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South West Pacific Area. Leading Signalman Les Birrell of Manly, NSW, on HMAS Shropshire sewing damaged signal flags with a Finnish made Jones hand sewing machine.
South West Pacific Area. Signalmen on HMAS Shropshire enjoy their morning "cuppa". They are Signalman John Church of Arncliffe, NSW, Leading Signalman Les Batholomew of Adelaide, SA, Leading Signalman
HMAS AUSTRALIA, AT SEA. 1943-02. SIGNALMAN A.R. FELL OF HMAS AUSTRALIA REPAIRING TORN FLAGS WITH A SEWING MACHINE, WHILE LEADING SIGNALMAN P. MURRAY USES A TELESCOPE TO READ A SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE E
South West Pacific Area. Lieutenant K. J. Stock of Reade Park, SA, checking ammunition for 4 inch anti-aircraft guns on HMAS Shropshire with Leading Seaman Vincent Kinnear of Coogee, NSW, who has a ta
Pacific Area 53. 1945. Hoisting signal flags on HMAS Lachlan is Signalman C. J. Green of Beverley Hills, NSW. Lachlan won honours in the Australian landing on Tarakan when she surveyed and buoyed the
South-West Pacific Area. Lieutenant Barry Smith of Clifton Gardens, NSW, enjoying a shower bath on the quarter deck of HMAS Shropshire in a temperature of 117 degrees F.
South-West Pacific Area. A Fairmile submarine chaser at a forward base comes alongside HMAS Shropshire with official mail.
