ccnc * an eastern Australian port when the men of H.M.A.S. Canberra, sunk in the Solomons, arrived Home. Top left: Captain F. E. Getting who, although mortally wounded, directed final operations as the cruiser was abandoned: Right: Three of the men coming ashore in borrowed clothes; two of them are wearing American steel helmets. Below The scene outside the wharf, where hundreds of friends and relatives were gathered. Right: One of the casualties being carried from a naval pinnace, which brought him ashore, to a waiting ambulance.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 199, 24 August 1942, Page 2
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86ccnc* an eastern Australian port when the men of H.M.A.S. Canberra, sunk in the Solomons, arrived Home. Top left: Captain F. E. Getting who, although mortally wounded, directed final operations as the cruiser was abandoned: Right: Three of the men coming ashore in borrowed clothes; two of them are wearing American steel helmets. Below The scene outside the wharf, where hundreds of friends and relatives were gathered. Right: One of the casualties being carried from a naval pinnace, which brought him ashore, to a waiting ambulance. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 199, 24 August 1942, Page 2
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