The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, GREECE, TO ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, AND CARRIED 2,500 TROOPS COMPRISING THE 2/1ST MACHINE GUN BATTALION, THE 2/7TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PART OF THE 2/8TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ONE COMPANY FROM THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION, AND REMNANTS OF OTHER UNITS INCLUDING THE 2/1ST FIELD REGIMENT. THE TROOPS WERE RESCUED BY ROYAL NAVY DESTROYERS WITHOUT SUFFERING CASUALTIES FROM THE ATTACK.
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 MA
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
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
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
SUDA BAY, CRETE. 1941-04. NX143 LIEUTENANT D.H. WADE, 2/1ST FIELD REGIMENT, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE REMNANTS OF HIS UNIT WHICH WERE LANDED ON THE ISLAND AFTER THE SINKING OF THE TRANSPORT, SS "COSTA
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
