The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hmas Yarra III commissioning ceremony. Mr William Whitheriff (right), one of the 13 survivors from HMAS Yarra II sunk by the Japanese Navy on 4 March 1942, presents a Bosun's pipe from Yarra II to Commander James L W Merson RAN, captain of HMAS Yarra III.
Portrait of Able Seaman (AB) Reginald Thomas Peterson, HMAS Yarra. AB Peterson enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 15 January 1923 and served on several ships, including HMAS Penguin, Sydney, Mel
Group portrait of three sailors holding pith helmets. Identified, left to right, Able Seaman (AB) James Edward Lye; AB William Edward Gillies; unidentified. AB Lye and AB Gillies were best mates who s
GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOP HMAS YARRA(II). SUNK BY JAPANESE CRUISER FORCE ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTH OF JAVA ON 4 MARCH 1942 WHILST ESCORTING A CONVOY FROM JAVA TO FREMANTLE.
KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN, COMMANDER G. ASHLEY-BROWNE, NAVAL OFFICE
Mr C R Kelly, Minister for the Navy, meets with officers of the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart (II) D39, during an inspection at sea, south east of Da Nang, Vietnam. Left to right: Captain K
Kure, Japan. 1948-10-01. The Guard presents arms, the officers salute, as the white ensign of HMS Commonwealth is lowered for the transfer of the Royal Navy Shore Establishment to the RAN when it beca
