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MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. THE MOTOR VESSEL "ANSHUN" FLOATING AT A WHARF AFTER BEING RAISED FROM THE HARBOUR BY THE COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE MARINE SERVICE. THE SHIP, SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM A JAPANESE CRUISER, IS BEING TOWED TO SYDNEY TO BE OVERHAULED AND PLACED IN SERVICE AGAIN. A CAPTURED JAPANESE BARGE IN USE AS A CARGO CARRYING VESSEL, LIES MOORED IN THE LEFT FOREGROUND.
Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1944-04-06. A captured Japanese barge, marked AB588, being used as a cargo carrying vessel. Moored in the right background is the Motor Vessel Anshun which had been refloated by
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. THE BOAT DECK OF THE MOTOR VESSEL "ANSHUN" REFLOATED AT MILNE BAY HARBOUR BY THE COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE MARINE SERVICE INDICATING THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY SHELLFIRE FROM A
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. THE MOTOR VESSEL "ANSHUN", SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER IN MILNE BAY HARBOUR, VIEWED AFTER BEING REFLOATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE MARINE SERVICE USING LABOUR PROV
GILI GILI, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. THE CARGO STEAMER "ANSHUN", WHICH WAS SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM A JAPANESE CRUISER WHILE UNLOADING AT GILI GILI WHARF ON THE 1942-09-06, DURING THE BATTLE FOR M
The M.V. Anshun which was sunk by shellfire from a Japanese cruiser on 6 September 1942 at Milne Bay. Salvage work has been carried out by the Commonwealth Salvage Board and the ship is expected to b
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE "ANSHUN" WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE OF
