A view of four ships of Convoy U1 which carried troops from the 6th Division as well as New ...

Accession Number 000859/01
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made At sea
Date made c 20 January 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A view of four ships of Convoy U1 which carried troops from the 6th Division as well as New Zealand forces. In the background are the two three-funnelled ships, the Empress of Canada and the Empress of Japan, the latter having just joined the convoy outside Port Phillip Bay.

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