The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A squad of Melville Island men who are enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy for special duties such as locating stranded airmen and Japanese mines. Identified right to left: Brownie Wilson; Harry One; Ginger Moreen and Melon Henda; others unidentified.
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
HEATHER LAGOON, NT. 1944-07-21. TROOPS OF THE 28TH INFANTRY BATTALION FLOATING A 2 POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN ACROSS THE LAGOON, THE FLOATS USED WERE MADE FROM RUBBER RECONNAISSANCE BOATS. IDENTIFIED PERSO
Two members of the Royal Australian Navy rendering a Japanese mine that washed up on Melville Island safe. The detonator of these mines usually withdraws when breaking adrift but failed to operate due
FRASER ISLAND, QLD. THE MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF THE Z SPECIAL UNIT WHO TOOK PART IN OPERATION JAYWICK WHICH SANK 38,000 TONS OF JAPANESE SHIPPING IN A DARING RAID ON SINGAPORE 1943-09. THE MEN OF OPERA
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified left to right: unidentified; Chaplain James E Davis, United States (US) Navy; Lieutenant Commander Ti
Melville Island, 1944-10. An unidentified Indigenous man and some of the buildings of the Snake Bay settlement (Milikapiti) in the background. This settlement of Tiwi people was run by John Gribble fo
