025725
Photograph 025725 Second World War, 1939-1945COLOMBO, CEYLON. 1942-02. A GROUND ANGLE VIEW OF A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE, VISITED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON THEIR HOMEWARD JOURNEY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
025727 Accession Number: 025727
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Colombo, Ceylon. February 1942. A party of Australian soldiers, homeward bound after service in the Middle East, set off in rickshaws for a tour of the city after visiting the beautiful Hindu temple in Sea Street which stands in the old Fort area of Colombo. The soldier in the rickshaw on the left is Francis Drake Debenham, of 2/1st Field Ambulance, 6th Division.
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025727
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Colour: Black & white
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