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HMAS Ballarat (J184) rescues survivors on an improvised life raft from
MV Derrymore
roughly 50 miles north of
Batavia (Jakarta)
on
Java
The group of survivors including
RAAF Flying Officer John Grey Gorton
who became the 19th Prime Minister of Australia 1968–1971.
Credit: RAN via
AWM 305626
Date:
February 13, 1942
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