The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Stoker Ian Campbell Croft (34578), HMAS Cerberus, and Pilot Officer Lindsay Gordon Skimming (26177), HMAS Moreton are depicted reclining on seats sleeping on board Flying Boat VH-ABG "Coriolanus" from Darwin to Sydney. "Coriolanus" was first Qantas aircraft to enter the liberated Singapore, on 8 October 1945. Post-war, the same aircraft inaugurated the Sydney / Brisbane / Noumea / Fiji route on 19 November, flying it until December 1947. Stoker Croft was on the last boat to leave Singapore.
VH-ABG "Coriolanus" was the last Empire flying boat in operation in the world. It was broken up in Rose Bay during 1948.
An advertising poster for Qantas Empire Airways designed by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine in 1939. The poster depicts the Short "C" Class Empire flying-boat 'Cooee' taking off at
An RAAF Short Empire flying boat (A18-13) moored in Port Moresby harbour. The ridge line in the background is known as Pago Hill. This aircraft, formerly known as 'Coolangatta', was part of the QANTAS
Opens with shots from HMAS Stuart of the bombardment of Bardia by the Royal Navy battleships HMS Malaya and HMS Ramillies. HMAS Stuart did not fired so Petty Officer Carey was able to film the action.
The upper print on this double page spread depicts a flotilla of ships accompanying the Duke of Edinburgh's ship, the H.M.S. Galatea ('HMS Galatea entering between Sydney Heads') . The vessels are in
Seaman’s cap with HMAS Australia tally ribbon. The dark blue wool cap has a whitened canvas cover with two brass eyelet vent holes on each side. Internally, the cap is lined with brown cotton headlini
Aerial view of a fortified hamlet, from an aircraft flying into Tan San Nhut airport, Saigon. The dots visible around the area are from artillery and mortar rounds. One of 477 colour 35mm transparenci
