The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian troops aboard HMT Felix Roussel, sit up on deck and watch as they approach the African coastline. Dargie noted, "With the first glimpse of land everyone is on deck. To troops so long accustomed to the comparatively treeless lands of the Middle East, there was something exhilarating in the sight of the rich green woods of Mombasa". During the voyage to Australia of HMT "Felix Roussel" a Free French ship which in company of the US ship "Holbrook" and the Australian ship "Duntroon" bought back from the Middle East, Australian troops and nurses.
Dargie noted,"The hour of suspense, when everyone is on the alert, for it is at sunset and dawn that submarines may strike. Painted during the voyage to Australia of HMT "Felix Roussel" a Free French
Ack Ack and submarine lookout, Red Sea. The sketch was completed during Dargie's voyage to Australia aboard the HMT "Felix Roussel". This was a Free French ship which, in company of the US ship "Holb
Depicts Reginald Ward DX621 (N76513) standing, Donald Hambleton Johnson QX18024 2/25th Battalion, 2 A.I.F, part of superstructure of ships during the voyage to Australia of H.M.T "Felix Roussel" a fr
A scene on board the transport ships, Free French HT "Felix Roussel", Red Sea, 1942. Dargie noted, "The troops sit or stand about, surrounded by a litter of half-read & discarded newspapers which hav
A P&O liner now an Armed Merchant Cruiser of the Royal Navy, on escort duty to a convoy of troopships turning A.I.F from the Middle East. The troopships seen are "Duntroon", "Holbrook", "Mendoza" and
Escorting a convoy of troopships from the Middle East, the Royal Navy Armed Merchant Cruiser "Chitral" is steaming to a position between convoy and an unidentified vessel which lookouts have reported.