Chronology of World War II

Monday, December 7

Last Photo of Shipwrecked Survivors


Last Photo of Shipwrecked Survivors
Shipwrecked survivors of HMAS Armidale clinging to a raft and waving at a Catalina flying boat. Unable to land on violent waters, the survivors were not seen again after this photograph was taken. Coast of East Timor, December 8, 1942