P00318.009 Accession Number: P00318.009

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POSSIBLY EARLY TO MID 1940-01. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT SHIP SOBIESKI OF GDYNIA - AMERICA SHIPPING - (POLISH) WHICH WAS HIRED BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO TRANSPORT TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE EAST. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH THE SUBIESKI IS IN THE CONVOY, HEADED BY THE BOTTLESHIP HMS RAMILLIES, WHICH CARRIED THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY DIVSIONS TO BE TRAINED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE CRUISER HMAS CANBERRA FROM WHICH THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRESUMABLY TAKEN ESCORTED THE CONVOY ON THE WELLINGTON TO FREMANTLE STAGE TO ITS JOURNEY.

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Accession Number
P00318.009
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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