The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1947-10-19. Informal portrait of two members of the RAN, left to right: Writer Des Lawson; Leading Writer Len Pinnach (?Prisach), 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. 1944-12-03. 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. 1945-12-23. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: VX9562 Sergeant Stewart Richards, AIF; Able Seaman Doug Dutton of Subiaco, WA and HMAS Whyalla; S112138
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-12-12. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Ordinary Seaman Ron Marshall of Ipswich, Qld; Writer Chris Bevis of Tas and HMAS Maitland; Ordinary Sea
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-09-01. Informal portrait of three Allied servicemen, left to right: Corporal Robert Wisken, AIF, of Strathfield, NSW; Corporal Vic Hemmon, RAF; Petty Officer Len Hadler of
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1946-01-27. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: 148153 Stoker Edwin (Len) Harvey; 178288 Stoker Les Fiddler; 565555 Able Seaman Albert G. Appleton, all
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
