1268277 Men of the AIF marching past the Town Hall in Melbourne, Vic, their rifles, with bayonets fixed, are over their shoulders, prior to embarkation for overseas service, c. August 1914 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia; (add.info.: The Rose Stereographs Note that the MP Office Caption is wrong. The 1st Battalion AN&MEF embarked from Sydney (see Bean). It appears that "Australian Expeditionary Force" has been misinterpreted as AN&MEF when in fact it is AIF. KD 2/6/2014 This is one half of a stereo image. The full stereo image is held at P03067.006.); Donor J Drummond; Australian, out of copyright.