The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-10-15. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Ivan Pendlebury of HMAS Adelaide and WA; Able Seaman John (Jack) W. Cooney of WA; Able Seaman Leo Tonkin of WA; all of HMAS Adelaide. 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. 1944-11-12. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Joseph Ballard of WA; Able Seaman Harold Thomas of WA; Able Seaman Neville Moir of WA, all
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-12-31. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman H. (Bluey) Shearing of Tas and HMAS Adelaide; Able Seaman Ron Burdon of Tas and HMAS Adelai
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-12-10. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Signalman Mervin Jones of WA and HMAS Lonsdale; Able Seaman William Stubbs of WA and HMAS Nizam; Able S
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-10-29. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Supply Assistant Robert Williams of WA and HMAS Adelaide; Able Seaman William Ranger of W
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-02-28. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Fred Waters of Fremantle, WA; Stoker Terence Tulley of Perth, WA; Able Seaman Percy Marlow
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-08-15. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Doug Goodwin of Tas and HMAS Adelaide; Ordinary Seaman Cliff Freer of Tas and Flinders
