The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-12-19. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Stoker Colin Ford of WA and HMAS Wagga; Steward William Smith of NSW and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Telegraphist Ern Dedman of WA 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. 1942-02-18. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Don Pricebeck of SA and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Telegraphist Ron Butchart
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-06-23. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Coder Max Hinton of SA and HMAS Lonsdale; Signalman Ernest Marshall of NZ and HMAS Lonsdale; Telegraphis
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-04-12. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman John R. Barker of SA and HMAS Lonsdale; Steward David Gow of WA and HMAS Echuca; Steward Ma
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1942-05-10. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Officers' Steward William Rodda of Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Officers' Steward John Neill o
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1941-12-28. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Cecil Perret of NSW; Ordinary Seaman Jim Murphy of Horsham, Vic; Telegraphist Ron Butchart
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-04-11. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Electrical Artificer Tom Mec of Qld and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Orinary Seaman/Victualler
