012597 Accession Number: 012597

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Rear Admiral Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould, the Naval Officer In Command of Sydney Harbour, prepares to lay a wreath at the Sydney Cenotaph in honour of the nineteen Australian and two British sailors from HMAS Kuttabul killed during the Japanese submarine attack in Sydney Harbour. Identified second from left is Lieutenant Commander Edwin Max Andrewartha.

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Accession Number
012597
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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