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041398 Accession Number: 041398

Description

Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Norman rescuing survivors from a Greek merchant ship which had been torpedoed south east of Cape Town. Live poultry is also on the survivors' raft.

Details

Accession Number

041398

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

1942

Place Made

Indian Ocean

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Credit Line

Donor R. Flanders

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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