P01806.005 Accession Number: P01806.005

Description

Refuge Bay. Informal portrait of Sub Lieutenant Bertram Thomas Overell, member of 'Z' Special Unit, Australian Services Reconnaissance Department, outside a tent at a training camp. He was preparing for Operation `Jaywick' in which operatives carried out a successful raid in MV Krait on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour. (Formerly 3DRL 6204, original held in AWM Archive Store)

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Accession Number
P01806.005
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
17 January 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor B. Kerridge
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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