082901 Accession Number: 082901

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Commodore John Augustine Collins, HMAS Australia, being carried from an American merchant ship to a waiting ambulance during disembarkation of causalities. Commodore Collins had been badly wounded during a Japanese kamikaze attack at Leyte Gulf in October 1944.

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Accession Number
082901
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 November 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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