The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Johore, Malaya. 1953-06-02. Aerial view of a gathering of local residents celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in England. The tower on the building at right centre was the observation and command post the Japanese Army used for their initial stages of the invasion of Singapore Island. (Donor E. Mc Hardie)
Singapore Island. 1953-06-02. A section of the Royal Navy base on the southern side of the Johore Strait. Note the partly submerged floating dock. The land in the background is the southern tip of Mal
Seletar, Singapore Island. 1953-06-02. A section of the RAF Base on the southern side of the Johore Strait eastern sector. The parked aircraft are de Havilland Hornets. (Donor E. Mc Hardie)
Changi, Singapore Island. 1953-06-02. A peacetime aerial view of Changi Gaol which had been a notorious Japanese prison camp during World War II in which Allied personnel had experienced very harsh tr
Perth, WA. 1953. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Coronation Contingent attending a reception while en route to England to attend the coronation of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Shown here
Pirbright, England. 1953. The South African Coronation Continent practise marching on the parade ground at their camp in preparation for the coronation ceremony of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Spithead, England. 1953. The Royal Yacht Britannia with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II aboard steaming down the lines of ships during the Royal Coronation Naval Review, after Her Majesty's Coronation
