My impressions as a prisoner aboard the "Manyo Maru" and the "Tokyo Maru" passenger to Nauru per M.V...
My impressions as a prisoner aboard the "Manyo Maru" and the "Tokyo Maru" passenger to Nauru per M.V. "Triadic" / by G. W. Dillon.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
[Townsville, Qld?] [publisher not identified], 1941.
Call Numbers
MRB/Q114
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
10 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part 1. The shelling and setting on fire of the M.V. "Triadic" by enemy action. -- Part 2. My imprisonment on the "Manyo Maru" and my transfer to the "Tokyo Maru". -- Part 3. Our release and arrival at Emeirau [sic] Island, St. Mathias group -- 21st. December 1940 -- Sequence of events and dates....
Publication information
Publisher
[Townsville, Qld?] [publisher not identified], 1941.
Place of Publication
Queensland
Date Published
1941.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Typescript copy of the account of G. W. Dillon's experience as a prisoner aboard two German ships, the Orion and Komet, which were disguised as Japanese ships, the "Manyo Maru" and the "Toky Maru", during 1940-1941. Dillon was an Australian passenger aboard the MV Triadic, which was attacked by two German ships in December 1940. Eventually taken to...
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Full title
My impressions as a prisoner aboard the "Manyo Maru" and the "Tokyo Maru" passenger to Nauru per M.V. "Triadic" / by G. W. Dillon.
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Notes
General note
"Proceeds of sale of copies to go to the Red Cross".
Rare Books copy at MRB/Q114: To be issued in Special Collections.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MRB/Q114
Record Identifier
74VKMgb5XqaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMgb5XqaZ
Other Identifiers
DDC
940.547
MMS ID
991021274629702626
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