Major-General Ter Poorten on board TSS ORANJE II

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Major-General Ter Poorten on board TSS ORANJE II

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This image depicts the Dutch representative, Major-General Hein ter Poorten making a speech on board TSS ORANJE II. On 28 June 1941, after a refitting at Cockatoo dock, Prime Minister Menzies hoisted a Red Cross flag on the Dutch liner ORANJE. The ceremony marked the handing over of the vessel from the Dutch Netherlands Indies Government to the ...

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1941-06-28

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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/11941427536

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Birchgrove,

Related subjects

Samuel J Hood collection / Hood collection / Dutch / TSS ORANJE II / Oranje / hospital ship / World War II / WWII / nurses / medical personnel / war / Robert Menzies / Red Cross / Dutch Netherlands Indies Government / Major-General Hein ter Poorten / Poorten / Cockatoo Island / Cockatoo Island dockyards / Ship / Ocean Liner / MS Oranje / Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland / SMN / Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschapij / Nederland Line / Netherland Line / Netherlands Shipbuilding Company / MS Angelina Lauro / Angelina Lauro / Flotta Lauro / StarLauro / Costa Lines / Costa Line

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