The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fremantle, WA. Left or port side view of the transport Ceramic which during World War 1 was requisitioned by the Commonwealth for use as a transport and was part of the first convoy transporting the first AIF to the Middle East. On 1942-12-06 she was torpedoed and sunk off the Azores by a U-boat, possibly 11 RAN Dems gunners being lost with her. (Naval Historical Collection)
Able Seaman (AB) Alfred Jillard holding his daughter Lois on his final leave in Melbourne. AB Jillard, a member of the RAN Reserve, was assigned in August 1942 to the Shaw Savill liner SS Ceramic as a
FREMANTLE, WA. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN TANKER FERNCASTLE, WHICH WAS SUNK BY THE GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER MICHEL 1800 MILES WEST NORTH WEST OF PERTH ON 1943-06-17. AN RAN DEMS RATING WAS
FREMANTLE, WA. 1941-12-24. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL YUNNAN BEFORE SHE WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE RAN ON 1942-06-22 FOR SERVICE AS AN AMMUNITION STORES ISSUING SHIP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL C
C. 1942. AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN CARGO STEAMER FINGAL WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, PROBABLY I-180, OFF NAMBUCCA HEADS ON A VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO DARWIN ON 1
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1940. AERIAL STARBOARD VIEW OF THE DUTCH LINER SS NIEUW HOLLAND BEFORE BEING PAINTED IN WAR TIME GREY. AS A TRANSPORT SHIP SHE WAS PART OF THE CONVOY U.S. 5 WHICH CARRIED AIF TROOPS AND
The transport Norseman, sunk near Salonika. On 22nd January 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U.39 off Salonika while carrying a cargo of mules and munitions. Towed to Mudros whe
