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Tasmania and the War 1914

Event Name Tasmania and the War 1914
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.