The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of S4905 Able Seaman Kevin John Crowther RAN from Haberfield, NSW and 25995 Ordinary Signalman Hugh Patterson Lowe RAN from Melbourne, Victoria who were on the bridge of the corvette HMAS Wallaroo when it collided with a merchant US Liberty Ship, Henry Gilbert Costin on 11 June 1943. The collision occurred on a cloudy night 60 miles (96 kilometres) off the coast of Fremantle, Western Australia. Both ships were travelling without lights as a precaution against attacks. Three crew members of HMAS Wallaroo were killed in the collision and the corvette sunk four hours later with no further casualties while trying to reach Fremantle. The US ship received minor damage and made it back to port.
Informal portrait of 20126 Petty officer Victor Doyle, coxwain, from Rockdale, NSW who did excellent work in getting men away from the sinking corvette HMAS Wallaroo, following a collision with a merc
Informal portrait of 49 year old 8522 Able Seaman (AB) Leonard Richards, who has been 37 years in the navy, was one of the survivors from the sinking corvette HMAS Wallaroo, following a collision with
COLLISION AT SEA. SURVIVORS FROM H.M.A.S. WALLAROO, AN AUSTRALIAN BUILT CORVETTE WHICH SANK OFF THE AUSTRALIAN COAST FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH US LIBERTY SHIP HENRY GILBERT COSTIN.
Informal portrait of two RAN Petty Officers, H Rodject and S368 Albert Hall Rowland from Woolahra, NSW who got out emergency torches when HMAS Wallaroo, Australian built corvette collided with a merch
Group portrait of interstate members of the RAN, survivors of the HMAS Wallaroo which was sunk off the Australian coast, sixty miles (96 kilometres) west of Fremantle, Western Australia. On the night
Portrait of Midshipman Brian Harold Page, Royal Australian Navy, from Roseville, NSW showing some of his scars which resulted from a collision sixty miles (96 kilometres) west of Fremantle between his
