The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aboard the Empress of Japan in convoy en route to the Middle East.
At sea. c. Jan 1940. Troops crowd the deck of an unidentified troopship possibly the Empress of Britain en route to the Middle East in the first convoy to leave Australia. The ship at right is probabl
Two unidentified ships of the first Australian convoy en route to the Middle East.
A distant view of the first Australian convoy at sea, en route to the Middle East.
Ships of the Australian convoy, carrying the first contingent of the AIF, under steam en route to the Middle East.
One of the escort ships seen from the troopship Empress of Japan which was part of the large convoy carrying Australian and New Zealand forces to the Middle East.
A convoy of ships entering Colombo Harbour. Troops in foreground are members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) en route from the Middle East to Australia.
