We don't want to leave you, but we think we ought to go
Date1944-1945
Object numberANMS1399[020]
NamePainting
MediumPaper, watercolours, ink
DimensionsOverall: 151 x 165 x 2 mm
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Menlove family
SignificanceThis material forms part of a large collection of photgraphs and other records of Desmond Menlove's career in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve as well as his career in merchant shipping. Desmond Menlove was famous for his role in sinking the first Japanese submarine in World War II, as Lieutenant Commander of HMAS DELORAINE. He also commanded HMAS KAPUNDA and HMAS LATROBE during World War II.
Commander Herbert Gordon Whitebrook
1942 - 1945
