018564 Accession Number: 018564

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Commanding Officer of the HMAS Lachlan, George Dalton Tancred, goes ashore for a conference prior to an amphibious operation. Survey ship of an Allied Task Force, Lachlan is entirely Australian-built and performs one of the most hazardous tasks in the South-West Pacific area.

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Accession Number
018564
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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