025778 Accession Number: 025778

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H.M. TRANSPORT, ORCADES, AT SEA. 1942-03. A QUIET GAME IN A SECLUDED SPOT ON DECK DURING THE VOYAGE OF A.I.F. TROOPS RETURNING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. MANY OF THE MEN DISEMBARKED AT BATAVIA, WERE RETAINED TO GUARD THE DUTCH AIRFIELDS, AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE JAPANESE.

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Accession Number
025778
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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