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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-03. EACH WEEK APPROXIMATELY 21,000 POUNDS IS DRAWN FROM THE COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA IN ALICE SPRINGS TO PAY THE TROOPS IN THE AREA. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS CAPTAIN R. V. O'CONNELL, (SECOND FROM LEFT) THE PAYMASTER, HEADQUARTERS, 11 L. OF C. AREA AND STAFF-SERGEANT J. CLARK (SECOND FROM RIGHT), COLLECTING THE WEEK'S PAY FROM THE BANK. NOTE THE TWO PROVOSTS WHO ACT AS ESCORT FROM THE BANK TO THE CAMP PAY OFFICE.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-03. CAPTAIN R.V. O'CONNELL (RIGHT), PAYMASTER, HEADQUARTERS, 11 L. OF C AREA, AND STAFF-SERGEANT J. CLARK (LEFT), ESCORTED BY THE TWO PROVOSTS IN THE BACKGROUND, GETT
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-03. AFTER THE MONEY FOR THE WEEK'S PAY FOR THE TROOPS IS DRAWN FROM THE BANK AND ARRIVES AT THE OFFICE OF THE PAYMASTER, HEADQUARTERS, 11 L. OF C SUB AREA, IT IS SPLI
Captain R J Anderson (Paymaster) draws 32,000 Egyptian Pounds, representing 40,000 Australian Pounds from Barclay's Bank. Armed escort escorts his car back to the division pay office where the camp tr
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-10-04. EVIDENCE THAT THE NORTH OF AUSTRALIA COULD BE USED FOR PRODUCING VEGETABLES ETC. IS SHOWN BY THE FACT THAT THE ARMY HAS A FARM AT WYCLIFFE WELL (230 MILES NORTH OF ALIC
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-03. WARRANT-OFFICER II R.W. RICE, OF TRANSIT CAMP, ALICE SPRINGS, RECEIVING HIS PAY FROM THE PAYING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT N. STIRLING, CORPORAL POLLARD, PAY CLERK, IS S
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-29. PARTICULARS OF ALL MILITARY VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH ALICE SPRINGS ARE RECORDED. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS CORPORAL VERNON (RIGHT) AND CORPORAL WEBB OF HEADQUARTERS, 11 (C
