302809
Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
- ID number
- 302809
- Photographer
- Naval Historical Collection
- Object type
- Black & white
- Place made
- At sea
- Date made
- 21 August 1941
- Physical description
- Black & white
- Credit line
- Donor Naval Historical Collection
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- The Dutch hospital ship Oranje off the Western Australian coast in 1941, shortly after the completion of its conversion as a hospital ship. The red crosses and green stripes on the white hull were meant to be a conspicuous reminder to enemy vessels of its non-combatant role. The ship evacuated wounded Australian soldiers from the Middle East.
