Keywords: StateLibQld 1 85744 First troops leaving Townsville, Queensland, bound for Thursday Island, 1914.jpg en First troops leaving Townsville Queensland bound for Thursday Island 1914 <br /> First troops leaving Townsville per the troopship Kanowna under sealed orders The group was part of the New Guinea Expeditionary Forces dispatched from Australia It carried 1 000 troops including 500 infantry and went from Townsville to Thurdsay Island then on to Port Moresby 1914-08-03 handle 10462/deriv/62410 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Wharves in Townsville Lifeboats in Australia Military people of Australia Military uniforms of Australia Australian Army Kanowna ship 1902 Ships in Townsville 1914 in Queensland Black and white photographs Australia in World War I |