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MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES RELAXING ABOARD THE DUTCH TRANSPORT, "COSTA RICA" DURING THE EVACUATION FROM GREECE. THE "COSTA RICA", WHICH WAS CARRYING 2500 TROOPS, COMPRISING THE 2/1ST MACHINE GUN BATTALION, THE 2/7TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PART OF THE 2/8TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ONE COMPANY OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION AND REMNANTS OF OTHER UNITS, INCLUDING THE 2/1ST FIELD REGIMENT, WAS SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT WHILE EN ROUTE FOR ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT ON THE 1941-04-27, THE TROOPS WERE RESCUED BY ROYAL NAVY DESTROYERS WITHOUT LOSS OF A SINGLE MAN.
AT SEA, MEDITERRANEAN. 1941-04-27. THE COSTA RICA, A DUTCH TRANSPORT, SINKING AFTER A NEAR MISS FROM GERMAN AIRCRAFT OPENED PLATES ON HER PORT SIDE. THE VESSEL WAS EVACUATING TROOPS FROM KALAMATA, GRE
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES CROWD THE DECK OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT, "COSTA RICA" AS THEY CLEAN AND SET UP AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AS ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES DURING THE EVACUATION FROM GREECE. DE
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES ABOARD THE DUTCH TRANSPORT "COSTA RICA", KEEPING WATCH FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT DURING THE EVACUATION FROM GREECE. DESPITE THESE PRECAUTIONS THE "COSTA RICA" WAS SU
Informal portrait of troops boarding the British destroyer HMS Defender after their rescue from the Dutch transport SS Costa Rica which had been sunk after their evacuation from Greece. The Costa Ric
THE ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER HMS HEREWARD (H93) TAKING TROOPS OFF THE SINKING DUTCH TRANSPORT SS COSTA RICA WHICH WAS ATTACKED BY THREE GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS AT ABOUT 3PM. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT HIT, A NEAR M
BREN GUNNERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES FIRING ON ENEMY AIRCRAFT ATTACKING THEIR TRANSPORT "COSTA RICA" DURING ONE OF THE MANY ATTACKS CARRIED OUT BY THE GERMANS AS THE TROOPS WERE BEING EVACUA
