Glass Negative - Troops Embarking HMT Orient Bound for Boer War, Melbourne, 15 Feb 1901, Troops embarking a ship in Melbourne, bound for the Boer War, probably on 15 February 1901. The ship, marked '24', is the HMT (aka SS) Orient, berthed at the 'Port Melbourne Town Pier'. The Argus noted that the ship was 'Painted black, with red below, and with the number 24 staring in large white figures on her bow' (The Argus, 15 Feb 1901, ). The troops were conveyed from Langwarrin camp by


Glass Negative - Troops Embarking HMT Orient Bound for Boer War, Melbourne, 15 Feb 1901, Troops embarking a ship in Melbourne, bound for the Boer War, probably on 15 February 1901. The ship, marked '24', is the HMT (aka SS) Orient, berthed at the 'Port Melbourne Town Pier'. The Argus noted that the ship was 'Painted black, with red below, and with the number 24 staring in large white figures on her bow' (The Argus, 15 Feb 1901, ). The troops were conveyed from Langwarrin camp by


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