The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1941-11-09. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Ken Davies of HMAS Doomba; Signalman Ray P. Scandrett of HMAS Doomba; Ordinary Seaman A. B. (Barnie) Patten of Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus), outside the Church of St Michael and All Saints, Mount Dandenong. They were guests of Mr and Mrs Tom Rose who on a regular basis, often three times a week, entertained many servicemen who were visiting Melbourne between 1940 and 1948. They would collect the men, often in groups of three, and drive them to the Dandenongs, hotels or theatres in the city, their home in Malvern or Flemington racecourse where the men would be their guests for the day. Often they would take photographs of the men and send a print to them afterwards. (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store and related material held in AWM Private Records)
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1945-03-18. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Leading Seaman Lindsay Seown of Vic; Able Seaman W. J. (Wally) Docksey of NSW and HMAS Doomba; Able Sea
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-10-04. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Geoff Lund of Qld; Able Seaman Roy Topping of NSW and HMAS Lonsdale; Able Seaman Willia
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1941-07-27. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Gordon A. Hassall of HMAS Canberra, Able Seaman Les H. Wilkes; Able Seaman Stan Raymond, al
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-05-09. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, including: Ordinary Seaman John O'Brien; Stoker Thomas M. Smith of HMAS Nepal; Able Seaman John Murray of Perth, WA, o
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-08-20. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Airman Harold McBrearty, RNZN; Able Seaman Edward Cunes of HMAS Napier; Able Seaman Bert Hopping
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-09-26. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Jack Bothune of HMAS Stuart; Steward Arthur Callaghan of SA and HMAS Ballarat; Able Seaman
