The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sydney, Nsw ? Group portrait of the crew of HMAS Kanimbla. At the start of the Second World War the Kanimbla was commissioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC) and later converted to a Landing Ship Infantry (LSI). She was then used to transport Australian and Allied troops to landings in the later part of the campaigns against the Japanese. Note that most of the Officers in the front rows are members of the RAN Reserve (RANR) or RAN Volunteer Reserve (RANVR).
NSW ? c. 1942. Group portrait of the officers of the armed merchant cruiser (AMC) HMAS Manoora. Engineer Lieutenant Charles Short McVey RANVR (middle row fourth from left) served as a crew member on t
HMAS Kanimbla, a landing ship infantry (LSI), was a refitted passenger liner, previously used as an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) from 1939 to 1943. It had a capacity of 1,250 troops and participated i
THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER, HMAS WESTRALIA OF 8,108 TONS, WHICH WAS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS AND HAD A CRUISING SPEED OF 16 KNOTS. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AN LSI (LANDING SHIP, INFANTRY) 1943-06.
STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN LINER MV KANIMBLA WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER UPON THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR 2 AND MANNNED PREDOMINANTLY BY AUSTRALIANS
Blue cotton marching banner with white applique and voided lettering. In the centre is the ship's badge on a circular white background with a red rope border, and yellow text with the motto 'cry havo'
MOROTAI. 27 MAY 1945. OFFICERS OF THE RAN CORVETTE HMAS COOTAMUNDRA RELAXING IN THE WARDROOM. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SUB-LIEUTENANT C C TRUMBLE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE (RANVR) EN
