The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Sailors stand with rifles and bayonets at the present as the flag is saluted as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, steams to the rendezvous point for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.
New Guinea. Able Seaman James Newton of Port Melbourne, Vic, cleans the pompom barrel as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, steams to the assembly point for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutc
New Guinea. Able Seaman Robert Evans of Elwood, Vic, cleans an ack ack (anti-aircraft) gun as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, nears rendezvous point for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch
New Guinea. Carefree sailors enjoy deck games as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, moves to the assembly point for the attack on the Japanese base of Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.
New Guinea. Able Seaman Jack T. Craven of Randwick, NSW, scans the sky for aircraft as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, steams to the rendezvous for the assault on Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.
New Guinea. Ships company at cruising stations as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, on its way to the assembly point for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea, leaves an Allied base
New Guinea. On board HMAS Shropshire at a port of call on their way to the rendezvous for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea, sailors get together with digger comrades. RAN wars
