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Photograph 025734 Second World War, 1939-1945COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. COLOMBO HARBOUR, CONGESTED WITH SHIPPING, AND THE MOLE, AS SEEN BY A.I.F. TROOPS ON BOARD A TROOPSHIP RETURNING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO AUSTRALIA.

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COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. COLOMBO, HARBOUR, CONGESTED WITH SHIPPING, AS SEEN BY TROOPS OF THE A.I.F. RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THE MOLE IS IN THE FOREGROUND.
COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. COLOMBO HARBOUR, CONGESTED WITH SHIPPING, AND THE MOLE, AS SEEN BY A.I.F. TROOPS ON BOARD A TROOPSHIP RETURNING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO AUSTRALIA.

COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. COLOMBO HARBOUR, CONGESTED WITH SHIPPING WHEN A CONVOY RETURNING TROOPS OF THE A.I.F. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO AUSTRALIA, CALLED THERE.

COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. SHIPPING IN COLOMBO HARBOUR. THE TROOPS IN THE FOREGROUND ARE MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. ENROUTE TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.

COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. SHIPS AT ANCHOR IN COLOMBO HARBOUR. THE TROOPS IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND ARE A.I.F. PERSONNEL ON BOARD A TROOPSHIP RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.

View of shipping in congested Colombo Harbour. The figures in the foreground are troops of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) returning home from the Middle East waiting departure from Colombo. Note

COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. CROWDED COLOMBO HARBOUR AT THE TIME THAT A CONVOY OF TROOPS OF THE A.I.F. RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST CALLED THERE.
