Survivors, passengers and crew from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Emirau Island
Accession Number 005090
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Department of Information
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, Emirau Island
Date made c December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Survivors, passengers and crew from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, Triona and Holmwood and the Norwegian vessel Vinni, were rescued by the Australian steamer Nellore from the small Island of Emirau, in the Bismarck Archipelago, where they were landed by a German raider. Shown here are some of the 496 survivors standing around talking near some houses.