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The Maheno washed up on Fraser Island

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The <em>Maheno</em> washed up on Fraser Island

After breaking loose from the tow to Japan for scrapping in July 1935, the First World War hospital ship Maheno fetched up high on Fraser Island, Queensland. Many mariners thought it a miracle that it made it that far.

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Ian Farquhar Collection.

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The Maheno washed up on Fraser Island, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/maheno-washed-fraser-island, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated