The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-13. SURVIVORS FROM THE MERCHANT VESSEL DERRYMORE, TORPEDOED TEN MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SOUTH WATCHER LIGHT BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, BEING RESCUED BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT. AMONG THE SURVIVORS WAS THE FUTURE PRIME MINISTER SIR JOHN GORTON. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-13. SURVIVORS FROM THE MERCHANT VESSEL DERRYMORE, TORPEDOED TEN MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SOUTH WATCHER LIGHT BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, BEING RESCUED BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-13. SURVIVORS FROM THE MERCHANT VESSEL DERRYMORE, TORPEDOED TEN MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SOUTH WATCHER LIGHT BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, BEING RESCUED BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT
Flying Officer John G. Gorton (indicated by the arrow), later Prime Minister of Australia, among survivors from the torpedoed Merchant Ship SS Derrymore (4,799 tons) who are being taken aboard HMAS Ba
OFF NEW CALEDONIA. 1942-05-05. THE AMERICAN MERCHANT VESSEL JOHN ADAMS, HER BACK BROKEN, SINKING AFTER BEING TORPEDOED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE APPROXIMATELY 120 MILES SOUTH WEST OF AMEDEE LIGHTHOUSE.
JAVA SEA. 1942-02-03. BADLY INJURED SURVIVORS OF THE DUTCH MERCHANT VESSEL NORAH MOLLER ARE HELPED INTO A LIFEBOAT AFTER SHE HAD BEEN FATALLY DAMAGED BY JAPANESE BOMBERS. THE SURVIVORS WERE TAKEN ABOA
BATAVIA. 1942-02-04. SURVIVORS WHO LATER DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED WHEN THE DUTCH MERCHANT VESSEL NORAH MOLLER WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE IN THE JAVA SEA AND LANDED BY HMAS HOBART ARE PLACED IN TRUCKS T
