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This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: 301717. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for more information.

Sourced from: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp

Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken in 1944.

AWM Caption: 1944-02-27. PORT BEAM VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I) ONE DAY OUT FROM SYDNEY, EN ROUTE TO MILNE BAY. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND SLUNG FROM THE DAVITS. A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED IS CARRIED AFT. SHE RETAINS A SINGLE 6 INCH GUN, MOUNTED ON THE STERN, AND TWO 3 INCH AA GUNS, MOUNTED AT THE END OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, FROM HER SERVICE AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER. SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS CAN BE SEEN AT THE BOW AND IN THE BRIDGE WINGS, ABREAST AND ABAFT THE FUNNEL AND ABREAST THE DECKHOUSE AFT. A TYPE 271 RADAR LANTERN IS MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE AND AN SC RADAR AERIAL IS CARRIED ON THE FOREMAST. SAMPSON HAVE BEEN STEPPED ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND A MAINMAST AFT. ALL MASTS HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH DERRICKS TO HANDLE THE LANDING CRAFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

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This image was created in Australia and is now classified as being in the public domain because its term of copyright has now expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005), generally copyright has expired as follows: Type of material Copyright has expired if ...  A  Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to 1955-01-01  B  Photographs (except A): taken prior to 1955-01-01  C  Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before 1955-01-01  D  Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago  E  Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs: first published more than 50 years ago 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint. 2owned means where a government is the copyright owner as well as would have owned copyright but reached some other agreement with the creator.

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