P00880.005 Accession Number: P00880.005

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CAIRNS, QLD, 1944-05. SOME OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMAS SLEUTH (PREVIOUSLY VIGILANT) ON FORECASTLE BY MAIN ARMAMENT 20MM OERLIKON ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. LEFT TO RIGHT, TERRY KEOGH ABLE SEAMAN KEN SILVER, ABLE SEAMAN DONALD BALFOUR, COOK SID HUGHAN, ABLE SEAMAN TED SMITH. NOTE HUMOROUS SIGN "COME IN SUCKERS" PAINTED ON GUN'S SPLINTER SHIELD. (DONOR D. BALFOUR)

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Accession Number
P00880.005
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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