The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A view from the deck of the Australian destroyer HMAS Warramunga (I) towards the island of Cho Do, Korea. The American landing support ship (LSSL 107) is visible in the distance. Painted by official war artist Frank Norton during his first Korean patrol this image is evidence of the artists's concern to convey a sense of the Korean coastal landscape and waterways where the Royal Australian Navy was operating. Cho Do was one of 6 islands identified as strategically important by the UN Forces.
Norton was deployed to Korea from June to August 1952 in his letter's to the Memorial's director he wrote 'I regret that my period here doesn't include part of the winter - from the point of view of variety of subject matter - at present it is extremely hot and humid - and the conditions are tropical - like the Pacific work however the 'location' is quite different.'
View of the west coast of Korea between Cho Do and Sok-to island taken from the deck of HMAS Warramunga; prominent in the foreground is a large deck winch, with smaller sailing craft in the distance.
While on patrol off the west coast of Korea in August 1952 official war artist Frank Norton spent several days ashore where he was able to make sketches and two oil paintings of the Island of Yong Puo
This is one of 15 art works completed by Frank Norton on his first patrol along the West Coast of Korea. In the foreground is the destroyer HMAS Warramunga which Norton joined from 27th June until 27t
In the Yellow Sea (near the mouth of the Taedong River) the Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Warramunga (I) is at anchor between Sokto Island and west coast of (North) Korea. The destroyer is illu
British cruiser HMS Ceylon seen from Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Warramunga (I). The ship is off Sok-To island in the Yellow Sea, Korea, weighing anchor, to facilitate the return of the ship'
A view of the Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Warramunga (I) from the aircraft carrier USS Bataan. A crewman is being transferred between ships in a Bosun's chair, while a Dragonfly helicopter f