The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Defensively Equipped British Merchant ship (DEMS) sailing from port. Note the gun mounted at the stern.
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. C.1940. AERIAL PORT VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS DOOMBA (EX HMS WEXFORD) ALONGSIDE STATION PIER. SHE HAS BEEN ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN ON A BANDSTAND FORWARD. PROTECTIVE
1943-05-05. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CARGO VESSEL SS KOTOR. THE 3,600 TON FREIGHTER WAS A DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) WHOSE GUNS WERE MANNED BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY DEMS GUNNERS: AP
C. 1942. AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN CARGO STEAMER FINGAL WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, PROBABLY I-180, OFF NAMBUCCA HEADS ON A VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO DARWIN ON 1
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) GUNNERS TRAINING A 20MM OERLIKON ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN DURING WORLD WAR 2. ONE OF THE GUNNERS APPEARS TO BE OF NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ORI
SYDNEY, NSW. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINELAYER HMAS BUNGAREE. THE SHIP IS ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORWARD AND TWO 4 INCH GUNS AFT WITH THE HALF SHIELDS ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON THEM R
Mrs Rita Jillard and her three children, from the left, John, Lois and Neill, stand at the Shrine of Remembrance one Anzac Day in the early 1950s. Mrs Jillard is holding three small Union Jack flags i
