The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
R59936 Writer Colin Richardson, steel helmeted and armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, stands guard onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is on alert against enemy underwater sappers or other attacks. As a safety precaution, the magazine has been removed from the weapon, and will only be fitted in the event of a confirmed threat. His ship is escorting the troop transport HMAS Sydney carrying soldiers and cargo to Vietnam. This is a side trip for HMAS Duchess during its deployment to the Indonesian Confrontation.
R63871 Ordinary Seaman George A Lester, steel helmeted and armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, on alert as an upper deck sentry onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is on alert again
R59621 Able Seaman Terence J Powell, steel helmeted and armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, on alert as an upper deck sentry onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is on alert against
Ordinary Seaman Ricki Anderson, steel helmeted and armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, on alert as an upper deck sentry onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is on alert against enem
R63301 Ordinary Seaman C R Oakes, steel helmeted and armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, on alert as an upper deck sentry onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is on alert against en
Armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, helmeted sailor John O'Neill stands on the focsle of the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess anchored off South Vietnam. He is on alert against enemy underwater
Ordinary Seaman J A Giltrap, helmeted and armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, stands sentry duty on the upper deck of the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is on alert against enemy underwate
