The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mrs Rita Jillard and her three children, from the left, John, Lois and Neill, stand at the Shrine of Remembrance one Anzac Day in the early 1950s. Mrs Jillard is holding three small Union Jack flags in her hand and wearing a Widow's Badge. Mrs Jillard is the widow of Able Seaman Alfred Jillard, a DEMS Gunner (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship) serving on the Shaw Savill liner SS Ceramic when she was sunk in the North Atlantic on 6 December 1942 by the German submarine U-515.
Able Seaman (AB) Alfred Jillard holding his daughter Lois on his final leave in Melbourne. AB Jillard, a member of the RAN Reserve, was assigned in August 1942 to the Shaw Savill liner SS Ceramic as a
1943-05-05. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CARGO VESSEL SS KOTOR. THE 3,600 TON FREIGHTER WAS A DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) WHOSE GUNS WERE MANNED BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY DEMS GUNNERS: AP
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. C.1940. AERIAL PORT VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS DOOMBA (EX HMS WEXFORD) ALONGSIDE STATION PIER. SHE HAS BEEN ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN ON A BANDSTAND FORWARD. PROTECTIVE
Sydney Harbour, NSW, 1940-01-10. Soldiers of the 16th Brigade Group, 6th Division, 2nd AIF, line the decks of His Majesty's Transport No. 4 to catch their last look at Sydney as they sail in the first
Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1943-06-20. Informal portrait of three members of the RAN, left to right: Able Seaman Trevor Arnold of Tas and Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); F2740 Able Seaman/DEMS (Defe
Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England. March 1918. Panorama photograph of officers, cadets, Non Commissioned Officers and men of the Australian Flying Corps Training Depot, with Mrs Henley (centre, left)