Commodore John Augustine Collins, HMAS Australia, being carried from an American merchant ship to ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 082901
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 12 November 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

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.