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Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number P01604.001

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Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken in 1942.

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AWM Caption: Singapore. 1942-02-05. Starboard side view of the extensively damaged British transport the Empress of Asia and Navy rescue vessels. The transport was set on fire during a bomb attack by Japanese aircraft. It was one of four ships bringing the remainder of the 18th British Division, some other troops, and transport vehicles to the island. Most of the troops were rescued by the Navy, but nearly all their weapons and equipment were lost. (Donor M. Parkin)

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This image was created in Australia and is now classified as being in the public domain because its term of copyright has now expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Feb 2008), generally copyright has expired as follows: Type of material Copyright has expired if ...  A  Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to 1 January 1955  B  Photographs (except A): taken prior to 1 January 1955  C  Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before 1 January 1955  D  Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago  E  Commonwealth or State government held2 photographs: first published more than 50 years ago 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint. 2held means where a government is the copyright holder as well as would have held copyright but reached some other agreement with the creator.