Naval stores personnel on the steps of the navy stores depot.
Top to bottom, left to right:
Jack Hall; Alan Galagher; Harry Pearson; Bob Fopp;
Bill Williams; Ray Champion; Les Ogilvie; Col Tinker;
Kevin Quinlan; Rod Ankertell; Lyn Waller; Jack Sealey;
Alan McWilliam; Jack Watt; Harry Wilson; Ray Newhouse;
Jerry Hewish; Sam Whyte; Lionel Burgoyne;
Front - Chief Petty Officer McDonald.
Royal Australian Navy Depot in the Northern Territory was named HMAS Penguin IV, on the 1st August 1940 it was formally commissioned as HMAS Melville.,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=5416059,
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/213620,
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/213620 [A brief history of the Darwin Naval Base HMAS Melville by Tom Lewis.],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=5416059 [Samuel Thomas Whyte S6450 - Service Record],