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PHOTOGRAPH: GUN PLACEMENT AND CATALINA, CRAWLEY 1942

1942
Overview

Copy of black and white photograph showing the view across Matilda Bay, Crawley. A WWII gun, two U.S. Catalina aircraft on the bay, Kings Park and Mt. Eliza in the background, and in the far distance, the city of Perth.

Historical information

The US Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy shared a base at Crawley in the later years of the Second World War, using some of the buildings on the campus of the University of Western Australia.

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Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-2004.135
Item type
Width
245 mm
Height or length
175 mm
Year
Statement of significance

State, national, world and military history

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