The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. A luna calendar clock and planetarium dial on the Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral tower. Above the planetarium between the two windows is a ball shape representing the moon (partly obscured).
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. The front exterior of the damaged Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral, to the left is the church tower showing a luna calendar clock and planetarium dial, just above the pla
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. A RAAF member stands near an abandoned Italian truck found in the street in front of the Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral and tower. On the side of the tower is a lunar c
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. The bomb damaged interior of the Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral showing rubble lying on the floor and roof missing.
Priolo, Sicily, Italy. July 1943. Exterior of the front entrance to a church in the village near Augusta. Note the bell and clock tower to the right.
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. The German war memorial showing a statue of German soldiers standing on the monument.
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. September 1943. The advance party of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, an all Australian squadron the Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft which is to take them across the Messi
