MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS ...

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Accession Number 026666
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE "ANSHUN" WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE OF 1750 MILES.