The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Torrens. 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. 1944-12-03. 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
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1945-07-15. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Telegraphist Geo (Jack) Grant of HMS Natsford; Telegraphist Eric Cank of HMS Natsford; Able Seaman John
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-02-17. Informal portrait of three members of the Allied services, left to right: Telegraphist Ron Bullock of HMS Tyrian; Able Seaman William Hatchett of WA; Able Seaman Tom
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) Wilkin
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-05-14. Informal portrait of three British servicemen, left to right: Able Seaman Edward (Ted) Merry of Liverpool, UK; Able Seaman Denver (Den) Reid of London, UK; Leading T
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-10-03. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Electrical Artificer Ian Storie of SA and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); Able Seaman Max Coward
