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MERAUKE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 1943-10. THE CREW OF THE SURVEY SHIP HMAS VIGILANT IN FRONT OF THEIR SHIP ON THE MERAUKE WHARF. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT - ABLE SEAMAN (AB) "SNOW" BRANDLER (OR BRAENDLER), AB TED SMITH, AB DON CAVANAGH, STOKER JOHN ADCOCK, MOTOR MECHANIC GEORGE WILLIAMS, AB TOM MAULE, AB STEVE CONSTANTINE, SIGNALMAN ALLAN ROBERTS, COOK TOM THOMAS. MIDDLE ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT - WIRELESS TELEGRAPHIST ARTHUR AINSWORTH, CHIEF ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER JACK SWAIN, LIEUTENANT T F ROBERTS, LIEUTENANT "BILLY" WINTON, LEADING SEAMAN CHARLIE "SHORTY" WOODS. FRONT ROW - AB (GUNNER) D F BALFOUR. (DONATED BY MR T F ROBERTS).
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
CAIRNS, QLD, 1944-05. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF SHIP'S COMPANY HMAS SLEUTH (PREVIOUSLY VIGILANT). BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, ABLE SEAMAN GUNNER DONALD BALFOUR, COOK SID HUGHAN, ABLE SEAMAN KEN SILVER, SIGNALM
DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 1943-10. COMBINED NAVAL AND ARMY FUNERAL OF LEADING SEAMAN DON CALBECK (SURVEY RATING CLASS 1), HMAS VIGILANT, WHO ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN THE MERAUKE RIVER. CARRYING WREATH NEAREST
BIAK ISLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN, 1944. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMAS STAWELL. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: (1) SIGNALLER HARRY 'JOE' LINE, (2) STOKER RODGERS; SECOND BACK ROW: (3) ABLE SEAMAN RO
Group portrait of crew members of RAN Boom Defence Vessel HMAS Karangi A304, on board ship. Back row, left to right: S/V106 Telegraphist Eric Robert Shields; PA/3466 Able Seaman (AB) Gordon Lawrence ‘
A group of sailors make music onboard the Kent class cruiser HMAS Canberra during a respite from wartime patrols, possibly during an entertainment event held for the ship's company. To add to the fun
Williamstown, Vic. 1900. Group portrait of the Victorian Naval Contingent that went to China for the Boxer Rebellion. They were paraded at the barracks at Williamstown for a `photo-call' before they e
