Used as a troopship in 1918. This may not be the same ship that sank, torpedoed, off Portugal in July 1918. Sketch in October shows a man on board the Subadar, but it could perhaps have been drawn later.
Subadar HMT (Ship)
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McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :A Bermudan stretcher bearer. He was at least 6...
Date: 1918
From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane
Reference: E-287-q-003
Description: Shows a full-length profile sketch of a moustached man in a pith helmet wearing shirt and shorts, and carrying a pole (perhaps a rolled stretcher) over his right shoulder. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 193 x 120 mm.
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[McFarlane, Francis Ledingham], 1888-1948 :Programme on board H.M.T. "Subadar", 21st Oc...
Date: 1917
From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane
Reference: E-290-q-016
Description: Handwritten programme with coloured drawings around the border. At top right a soldier stands under a palm tree and holds the "programme" towards to viewer; this makes his hand disproportionately large. At top left is a silhouette portrait of the ship in mid-ocean. Partly obscured behind the programme sheet" is a man in a pith helmet scurrying along with a bowl of "red 'ot!" [red hot] food, and at lower left a Maori in traditional costume performs a haka ("Komate! Komate!). The programme lists the items of the variety show: Gramophone selections, Austin and Sgt Reynard, BWI on banjo and mandolin; a comic song by A/M Hawse, RFC; a recitation by Sgt Clarke, RE; hypnotism and mental telepathy by Lawson Durand, Loyal North Lancs; a song by B. S/M Graham, RFA; a recitation by A/M Barres RFC; a song by Sgt Grosse, BWI; a song by PO Eddis, RN; and a Maori war dance by the ANZACS mess There is a preliminary sketch for the haka dancer at E-289-q-044. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on album page, 270 x 215 mm.