
Caption | Canadian Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Percy Nelles inspecting a Japanese shell recovered from the Estevan Point lighthouse shelling attack of 20 Jun 1942 by Japanese submarine I-26. ww2dbase | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
Source | ww2dbaseCanadian Archives/Canadian Department of National Defense | |||||
Identification Code | a134083 | |||||
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Photo Size | 706 x 573 pixels | |||||
Photos at Same Place | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | |||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||
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