The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-02-07. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Stoker Francis E. S. (Syd) Williams of Echuca, Vic and HMAS Doomba; Petty Officer/Writer John Garner of Tas, and HMAS Hobart; Engine Room Artificer Hugh McBride of Qld 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. 1946-06-16. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Engine Room Artificer Geo Seal of WA and HMAS Woomera; Petty Officer/Ordnance Artificer W
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-03-03. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Chief Petty Officer/Engine Room Artificer Don Cooksley; Petty Officer/Engine Room Artificer Geo Saunders
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-02-21. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Engine Room Artificer Stan Russell of NSW; Petty Officer/Electrical Atificer William McKe
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-07-30. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer Harry Kriiss; Engine Room Artificer William Davidson; Electrical Artificer Arthur Howard,
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-09-12. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Electrical Artificer Bernard Hambrook of NZ and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Stoker Geoff McNal
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
