P01830.003 Accession Number: P01830.003

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Red Sea, 1941. A balloon hovers above the transport ship "SS Mauretania", as Australian soldiers stare up at it from the deck of the vessel. The troopship is en route to the Middle East. (Original print held in AWM Archive Store) (Donor D. Rintel)

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Accession Number
P01830.003
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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