The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The job of cleaning and preparing the sea routes for amphibious landings is just one of the hazardous jobs carried out by ships of the RAN. Australian built and fitted frigate HMAS Lachlan surveyed and buoyed the waters of Tarakan days before the landing on that island off Borneo. Here specialist members of the Lachlan, Able Seaman (AB) Peter Johnson, AB Norm Kazakoff and AB Col Davidson are handling the 'Taut wire' while surveying waters within sight of enemy installations on Tarakan.
At Sea, Borneo. 1945. Powerful engines of HMAS Lachlan, survey ship of Allied amphibious Task Force under Admiral Daniel Barbey, are keenly inspected by the Chief Petty Officer of the engine room crew
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
Commanding Officer of the HMAS Lachlan, George Dalton Tancred, goes ashore for a conference prior to an amphibious operation. Survey ship of an Allied Task Force, Lachlan is entirely Australian-built
At Sea, Borneo. 1945. In the Chart Room of HMAS Lachlan where new charts and other important details are coordinated and prepared prior to landing operations. Data is collected by several means and in
Cleaning the four-inch naval gun on the stern of the frigate HMAS Barcoo while on patrol, heading towards Hansa Bay. Identified from left to right: H/1135 Able Seaman (AB) Alfred Tasman Lillye from Li
Informal portrait of two sailors replacing depth charges in the throwers after giving them a coat of paint aboard the RAN minesweeper HMAS Cowra during preparations for putting out to sea. The ship ha
