Disembarking from H.M.A.S. Chemnitz, after returning from Europe, Port Melbourne, Victoria

The procedure of returning soldiers to Australia took a number of years, depending on availability of ships, injuries, and other fatctors. This image dates from around a year after the end of hostilities.
Unknown photographer, 1919
Accession number: H85.55/160/270
From the State Libraryof Victoria's Pictures collection.