"Unloading empties after an air raid". Empty shell cases lie in a dinghy of HMAS Perth following ...

Accession Number P10813.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

"Unloading empties after an air raid". Empty shell cases lie in a dinghy of HMAS Perth following action. This image is from a collection relating to the service of 22124 Shipwright 3rd Class Ernest Frederick King, RAN, who died on 29 June 1943 in Burma as a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese following the sinking of HMAS Perth.

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