014876 Accession Number: 014876

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Staff of the hospital ship Oranje frolicking in the snow. The Oranje had transported sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops back from the Middle East. In appreciation of their good work the New Zealand Government gave the ship's staff a three day trip to the Chateau Tongariro in the snow country, providing transport, accommodation, meals, and snow and sporting equipment. In the centre is Staff Nurse Margaret Lamont Adams, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Staff Nurse Adams was one of 268 people who lost their lives when the hospital ship Centaur sunk after it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the Queensland coast on 14 May 1943.

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Accession Number
014876
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Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c June 1942
Place Made
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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