The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Sea, Borneo. 1945. Morning muster aboard the Australian built frigate HMAS Lachlan operating as a survey ship for an Allied task force in South-West Pacific. While the captain watches on the bridge, the ship's 'No. 1', and junior officers detail watches for the day.
Rope and steel cables of the HMAS Lachlan have to be manhandled into position while the ship prepares to go alongside a tanker for refuelling. Crew members of this Australian-built frigate which is op
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. 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
BALIKPAPAN BAY, BORNEO. 1945-09-02. OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY ABOARD THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS GASCOYNE.
BORNEO. 1945-09. ABOARD THE FRIGATE HMAS BURDEKIN ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RATINGS AND SHIP'S OFFICERS ASSEMBLE TO WITNESS THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES IN BORNEO. (N
AT SEA, OFF MOROTAI, 1945-05-14. COOK (S) DICK BATEUP, THE SHIP'S BAKER, AT WORK ABOARD HMAS LACHLAN.
