DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. THE MAIN PORTION OF THE PIER DAMAGED AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE SHORE END ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number 304959
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. THE MAIN PORTION OF THE PIER DAMAGED AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE SHORE END BY THE FIRST JAPANESE AIR RAID. THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS GUNBAR, WHICH WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOOM GATE VESSEL, IS ALONGSIDE. TWO CORVETTES LIE OUT IN THE HARBOUR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).