014877 Accession Number: 014877

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New Zealand Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Peter Fraser, talking with wounded New Zealand soldiers who were transported home from the Middle East on the hospital ship Oranje. Identified, left to right: (1) NX71099 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Archibald John Aspinall, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC); (2) Matron Sarah Anne Jewell, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS); (3) Prime Minister Fraser. Lt Col Aspinall died of illness on 5 December 1945. Matron Jewell was one of the 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
014877
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c June 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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