The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1944-09-15. ON BOARD HMAS ARUNTA BOUND FOR MOROTAI, NEI. HMA SHIPS AUSTRALIA AND SHROPSHIRE IN THE BACKGROUND AND BEYOND THEM A BROOKLYN CLASS CRUISER AND TWO FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. NOTE THE LOCKERS FOR FLASHLESS CARTRIDGES AT THE BOTTOM LEFT AND 4.7 INCH SHELLS IN THE READY USE RACKS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
1944-09. GUN CREWS RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE FORECASTLE OF THE DESTROYER HMAS ARUNTA. NOTE THE FORWARD MARK XIX TWIN 4.7 INCH GUN MOUNTINGS AND THE 4.7 INCH SHELLS IN THE READY USE RACK BY THE GUA
1943. THE DESTROYER HMAS QUIBERON FUELLING AT SEA FROM ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMS CANTON. NOTE THE METHOD OF SLINGING THE HOSES BETWEEN THE HIGH HULL OF THE CANTON AND THE MUCH LOWER DESTROYER. 4.7 IN
1944-09. THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) SEEN FROM HER NEAR SISTER HMAS SHROPSHIRE AS THE TWO CRUISERS TURN TO PORT. NOTE THE TWIN 4 INCH MK XIX MOUNTINGS TRAINED OUTWARDS ON THE SHROPSHIRE. AFT
1943. THE DESTROYER HMAS QUIBERON FUELLING AT SEA FROM THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMS CANTON. NOTE THE 4.7 INCH SHELLS IN THE READY USE RACKS AND DEPTH CHARGES ON THEIR THROWERS. TWO OF THE CANTON'S 6
SYDNEY, NSW. 1940-04-01. READY USE 6 INCH SHELLS IN THEIR RACKS ON THE DECK OF AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER OF THE RAN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
HMAS ships included in the painting are HMAS 'Australia' in the foreground, Australian cruiser, HMAS 'Shropshire' in the foreground, destroyers HMAS 'Warramunga' astern of 'Shropshire' and HMAS 'Arunt