DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. SS ZEALANDIA, AN AMMUNITION SHIP, ON FIRE IN THE HARBOUR AFTER BEING ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number 134959
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. SS ZEALANDIA, AN AMMUNITION SHIP, ON FIRE IN THE HARBOUR AFTER BEING BOMBED DURING THE FIRST JAPANESE AIR RAID ON THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND. IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND SMOKE RISES FROM THE BOMBED NEPTUNA AT THE WHARF.