The troopship Orcades, formerly an Orient liner, in Colombo Harbour with Australian Imperial ...

Accession Number 030115/02
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Rintel, David Leslie
Place made Ceylon: Colombo
Date made February 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The troopship Orcades, formerly an Orient liner, in Colombo Harbour with Australian Imperial Force (AIF) troops on board about to leave for Australia. They had transhipped at this port en route from the Middle East.

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