| Accession Number | 003948/20 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Bass Strait |
| Date made | c November 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
An official cinematographer on board the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara films a German mine on ...
Description
An official cinematographer on board the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara films a German mine on his Bell and Howell Eyemo 35mm cine camera. This was of one of two German mines swept up off Wilson's Promontory in the Bass Strait area in a joint operation with the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Durraween (seen in background). Swept mines like these were destroyed and sunk by rifle fire from the minesweepers.