SYDNEY, NSW. C.1940. AERIAL STARBOARD VIEW OF THE DUTCH LINER SS NIEUW HOLLAND BEFORE BEING ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number P01080.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SYDNEY, NSW. C.1940. AERIAL STARBOARD VIEW OF THE DUTCH LINER SS NIEUW HOLLAND BEFORE BEING PAINTED IN WAR TIME GREY. AS A TRANSPORT SHIP SHE WAS PART OF THE CONVOY U.S. 5 WHICH CARRIED AIF TROOPS AND NURSES TO EGYPT, WITH RAN PERSONNEL AS DEMS GUNNERS, SIGNALMEN AND WIRELESS OPERATORS. (DONOR R. DONNELLY)