The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Looking into the glaring afternoon sun as SS "Laconia" steams across the Arabian Sea to Bombay. Submarine look-outs find the light very trying; to sunbathers it is a paradise, although dangerous. In the foreground one of the ship's 6-inch guns. In the earlier part of the war this ship was employed as an Armed Merchant Cruiser, with no guns on the centre line, with the result that when she was being converted into a troopship, to be defensively armed, it was necessary to leave both the after guns, Arabian Sea.
British Merchant vessel which was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Mangalore in the Arabian Sea in July 1944. It was on route from Melbourne to Bombay via Colombo. During the First World War the ve
Sydney Harbour, NSW, 1940-01-10. Soldiers of the 16th Brigade Group, 6th Division, 2nd AIF, line the decks of His Majesty's Transport No. 4 to catch their last look at Sydney as they sail in the first
Piece of brown black coloured shrapnel from a Japanese aerial bomb. The SS Hanyang, a 2987 ton defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS), was operated by the United States Army. Its officer's were B
This memorial commemorates the service and sacrifice of Australian merchant seamen who manned ships in all ports of the world during the First and Second World Wars. The support these men provided wa
1939-45 Star. Modern copy, replacing original lost medal of 1939-45 Star. Stamped 'COPY' on reverse Associated with the service of 21030 Shipwright 3rd Class Robert Beauchamp Hopcraft, RAN, of Sydne
Pacific Star. Modern copy, replacing original lost medal of 1939-45 Star. Stamped 'COPY' on reverse Associated with the service of 21030 Shipwright 3rd Class Robert Beauchamp Hopcraft, RAN, of Sydne
