The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
FLOATING RESCUE STATIONS FOR THE R.A.F. THESE RESCUE STATIONS ARE FOR R.A.F. AIRMEN WHO MAY BE FORCED DOWN INTO THE SEA. THIS STRANGE LOOKING CRAFT IS THE RESCUE STATION, SEEN HERE IN "DRY DOCK". NOTICE THE RAIL ALL ROUND AND THE STEPS WHICH MAKE IT EASY FOR THE AIRMAN TO CLIMB ON BOARD.
Unidentified Australian welders from either E or M Sections, 8th Australian Army Troops, Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), working on the stabilising towers which will be incorporated into a
A 132 ton, pontoon floating dry dock which was constructed at Labu, New Guinea between 10 October to 11 November 1944, by sappers from E and M Sections, Company, 8th Australian Army Troops, Royal Aust
Manfredonia, Italy. February 1945. Air/ Sea Rescue Marine Unit RAF high-speed rescue launches operating in the Adriatic are on the job twenty four hours a day ready to pick up at a moment's notice any
Manfredonia, Italy. February 1945. Air/Sea Rescue Marine Unit RAF high-speed rescue launches operating in the Adriatic Sea are on the job twenty four hours a day, ready to pick up at a moment's notice
Informal portrait of Australian official war artist VX93880 Lieutenant (Lt) Alan Moore posing in a newly-discovered life-raft near the Trobriand Islands. He was accompanying a RAAF Air-Sea Rescue team
"Searching for lost air-crew". Informal portrait of Australian official war artist VX93880 Lieutenant (Lt) Alan Moore posing in a newly-discovered life-raft near the Trobriand Islands. He was accompan
