Image: IN CONVOY FROM BOMBAY TO SINGAPORE. FEBRUARY 1942, ON BOARD THE TROOPSHIP DEVONSHIRE DURING PASSAGE FROM BOMBAY TO SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA (DJAKARTA) AND RETURN, IN WHAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST CONVOY TO REACH SING A9689
Description: IN CONVOY FROM BOMBAY TO SINGAPORE. FEBRUARY 1942, ON BOARD THE TROOPSHIP DEVONSHIRE DURING PASSAGE FROM BOMBAY TO SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA (DJAKARTA) AND RETURN, IN WHAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST CONVOY TO REACH SINGAPORE WITH TROOPS AND STORES. APART FROM ONE AIR RAID BY JAPANESE PLANES WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE BANGKA STRAIT, THE JOURNEY WAS UNEVENTFUL. Indian Troops embarking in DEVONSHIRE bound for Batavia and Singapore.
Title: IN CONVOY FROM BOMBAY TO SINGAPORE. FEBRUARY 1942, ON BOARD THE TROOPSHIP DEVONSHIRE DURING PASSAGE FROM BOMBAY TO SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA (DJAKARTA) AND RETURN, IN WHAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST CONVOY TO REACH SING A9689
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/445/636/large_000000.jpg This photograph A 9689 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Oulds, D C
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