The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vice Admiral (Vice Adm) Sir John A Collins (right, in group of four), First Member of the Australian Naval Board and Chief of Naval Staff, travels on a barge during an inspection tour of Commonwealth Naval Forces in Korea. The group of officers are, left to right: Commander W F Cook, who accompanied Vice Adm Collins on his tour; an unidentified officer; Commander Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle, Commander of the destroyer HMAS Bataan; and Vice Adm Collins. The officers are wearing various items of wet weather clothing. Vice Adm Collins is wearing shorts and calf length Wellington boots. In the background two seamen are working on the barge. One is pulling in a rope while the other is possibly steering.
Vice Admiral (Vice Adm) Sir John Collins, First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of Naval Staff (right), talks with Australian naval officers on the deck HMAS Bataan,
Vice Admiral (Vice Adm) Sir John A. Collins, First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff, going down a ladder from the deck as he disembarks HMAS Bataan. The commanding officer of the RAN destroyer, C
Vice Admiral (Vice Adm) Sir John Collins, First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of Naval Staff (right), boards a shore boat which will take hime out to HMAS Bataan, d
At sea. 1 August 1952. Vice Admiral Sir John A. Collins, First Member of the Australian Naval Board, who inspected United Nations Naval Forces in Korean waters, landed on a US Marine held island north
At sea. 1 August 1952. With the Korean coastline in the background, Vice Admiral Sir John A. Collins (left), relaxes on the bridge of HMAS Bataan during his inspection of Commonwealth Naval Units in K
Captain Horney, Captain of the aircraft carrier USS Bataan (right), jokes with Vice Admiral Sir John Collins, First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of Naval Staff (l
