005098 Accession Number: 005098

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Survivors, passengers and crew from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, Triona and Holmwood and the Norwegian vessel Vinni, were rescued by the Australian steamer Nellore from the small Island of Emirau, in the Bismarck Archipelago, where they were landed by a German raider. Shown here are two of the 496 survivors standing on the edge of the water of a bay.

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Accession Number
005098
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c December 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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