The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-06-11. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Seaman N. B. (Jock) Dow of England; Gunner John Shelley of England; Able Seaman W. (Bill) Wilkinson. 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. 1945-07-22. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Max Coward; Able Seaman Joe Wilkinson; PA1673 Telegraphist Arch S. K. Whitman of HMAS Torre
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-05-21. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Seaman Edward Gardner of the UK and MV Sarmiento; Chief Petty Officer Patrick Guinam OBE of NSW;
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1945-04-08. Informal portrait of three English servicemen, left to right: Signalman Jock Baird; Leading Signalman James Williams; Signalman Stan Biggs, outside the Church of St
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-06-18. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Seaman Russell Pettigrew; Able Seaman Alfred Gregory; Able Seaman Norman Robertson, all of NZ. T
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. 1944-12-03. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Able Seaman Bluey Vintiner of NZ; Telegraphist Len Hornal of NZ; Able Seaman Doug Love of NZ, outside th
