The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Adelaide; Able Seaman Joe Taylor of Tas. 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. 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
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 Seam
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-07-21. Informal portrait of three Australian servicemen, left to right: Able Seaman Brian Partridge of HMAS Lonsdale; William Johnston, RAAF, of Tas; Able Seaman Peter Hort
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-01-02. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman George Hall of Tas and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Able Seaman Roy Kerch of Vic a
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-06-20. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Trevor Arnold of Tas and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); F2740 Able Seaman/DEMS (Defe
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
