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The ship Tahiti arriving in Wellington Harbour with wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles
Date: 11 Sep 1915
From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/1-002427-G
Description: View of the port side of the HMNZT Tahiti as she arrived in Wellington Harbour with sick and wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles on 11 September 1915. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The [host...ing?] SS Tahiti arriving at Wellington with sick and wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles, Sep 11, 1915. [?..] The Tahiti left Suez on 7 August 1915 with the second batch of sick and wounded soldiers to return to New Zealand. She arrived in Wellington shortly after midnight on Saturday 11 September 1915, and berthed at Glasgow wharf at 3pm the same day. Sources: Evening Post, 11 Sept 1915; military records of George Frederick Sewell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative