The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of Sister Hutt, of the Australian Nursing Service, holding a fan, and stoker P O Leader on board HMAS Huon. Hanging behind them is a white ensign, one of the silk flags that were presented to the ship. The destroyer was undergoing repairs after a collision with HMAS Yarra on 8 August. While in Genoa the crew was ravaged by an influenza epidemic; five men died.
Group portrait of three Australian nursing sisters and two officers on board HMAS Huon in Italy. The destroyer saw no further war service after colliding with HMAS Yarra on 8 August; an influenza epi
The destroyer HMAS Yarra at a dry dock in Italy. She was probably undergoing repairs after colliding with HMAS Huon on 8 August.
An unidentified seaman looks out through the hole in the armour plate of HMAS Yarra, caused by a collision with HMAS Huon in the Adriatic Sea on 8 August 1918. With the other four Australian destroye
Brass bell from torpedo boat destroyer HMAS Huon. The inscription 'H.M.A.T.B.D./1915/ HUON' has been cast into the exterior and filled with black paint. The tongue (clapper) is missing. Torpedo boa
HMAS Huon at Iron Cove during her trials. Launched on 19 December 1914, the Huon was the first ship built outright at Cockatoo Island docks. Initially she served in Australian waters. She then patr
A 12 pounder gun in action on board the destroyer HMAS Huon. The two men on the left are wearing gas masks and flash protectors; the one on the far left is holding an artillery shell. In the foregro
