Photograph - digital, Nestor Troop Ship, c1916

Historical information

The Nestor was 14,501 tons vessel and traveled at 14 knots.

Physical description

Sepia photograph mounted onto a car which featured glued material flags. The ship is filled with soldiers sailing to the battlefields of World War One. Thousands of people stand on the Melbourne dock waving them off.

Inscriptions & markings

Nestor Troopship sailed Oct 2nd 1916.

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