2 October 1940 - Farewell for the troopship "S2" as it departs Port of Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka - colorized version)

IMAGE INFO

- Viewpoint is looking west from the upper deck of His Majesty's Australian Troopship (H.M.A.T.) "S2", as it leaves Colombo Harbour in convoy.

- The convoy was en-route to Haifa, Egypt following a brief one day stopover (with shore leave for the troops) in the port of Colombo.

- This is the second in a sequence of three shots that Tom took as the convoy departed Colombo Harbour.

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SOURCE INFO

- Original image captured by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley of the 2/8 Infantry Battalion Reinforcements, 6th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, using a KODAK Six-20 Popular Brownie box camera, with KODAK 120 B&W roll film.

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PROCESS INFO

- Original faded, blurry & damaged photo print was digitized using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Colourized using MyHeritage app.

- Latest version enhanced using Topaz Gigapixel AI, Skylum Luminar Neo AI & Adobe Photoshop CS2.

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