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Photograph 062345 Second World War, 1939-1945DARWIN, NT. 1943-12-22. LIEUTENANT J. W. B. GRIBBLE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE (RANVR) AND THE HEAD MELVILLE ISLAND NATIVE BOYS AT THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY HEADQUARTERS.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DARWIN, NT. 1943-12-22. "CYPRIAN", THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE MELVILLE ISLAND BOYS WORKING AT THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY HEADQUARTERS. HE IS SHOWN WITH THE WHITE ENSIGN, WHICH IS HIS SPECIAL CHARGE.
DARWIN, NT. 1943-12-22. LIEUTENANT J. W. B. GRIBBLE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE (RANVR) AND THE HEAD MELVILLE ISLAND NATIVE BOYS AT THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY HEADQUARTERS.

Cyprian (unknown surname), a junior member of HMAS Melville Headquarters, Royal Australian Navy, raises the white ensign while other Indigenous Australian servicemen present arms. The original caption

39 MILE, NT. 1943-12-31. A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY COMPETING IN THE DIVING COMPETITION AT THE SWIMMING CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY HEADQUARTERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE.

ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-12-14. UNA MERKEL (1) AND GARY COOPER (2) ENTERTAINING SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN AT REAR HEADQUARTERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE. ALSO SHOWN IS PHYLLIS BROOKS (3) ANOTHER MEMBER OF

MELVILLE ISLAND, NT. 1942-02-27. THE JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZERO B11-1 AIRCRAFT FROM THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HIRYU FLOWN BY SERGEANT HAJIME TOYOSHIMA, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST AI

Captain S. Baldwin, Naval Officer in Charge, HMAS Melville, Headquarters Royal Australian Navy, inspecting a squad of Melville Island men. Identified left to right: Harry One; Holder Adams; Ali Miller
