Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Emirau Island |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Survivors, passengers and crew from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, ...
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.