The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-06-21. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Peter J. Simmons of SA; Ordinary Seaman Lyall Jonas of SA; Coder Robert Sweetland of SA, all of Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus). 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. 1942-04-26. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman William Broughton; Ordinary Coder Edward Sands; Ordinary Seaman Thomas A. O'Farrell, al
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-03-28. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Able Seaman William Dee of NZ; Ordinary Coder Leonard Max Birch of SA; Able Seaman Charlie Rhodes of NZ,
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1941-12-21. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Jack Stead of SA; Ordinary Seaman Ernest A. Turner of SA; Ordinary Seaman Robert (Bob)
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-08-22. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Syd Sheppard of SA and Flinders Naval Depot; Ordinary Seaman Frank R. Brown of SA and F
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1945-12-02. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: H3065 Ordinary Seaman Paul Abbott; H3066 Ordinary Seaman Roy Archer; H3067 Ordinary Seaman Cyril DeSoza
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-06-07. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Robert Carr of Mount Barker, SA, and HMAS Vendetta; Ordinary Seaman Eric Lomas of Balma
