The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Some two thousand two hundred men of 6 Australian Division embarked on HMS Implacable lying offshore in Wewak Harbour. All troops appear happy to be going home and welcomed the news that they would be in Sydney, NSW, in four day's time. Troops were accommodated in the hangars and air crews' quarters. One aircraft lift was used continually to transport troops to the flight deck, saving much climbing of iron ladders. Tea was served morning and afternoon on the flight deck. Everything possible was done by the Royal Navy to relieve the monotony of travel.
Pacific Ocean. 1945. When the planes have landed on the flight deck of HMS Implacable, they are placed on a giant lift and taken down one or two decks to the stowage hangars and workshops for maintena
Two unidentified members of the RAN watch Australian Army troops and equipment on board HMAS Sydney on their way home from Vietnam. There are a number of vehicles on the deck including Land Rovers, on
Australian troops who have spent the last 12 months in Vietnam are on their way home. Gunners of 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, paraded for the last time at Nui Dat to be farewelled a
The ice cream factory was taken over by the Australian Comforts Fund from the Americans. The ingredients were delivered in powder form, then mixed with water and placed in the mixer. In ten minutes it
On 6 September 1945, Japanese General Imamura and Vice Admiral Kusaka embarked on the aircraft carrier HMS Glory which was riding in St George's Channel, between New Britain and New Ireland. At a cere
Army Headquarters Canberra - nerve centre for Operation Interfuse. Interfuse...that was the codeword the Army allotted to its biggest movement of men and equipment since World War Two - the withdrawal
