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Actions Displays	British India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera' Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/044 TitleBritish India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera' DescriptionUndated B/W photographic postcard of the "British India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera'". The postcard shows the entire ship afloat and indicates that it weighed 12,615 tons. The scores from a card game, made by donor Lou Finn during his trip aboard the Dunera from Cyprus to England when demobilised from the British Army in 1959, are in blue ink on the reverse. The Dunera was a troop ship that was used to transport Jewish refugees, known as "Dunera Boys", to Australia in July 1940. Production date 1937 - 1959 SubjectDunera, ocean liners, transport ships, refugees, photographs, Australian Jewish history Object namephotographs Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper, paper Dimensions width: 136.00 mm height: 86.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Lou Finn

Object numberM2008/044

TitleBritish India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera'

DescriptionUndated B/W photographic postcard of the "British India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera'". The postcard shows the entire ship afloat and indicates that it weighed 12,615 tons. The scores from a card game, made by donor Lou Finn during his trip aboard the Dunera from Cyprus to England when demobilised from the British Army in 1959, are in blue ink on the reverse. The Dunera was a troop ship that was used to transport Jewish refugees, known as "Dunera Boys", to Australia in July 1940.

Production date 1937 - 1959

SubjectDunera, ocean liners, transport ships, refugees, photographs, Australian Jewish history

Object namephotographs

Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Lou Finn

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