Lifeboats from MV Zealandia row towards shore after the ship was destroyed during the first ...

Accession Number P03707.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Davey, John
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made 19 February 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Lifeboats from MV Zealandia row towards shore after the ship was destroyed during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin. In the background is the hospital ship Mundunda, that was damaged but not destroyed in the air raid.

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