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Photograph 017130 Second World War, 1939-1945Commodore J. A. Collins CB, RAN, inspecting hands at Divisions on HMAS Shropshire, during operations off the Dutch New Guinea coast when the Allies captured the Japanese held base at Hollandia.

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Commodore J. A. Collins CB, RAN, on the bridge of HMAS Shropshire holding a pair of binoculars during operations off the New Guinea coast.
Commodore J. A. Collins CB, RAN, inspecting hands at Divisions on HMAS Shropshire, during operations off the Dutch New Guinea coast when the Allies captured the Japanese held base at Hollandia.

Portrait of Commodore John Augustine Collins, CB, later Vice Admiral, KBE. In the early war years, Collins commanded HMAS 'Sydney' in the Mediterranean. Australians celebrated a great naval victory wh
AT SEA, 3 JULY 1945. COMMODORE H B FARNCOMB, RAN, ON THE BRIDGE OF THE RAN CRUISER, HMAS SHROPSHIRE.

March 1942. Indian Ocean. Commodore John Augustine Collins, RAN, Commodore Commanding China Force (CCCF) (right, with binoculars) and Captain Lionel H Bell, RN, (left) former Captain of the Fleet to F

Captain John Collins CB photographed at the handing over of HMS Shropshire to the RAN. Captain Collins (later Sir John Collins, KBE, CB) accepted the British Cruiser on behalf of the Australian govern

R66139 Ordinary Seaman Weapons Meachanic (ORDWM) Daniel John Tomich takes his turn as lookout on the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38, during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam.
