The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal group portrait of members of the 25th Infantry Battalion enjoying a yarn on the stern of the RAN frigate HMAS Barcoo while on their way from Siar to Potsdam. Identified from left to right: Q33494 Private (Pte) Ivo Noel White from Wondai, Queensland (1); Q145865 Pte Clarence Charles George Faulkner from Milton, Queensland (2); NX192176 Lance Corporal Ivan Thomas Kinny from North Sydney, NSW (3); Q22603 Sergeant (Sgt) Ivor Vivian Haines from Stanthorpe, Queensland (4); QX36342 Sgt Raymond Havard McFarlane from Toowoomba, Queensland (5). The 30th Australian Infantry Battalion (8th Brigade) at Potsdam, Hansa Bay were relieved by the 25th Australian Infantry Battalion (7th Brigade). Troops were transferred from Siar to Potsdam by the frigate HMAS Barcoo and the corvettes Colac, Deloraine and Rockhampton.
Informal portrait of Q22622 Lance Corporal Lewis William Ashmore, 25th Infantry Battalion from Dalby, Queensland sound asleep after a 3am reveille onboard the RAN frigate HMAS Barcoo. The 30th Austral
Group portrait of members of the 25th Australian Infantry Battalion watching the gun crew at practice onboard the frigate HMAS Barcoo. Identified from left to right: QX61399 Private (Pte) Edward Patri
POTSDAM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-20. THE RAN CORVETTES, HMAS "ROCKHAMPTON" (LEADING) AND THE HMAS "COLAC" LADEN WITH TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION APPROACHING THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS "BARCOO" AT THE
Informal group portrait of unidentified members of the cruising watch onboard the RAN frigate HMAS Barcoo while on the way to Alexishafen carrying troops of the 30th Infantry Battalion. The 30th Austr
Informal group portrait of officers on the bridge of the RAN Frigate HMAS Barcoo during the vessel’s journey from Siar to Potsdam. Identified from left to right: Lieutenant (Lieut) Arthur Hulme Gott,
POTSDAM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-21. THE CORVETTE HMAS COLAC, A VESSEL OF THE RAN CONVOY WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO AND THE CORVETTES HMAS COLAC, HMAS DELORAINE AND HMAS ROCKHAMPTON, PREPAR
