The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 WA and HMAS Adelaide; Petty Officer/Stoker Malcolm Stewart of NSW and HMAS Platypus; 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. 1944-10-22. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Supply Assistant Douglas Frewen; Petty Officer/Butcher Laurie Garnant; Petty Officer/Writ
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-06-16. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Engine Room Artificer Geo Seal of WA and HMAS Woomera; Petty Officer/Ordnance Artificer W
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-07-30. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer Harry Kriiss; Engine Room Artificer William Davidson; Electrical Artificer Arthur Howard,
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-11-19. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: F4915 Stoker Bert Oliver of HMAS Adelaide and WA; Stoker Cyril Daymond of WA; Stoker W. (Bill) J. Garbe
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. 1943-11-28. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Petty Officer/Artificer Technician George De Rooy (Derooy?) of WA and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerber
