The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-09-27. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Convoy Signalman Tom McGrath of NSW and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus) (?HMAS Lonsdale); Convoy Signalman Bernard Considine of NSW and HMAS Lonsdale; Ordinary Seaman D. J. Cahill of NSW, HMAS Brisbane and 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. 1942-07-05. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Stoker Geo Parker of NSW and HMAS Lonsdale (?HMAS Cerberus); Ordinary Seaman Raymond Hooper of Tas, HMA
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-04-11. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Electrical Artificer Tom Mec of Qld and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Orinary Seaman/Victualler
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-03-14. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Leading Cook Ambrose Watson of NSW and of Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Able Seam
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-04-04. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Arthur Thomson of Queanbeyan, NSW and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Ordinary Se
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-11-01. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Telegraphist Tom Debel of Qld and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Telegraphist Charles York of NS
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-07-12. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Signalman James Luxford of HMAS Lonsdale (?HMAS Cerberus); Able Seaman Steve Thurgood of NSW; Able Seam
