The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1943-01-01. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO VESSEL SS REIJNST WHICH AS PART OF CONVOY MS.2A FERRIED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM RATAI BAY, JAVA, WHENCE THEY HAD BEEN BROUGHT BY THE LARGE TRANSPORT RMS AQUITANIA, TO SINGAPORE IN 1942-01. ON 1943-04-26 SHE WAS PART OF CONVOY GP.48 WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE OFF THE NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES COAST. SHE LATER TOOK PART IN OPERATION LILLIPUT IN NEW GUINEA BETWEEN 1942-12 AND 1943-06. NOTE THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN ON THE STERN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT VAN SWOLL AT ANCHOR WITH TWO OTHER MERCHANT VESSELS. SHE WAS ONE OF THE VESSELS WHICH CARRIED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS BROUGHT TO RATAI BAY, JAVA, BY THE LINER RM
AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO VESSEL THEDENS WHICH TOOK PART IN OPERATION LILLIPUT IN EASTERN NEW GUINEA BETWEEN 1942-12 AND 1943-06. NOTE THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN MOUNTED ON THE STERN SURROUN
1943-11-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO STEAMER BOTH. A 12 POUNDER AA GUN IS MOUNTED ON THE STERN WITH LIGHT AA GUNS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS. THE BOTH OFTEN CARRIED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, TAKING
An aerial port bow view of the 2,608 ton Netherlands cargo steamer Both. A 12 pounder AA gun is mounted on the stern with light AA guns in the bridge wings. The Both helped transport Australian troop
1941-01-02. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE TRANSPORT MV CHARON WHICH CARRIED CARGO FROM AUSTRALIA TO TANJONG PRIOK, JAVA, AS PART OF CONVOY MS.3 IN 1942-02, ESCORTED PART OF THE WAY BY THE HMAS CANBERRA.
1943-11-26. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT VAN OUTHOORN AT ANCHOR WITH TWO OTHER MERCHANT VESSELS. IN 1942-02 SHE WAS ESCORTED BY HMAS GOULBURN INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN WHEN ESCAPING FROM THE NETH
