The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-01-03. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Wireless Mechanic Basil Balme of WA; Wireless Mechanic William Boothman of Echuca, Vic; Wireless Mechanic Keith Fraser of Qld, all of 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. 1943-06-13. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Wireless Mechanic Ray Williams of SA; Wireless Mechanic John Bayley of WA; Wireless Mechanic William Ch
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-11-29. Informal portrait of three Royal New Zealand Navy, left to right: Leading Seaman/Wireless Mechanic John Williams of NZ; Leading Seaman/Wireless Mechanic Keith Purnel
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-02-14. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Seaman/Wireless Mechanic Norman Dix; Leading Seaman/Wireless Mechanic John Wallers; Leading Seam
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. 1942-11-08. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Wireless/Mechanic Les Murfett of HMAS Lonsdale; Officers' Steward George Lennon of SA and HMAS Cerberus
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
