The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Troops were evacuated from various points on the Greek coastline, all types of shipping being pressed into use. This shot shows some of the legation staff and a few Aussies, including members of 4 Australian Wireless Section, being landed at Crete from a British armed trawler, the HMS Moonshine. The first part of the trip for these people was on a tiny Greek coastal vessel, the Else, which also had a cargo of 150 German prisoners... conditions were pretty bad.
FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER EMPIRE TROOPS EVACUATED GREECE WITH THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT UNBROKEN. EVERY AVAILABLE BOAT WAS PRESSE
PEOPLE WERE EVERYWHERE.........NOTE BREN GUN BEING SET UP BY DIGGERS. A CORNER OF THE SHIP ON WHICH THE REMAINING BRITISH SUBJECTS SOME AUSSIES & 150 GERMAN PRISONERS WERE EVACUATED FROM ATHENS. CONDI
Aitape, New Guinea. Typical type of country the Aussies are fighting in on the coastal sector. It shows a section of the coastline. Admiring the view is Private Tom Barrett of Maidstone, Vic.
These men are tired... really tired... everyone was by the time they had managed to board a ship leaving Greece. They're tired but not disorganized... note the rifles; ready for instant action against
Nordgulen Fjord, Norway. C. 1945-01. A Mosquito aircraft of RAF Coastal Command starting to attack enemy shipping in Nordgulen Fjord. There were eleven vessels sheltering here. Four merchantmen ships,
Den Helder, Holland. C. 1944-09. A close-up of the half completed enemy destroyer and the armed enemy trawler which was towing it. The enemy trawler has been badly hit and can be seen on fire as a res
