001842 Accession Number: 001842

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Soldiers waving farewell before embarking at Melbourne on the troopship Empress of Canada which joined the Queen Mary and several other ships to form a convoy carrying Australian and New Zealand troops to the Middle East.

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Accession Number
001842
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
5 May 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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