000414/04 Accession Number: 000414/04

Description

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey (right) chatting with departing officers before they sailed on the Empress of Japan. The ship joined the first convoy from Australia and New Zealand bound for the Middle East on 12 December 1940.

Details

Accession Number

000414/04

Photographer

War Correspondent and Photographer Damien Peter Parer MID

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate

Date Made

c December 1939

Place Made

Melbourne

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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