The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of B4234 Able Seaman (AB) Hervey Owen Phipps from Ipswich, Queensland acting as a lookout aboard HMAS Nizam during a strike against Japan. AB Phipps enlisted in the RAN as a 17 year old on 12 November 1942 and served until he was demobilised on 30 October 1946. During his time onboard HMAS Nizam from January to October 1945, the ship was operating with the US Third Fleet off Sendai Bay, Japan and was present in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender. The destroyer was decommissioned by the RAN in October 1945 and returned to the Royal Navy.
Informal portrait of S/5867 Able Seaman (AB) John Francis Boyle from Bexley, NSW, a gun layer, aboard HMAS Nizam during a strike against Japan. AB Boyle is shown wearing standard anti-flash gear and p
Informal group portrait of the Torpedo crew of HMAS Nizam checking up on all their ‘fish’, in preparation for the forthcoming operations. They are shown ‘launching-in’ a torpedo into one of the 21 inc
Informal group portrait of members of a Bofors gun-crew who were formerly stokers, working on the gun aboard HMAS Nizam. Identified are PA4104 Stoker William Henry ‘Bill’ Kinnear from Kingston, South
The crest of HMAS Nizam. The Nizam was an N class destroyer, commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 19 December 1940. The destroyer participated in the Western Desert, Crete, and Malta cam
Group portrait of ship's company of HMAS Nizam. The Nizam was an N class destroyer, commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 19 December 1940. The destroyer participated in the Western Deser
A unit crest of the N Class Destroyer HMAS Nizam which served in the Royal Australian Navy during the period February 1941 - October 1945. Nizam was employed on patrol and escort duties in the Mediter
