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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 1943-05-05. THE FINGAL WAS A DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) WHOSE GUNS WERE MANNED BY TWO ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY DEMS GUNNERS, GEOFF MILLER AND S.C. PAYNE. PAYNE WAS AMONGST THE TWENTY SEVEN LOST WITH THE SHIP. NOTE THE 12 POUNDER GUN MOUNTED AFT. (ANOTHER COPY FORMERLY HELD AT Y102) (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1943-05-05. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CARGO VESSEL SS KOTOR. THE 3,600 TON FREIGHTER WAS A DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) WHOSE GUNS WERE MANNED BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY DEMS GUNNERS: AP
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) GUNNERS TRAINING A 20MM OERLIKON ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN DURING WORLD WAR 2. ONE OF THE GUNNERS APPEARS TO BE OF NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ORI
AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN CARGO STEAMER DELLIE, WHICH WAS WRECKED ON FINGAL BEACH NEAR TWEED HEADS, NSW, ON 1941-08-24. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE GREEK CARGO VESSEL ELISAVET UPON WHICH A RAN DEMS GUNNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ARMED STAND OFF WITH THE MASTER AFTER SHOOTING THE MASTER'S DOG SUBSEQUENT TO BEING BITTEN
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
1942-05-04. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN CARGO MOTOR VESSEL IVARAN. NOTE THE COVERED 4 INCH GUN AFT AND THE FALSE BOW WAVE FORWARD WHICH IS OF A DIFFERENT TYPE TO THAT NORMALLY WORN. (NAVAL HISTORI
