO CONDUCT THE SERVICE FOR THE QUEENSLAND BOYS WHEN HE HEARD THERE WAS NOBODY ON BOARD HMAT (A22) RANGATIRA TO CONDUCT THE SERVICE. MRS CARR SHELTERED BY AN UMBRELLA IS ON HIS LEFT. HMAT (A15) STAR OF ENGLAND IS IN BACKGROUND LEFT OF PICTURE AND IN THE DISTANCE ON RIGHT ARE THE HORSE LINES AND ALSO SOME BATHING HOUSES.
RED SEA, EN ROUTE TO EGYPT, LATE 1914. SHIP'S OFFICERS AND OFFICERS OF 7TH BATTERY, 3RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE AIF ON BOARD HMAT (A22) RANGATIRA. REAR ROW (L TO R) 4TH MATE, LIEUTENANT S. F. HODGENS, CAPTAIN MAGEE, 2ND MATE, LIEUTENANT W.J. U. URQUHART, THIRD ROW, CAPTAIN G. C. MCLENNAN, VETERINARY OFFICER, 1ST MATE, MAJOR F. A. HUGHES, LIEUTENANT A. H. K. JOPP, CAPTAIN DIXON, ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, 3RD MATE, CAPTAIN W. A. LESLIE, SECOND ROW, LIEUTENANT H. CLOWES, COLONEL CHARLES ROSENTHAL, SKIPPER OF HMAT (A22) RANGATIRA, COLONEL SUTTON ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, LIEUTENANT HALL. SEATED LIEUTENANT TAYLOR, LIEUTENANT P. J. ROSS, LIEUTENANT C. E. JENKINSON. NOTE THE MILITARY OFFICERS QUARTERS ERECTED ON TOP OF SHELTER DECK. YOU CAN SEE THE SQUARE WINDOW OF THEIR APARTMENTS..
NEAR MENA CAMP, EGYPT, CIRCA 1914. A WONDERFUL REFLECTION IN A FRESH WATER CANAL NEAR THE CAMP - TAKEN BY GUNNER WILLIAM EDWARD HASEMAN.
MENA CAMP, EGYPT, 1914-10-06. THIS PHOTO REPRESENTS ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF THE WHOLE ENCAMPMENT. THE 7TH BATTALION AND 3RD BRIGADE AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY ARE WAY OVER IN THE CORNER MARKED BY AN X.