The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-06-20. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Trevor Arnold of Tas and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); F2740 Able Seaman/DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) Thomas Andrews of NSW and SS Cape Otway; Telegraphist James Bean of Tas 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. 1944-01-02. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman George Hall of Tas and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Able Seaman Roy Kerch of Vic a
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. 1943-04-25. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN on Easter Sunday and Anzac Day, left to right: Able Seaman Vic Parker of SA and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); S
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-10-03. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Electrical Artificer Ian Storie of SA and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Able Seaman Max Coward
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. 1945-02-11. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Stoker Albert Pratt of England and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Leading Stoker Geo Grun
