The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 William Hemmens of NSW and HMAS Lonsdale, 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. 1943-04-18. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Gordon Pierce of NSW; Able Seaman John Dugan of NSW; Able Seaman Lawrence K. Boyd of NSW, a
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. 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
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-01-31. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Les Traeger of SA and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Leading Seaman/Wireless Mech
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-11-15. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Electrical Artificer Les Baty of NZ and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Able Seaman Lyall Walker o
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-08-13. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Able Seaman Denver Reid of the UK; Ordinary Coder Pat O'Donoghue of NSW and HMAS Napier; Leading Telegra
