The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Prime Minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies is welcomed aboard HMAS Bataan by the ship's captain: Commander W. B. M. Marks (saluting). The PM was on a tour of BCOF units and bases in Japan shortly after the start of the Korean War.
The Prime Minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies talks to a bearded but unidentified RAN Lieutenant on the deck of HMAS Bataan. The PM was on a tour of BCOF units and bases
HMAS Bataan tied up in port as her crew waits for the arrival of the Prime minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies. The PM visited the destroyer as part of his tour of BCOF
An unidentified sailor wearing overalls on the deck of HMAS Bataan. The Prime minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies visited the destroyer as part of his tour of BCOF uni
An unidentified sailor wearing watches the passing Japanese shoreline from the stern of HMAS Bataan. The Prime minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies visited the destroy
An unidentified sailor wearing watches the passing Japanese shoreline from the stern of HMAS Bataan. The Prime minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies visited the destroy
A view taken from from the bridge of of HMAS Bataan looking back towards the ship's stern and wake as she passes close by the Japanese coastline on a calm summer day. The Prime minister of Australia
