The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-09-10. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Edward May of NSW; Able Seaman Stanley Andrew Price of NSW; Able Seaman Neil Peters of Qld, all of HMAS Napier. 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. 1944-09-24. Informal portrait of four members of the RAN, left to right: Wireman Richard Seddon of NSW; Leading Telegraphist John (Jack) Butler of NSW and HMAS Napier; Able Seam
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-08-20. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Leading Airman Harold McBrearty, RNZN; Able Seaman Edward Cunes of HMAS Napier; Able Seaman Bert Hopping
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. 1946-04-28. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Jim E. Budd of NSW; Able Seaman Alex McLaughlan of NSW; Able Seaman Bernard (Barney) Kaye o
