AWM P01117.005

Eleven women in light uniform dresses crouch or stand together in a dark room posing for a photograph, some are smiling.
Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service in the hold of the cargo vessel Empire Star, at sea, off Singapore, 12 February 1942. They were being evacuated from 2/10th Australian General Hospital in Singapore to Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies. The ship carrying over 2,000 evacuees was bombed by Japanese aircraft during the voyage. AWM P01117.005
Source
AWM P01117.005
Date made
Place made
At sea
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

See also

Loyalty: Stories of the Australian Army
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