HMAS Murchison conscripts still seeking recognition as nuclear participants

By Lucy Cormack
Updated April 25 2016 - 12:23am, first published April 24 2016 - 11:45pm
Ken Palmer was an Australian national serviceman, on board the HMAS Murchison and watched the  British government's nuclear test in Australia in 1952. Photo: Tony Walters
Ken Palmer was an Australian national serviceman, on board the HMAS Murchison and watched the British government's nuclear test in Australia in 1952. Photo: Tony Walters
Ken Palmer as he was in 1952. Photo: Supplied
Ken Palmer as he was in 1952. Photo: Supplied
Departure Day on the HMAS Murchison in 1952.
Departure Day on the HMAS Murchison in 1952.
A photograph of the bomb blast, taken on a box brownie camera in 1952.
A photograph of the bomb blast, taken on a box brownie camera in 1952.
"Shorts and sandles": Ken Palmer and his fellow national serviceman on board the HMAS Murchison.
"Shorts and sandles": Ken Palmer and his fellow national serviceman on board the HMAS Murchison.
The route taken by the HMAS Murchison in October 1952.
The route taken by the HMAS Murchison in October 1952.

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