Loss of the Birkenhead single work   poetry   "On, on through the calm, untroubled night,"
Composed: Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield area, West Tamar area, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Issue Details: First known date: 1899... 1899 Loss of the Birkenhead
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  • Editor's note: The troop-ship Birkenhead, taking troops to Africa, struck on a rock on a clear night. The boats could only hold the women and children. The troops drawn up in line on her deck, presented arms, and the band played the Anthem, as the vessel sank with colours flying. All were lost.

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    y separately published work icon Tasmanian Mail 16 December 1899 Z1488586 1899 newspaper issue 1899 pg. xxxi
    Note: Part of the Mail's annual Christmas Supplement.
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