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Photograph 001279 Second World War, 1939-1945An armed seaman signing the register in the armoury on board the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Westralia.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A rating carrying out a check on Lee Enfield .303 rifles stored in the armoury on the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Westralia.
An armed seaman signing the register in the armoury on board the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Westralia.

A rating examines the fuse of a shell brought aboard the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Westralia for use with its several 6 inch guns.

At sea. c. 1942. Gunnery crew of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), HMAS Westralia carrying out a practice shoot with one of the 6 inch guns with which the ship is armed.

At sea. c. 1942. Gunnery crew of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), HMAS Westralia carrying out a practice shoot with one of the 6 inch guns with which the ship is armed.

At sea. c. 1942. Gunnery crew of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), HMAS Westralia carrying out a practice shoot with one of the 6 inch guns with which the ship is armed.

At sea. c. 1942. Gunnery crew of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), HMAS Westralia carrying out a night practice shoot with one of the 6 inch guns with which the ship is armed.