MAKE A MEME View Large Image Armidale survivors (AWM 300191).jpg en AWM Caption Survivors from the Bathurst class corvette HMAS Armidale which was sunk on 1 December 1942 after being attacked by Japanese aircraft south of Timor On 7 December 1942 the survivors were ...
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Keywords: Armidale survivors (AWM 300191).jpg en AWM Caption Survivors from the Bathurst class corvette HMAS Armidale which was sunk on 1 December 1942 after being attacked by Japanese aircraft south of Timor On 7 December 1942 the survivors were sighted by an aircraft in a position about 280 miles north west of Darwin and about 33 miles north east of where Armidale had sunk A Catalina flying boat was despatched from Cairns to pick up these survivors and reached the area on the afternoon of 8 December 1942 One of the Catalina aircrew took this picture but the aircraft was unable to land because of the rough sea state Despite exhaustive air and sea searches and the rescuing of other survivors these pictured survivors were never seen again after the Catalina departed from the area 300191 The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1942 PD-Australia Original upload log en wikipedia FtCG page en wikipedia Armidale_survivors_ AWM_300191 jpg wikitable - 23 55 24 February 2007 450 × 343 69 403 bytes Nick-D w en Australian War Memorial AWM catalog number 300191 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1942 The AWM allow J240 Armidale ship 1942 Shipwreck survivors Battle of Timor Black and white photographs
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