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Flying Officer John G. Gorton (indicated by the arrow), later Prime Minister of Australia, among survivors from the torpedoed Merchant Ship SS Derrymore (4,799 tons) who are being taken aboard HMAS Ballarat. The survivors, numbering 215, included 189 British Airmen.
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-13. SURVIVORS FROM THE MERCHANT VESSEL DERRYMORE, TORPEDOED TEN MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SOUTH WATCHER LIGHT BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, BEING RESCUED BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-13. SURVIVORS FROM THE MERCHANT VESSEL DERRYMORE, TORPEDOED TEN MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SOUTH WATCHER LIGHT BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, BEING RESCUED BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-13. SURVIVORS FROM THE MERCHANT VESSEL DERRYMORE, TORPEDOED TEN MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SOUTH WATCHER LIGHT BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, BEING RESCUED BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05-05. PRIME MINISTER JOHN GORTON AND MRS GORTON LISTENING TO THE 4TH BATTALION BAND DURING A VISIT TO NUI DAT. LEFT TO RIGHT: PRIME MINISTER GORTON; SERGEANT G. N. HUISH;
Indian Ocean. 1942. Life rafts, used by survivors of a Greek merchant ship which had been torpedoed south east of Cape Town, drifting astern of Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Norman after the Australi
Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Norman rescuing survivors from a Greek merchant ship which had been torpedoed south east of Cape Town. Live poultry is also on the survivors' raft.
