Event Name | Tasmania and the War 1914 |
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Start Date | Aug 4, 2014 9:30 am |
End Date | Sep 30, 2014 5:00 pm |
Duration | 57 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes |
Description | An exhibition of ephemera, photographs and newspapers form the Launceston LINC collections. The first Tasmanian to be killed in action during World War One was Cyril Lefroy Baker of Launceston. He was a telegraphist on the first Australian submarine HMAS AE1 in German New Guinea in 1914. |