The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-11-07. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman William Meredith of NSW; Leading Seaman Ken Brodigan of NSW and HMAS Rockhampton; Able Seaman Leslie Latham of NSW, 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. 1946-12-15. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Jack Nisbett of Bellevue Hill, NSW; Able Seaman Geo Franki of North Sydney, NSW; Able Seama
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-12-15. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Jack Nisbett of Bellevue Hill, NSW; Able Seaman Geo Franki of North Sydney, NSW; Able Seama
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 Willia
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1945-03-11. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Peter Saunders of NSW and HMAS Coombar; Corporal L. F. (Frank) Hardingham, RAAF,
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-01-09. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman John Philipson of NSW; Able Seaman Herbert Luttrill of HMAS Bungaree; Signalman Sidney Kemp
