The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Haling Island, England. Informal portrait of Lieutenant Commander John Stuart Mould GC GM, RANVR (foreground) assisted by two unidentified members of the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon, as he prepares to dive on a crashed United States Army Airforce (USAAF) bomber aircraft. Mould has put on the water proof trousers of his diving gear and the RN rating (right) is holding the upper part of the suit by its helmet ring. Apart from his mine delousing duties Mould also contributed greatly to the development of early forms of underwater diving technology.
Haling Island. Lieutenant Commander John Stuart Mould GC GM,RANVR (right) assisted by an unidentified RN rating, prepares to dive on a crashed United States Army Airforce (USAAF) bomber aircraft. Wo
Lowestoft England. The scattered internal mechanics of a German booby trapped aerial mine lying on a beach. The mine had just been de-loused by officers and ratings from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS
Lowestoft, England. A team from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon walking in close single file along an English beach. The Officers and men had just rendered safe a booby-trapped German magnetic/
Lowestoft. Officers and ratings from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon. Identified personnel include Lieutenant Commander John Stuart GC GM, RANVR (second from left) and Lieutenant Commander Leo
Lieutenant Leonard (Leon) Verdi Goldsworthy GC DSC GM, RANVR (right rear) assisting unidentified officers and ratings of the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon. They are extracting an unexploded Germa
A group portrait of the Royal Naval and civilian personnel based at HMS Vernon, Portsmouth. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) John Stuart Mould, GC, GM, Royal Australian Naval V
