The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Note the comparison in size of the 3" Japanese naval shell being passed down the line and the 18" projectile which these Australian naval ratings from HMAS Napier are straddling. Left to right: Able Seaman (AB) Don Rivers of Northcote, Vic; AB Dick Heron of Glen Iris, Vic; Leading Telegraphist John Butler of Gladesville, NSW, and AB Cliff Howard of Alberton East, SA. These shells were found in the Yokosuka Naval Base on the occupation of it by British naval personnel.
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. This 18" Japanese naval shell found in the Yokosuka Naval Base, was one of the largest of its kind in the world. The RAN ratings straddling it are attached
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Australian naval ratings from HMAS Napier inspecting a Japanese Shinyo suicide launch and a midget submarine alongside each other in the Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. 1945. Three puzzled Australian naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force Headquarters in the Yokosuka Naval Base, try to decipher a Japanese sign. Left to right:
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Able Seaman (AB) Les Coad of Ballarat, Vic; AB Ian Cox of South Yarra, Vic, and AB Kevin Sorrenson of Coorparoo, Qld, all RAN and members of the crew of HMA
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. Trying out the latest style in Japanese fire engines, these naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force get a kick out of life in the occupied naval
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. September 1945. These Australian naval ratings attached to the British Landing Force Headquarters, wave happily as they joy-ride around the Yokosuka Naval Base in a small J
