MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-01-03. COMMANDER A. C. C. MIERS, VC DSO, ROYAL NAVY, DISPLAYING A REPLICA OF ...

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Accession Number 140175
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Herald Newspaper
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-01-03. COMMANDER A. C. C. MIERS, VC DSO, ROYAL NAVY, DISPLAYING A REPLICA OF HIS "SKULL AND CROSSBONES" PENNANT TO NEWSPAPER MEN DURING A CONFERENCE. THE PENNANT COMMEMORATES THE EXPLOITS OF THE ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE HMS TORBAY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WHILST THE COMMANDER WAS IN CHARGE.