1941-08-30. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER VESSEL ORMISTON WHICH CARRIED ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, New Caledonia
Accession Number 303741
Collection type Photograph
Object type 6x8", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 6x8", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

1941-08-30. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER VESSEL ORMISTON WHICH CARRIED AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL AND STORES TO NEW CALEDONIA IN 1941-12. SHE WAS DAMAGED WHEN TORPEDOED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE OFF COFFS HARBOUR ON 1943-05-12. NOTE THE 12 POUNDER GUN AFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)