The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of PA2231Stoker 2nd Class Cyril Francis Tansell, HMAS Penguin, of Cottonville, SA. Stoker Tansell was a refrigerator assembler before enlisting on 29 July 1941. He chose to join the Navy because his father had served in the Navy in the First World War. He joined the crew of HMAS Yarra on 3 January 1942, and was killed in action on 4 March 1942, at the age of 18, when the Yarra was sunk with the loss of 115 men.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA2231 Stoker 2nd Class Cyril Francis Tansell, HMAS Yarra, Royal Australian Navy, Australia and at sea, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of c
Portrait of Able Seaman (AB) Reginald Thomas Peterson, HMAS Yarra. AB Peterson enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 15 January 1923 and served on several ships, including HMAS Penguin, Sydney, Mel
Australia, c. 1941. Formal studio portrait of S5695 Stoker Loren Jack Lake who was killed in action at the age of eighteen when the RAN sloop HMAS Yarra was sunk on 1942-03-04. (Donors R. & B. Davis)
Studio portrait of John Francis (Jack) Absolom and his father John William Absolom. 21552 Leading Stoker John Francis Absolom was killed in action when the ship on which he was serving, HMAS Sydney II
Studio portrait of S4695 Stoker II Arthur O'Neill, HMAS Rushcutter. While serving as a Stoker on HMAS Yarra, O'Neill was killed in action on 4 March 1942 when the ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean by
Informal outdoor portrait of 24146 Stoker II (Sto II) Cyril Brien Collie of Bulimba, Qld. Enlisting in the RAN in March 1940, Sto III Collie was on board HMAS Sydney II when it was sunk by the German
