Description
At Garden Island, NSW, the Ran guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38, at Garden Island, NSW, is preparing to depart for its second deployment to Vietnam later in September, and is taking supplies on board. Here five crew members are carrying wooden crates and cardboard boxes of supplies up a gang plank onto the ship. Left to right: R64618 Able Seaman Radar Plotter (ABRP) Alan Durston, of Brisbane, Qld; R65452 Able Seaman Fire Control (ABFC) Jeffrey John (Jeff) Wade, of Newcastle, NSW; R95454 Able Seaman Underwater Control 2 (ABUC2) James Patrick (Jim) Nicholson, of Sydney, NSW; R64221 Able Seaman Underwater Weapons (ABUW) Francis Walter (Frank) McCaul, of Condoblin, NSW; and R64758 ABRP Peter James Eveille, of Sydney, NSW.
Details
Accession Number
NAVY17863
Maker
RAN Public Relations
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 12 September 1968
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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