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Title
J.L. Waddell, Eveleigh Railway Workshops, [ca. 1915-1916]
Call number
P1/2166
Level of description
fonds
Date

Undated [photographic copy of ca. 1915-16 photoprint]
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
395448
Physical Description
1 photograph - 11.7 x 20.5 cm. - gelatin silver
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

During World War I, 18-pounder shells were produced at the Eveleigh Workshops, Sydney, New South Wales. In June 1916 shell production in Australia ceased.

References:
The Eveleigh locomotive workshops story / by R.G. Preston. Redfern, N.S.W. : Australian Railway Society N.S.W., c1997.
Australia during the war / by Ernest Scott. St Lucia, Qld : University Queensland Press in association with The Australian War Memorial, 1936, 1989
Scope and Content
Portrait of J.L. Waddell (on right) and unidentified male with shell cases in foreground, Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Sydney, New South Wales.
General note

Transferred from P1 /Waddell, J. L.. June 2015
Signatures / Inscriptions

Titled on reverse
Name
Waddell, J. L.
World War (1914-1918)
Subject
Adult Males
Topic
interiors
portraits
shells (weapons)
Place
Eveleigh Railway Workshops (Redfern, N.S.W.)

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