Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
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Accession Number | 026466 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Fisher, Thomas |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA SHORTLY AFTER SHE HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ...
Description
OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA SHORTLY AFTER SHE HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY ONLY ONE CASUALTY WAS SUSTAINED - THE CHIEF STEWARD WITH TWO BROKEN LEGS - AND THE VESSEL WAS TOWED INTO PORT ON THE FOLLOWING DAY.