305619 Accession Number: 305619

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EMIRAU ISLAND. THE CAPTAIN OF THE NORWEGIAN MERCHANT VESSEL VINNI WITH CAPTAIN UPTON OF THE BRITISH VESSEL RANGITANE, BOTH OF WHOSE SHIPS WERE SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS KOMET AND ORION IN THE PACIFIC, ON BOARD THE AUSTRALIAN STEAMER NELLORE. THEY, WITH PASSENGERS AND CREW FROM THEIR OWN AND OTHER SHIPS, HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO WHENCE THE NELLORE HAD RESCUED ALL 496 OF THEM. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).

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Accession Number
305619
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Format: 4x6"
Support: Paper (Resin-coated)
Date Made
c December 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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