305620 Accession Number: 305620

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EMIRAU ISLAND. PASSENGERS AND CREW, AMONG THE 496 SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS HAD BEEN SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS KOMET AND ORION IN THE PACIFIC. THEY ARE EATING A MEAL OF IRON RATIONS AND COCONUTS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).

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Accession Number
305620
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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