The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Taranto, Italy. September 1943. RAAF Padres R. Davies of Newcastle, NSW, and J. (Johnnie) P. McNamara of Brunswick, Vic, look at the harbour with two Italian airmen. The old fort in the background once guarded the harbour.
Taranto, Italy. September 1943. Padre R. Davies of Newcastle, NSW, and Padre J. (Johnnie) P. McNamara of Brunswick, Vic, talk with an Italian soldier on the Esplanade of the harbour. The Post and Tele
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Padre R. Davies of Newcastle, NSW, and Padre J. (Johnnie) P. McNamara of Brunswick, Vic, near their makeshift altar talk about arrangements to be made for church services for
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Squadron Leader R. Davies, RAAF Padre, of Newcastle, NSW (left), and Padre J. R. McNamara of Brunswick, Vic, confer on arrangements to be made for Church Services for RAAF air
Grottaglie, Italy. c. September 1943. Two padres of RAAF units operating on the Italian mainland, Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) J. P. McNamara of Brunswick, NSW, Roman Catholic, aged 34 (left) and Sqn Ldr
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Squadron Leader R. Davies, RAAF Padre, of Newcastle, NSW (left), and Padre J. P. McNamara of Brunswick, Vic (centre), and Flying Officer W. K. Robertson, Public Relations Fiel
Naples, Italy. c. May 1944. Three Australian padres (known as the Terrible Three and greatly loved) meet in Naples after visiting RAAF personnel throughout the Italian theatre of war. They are: Squadr
