The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 have been distributed by the Red Cross. Some of men play cards; others group together and talk; all carry life-belts. Hung across the deck can be seen the washing of the ship's crew, whose quarters were just above".
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 accu
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