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MEETING AT MELBOURNE WEATHER BUREAU 1946-07-01 WHEN THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK FROM THE RAAF TO THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J.R. HODGINS, (ADJUTANT), WING COMMANDER E.W. TIMCKE, GROUP CAPTAIN H.N. WARREN (DIRECTOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE RAAF), SERGEANT J. NAPTHALI (WAAAF)
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
SERGEANT J.R. JOYCE (TRAINING SECTION) INSTRUCTING WAAAF TRAINEE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS IN THE USE OF THE THEODOLITE FOR TRACKING PILOT BALLOONS, MELBOURNE WEATHER BUREAU, 1943.
A WAAAF Meteorological Officer (left) adjusting a theodolite prior to tracking the flight of a weather balloon about to be released from the roof of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, Carlton, by
Carlton, Vic. 1942-11-09. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants preparing a "radio-sonde" for release from the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau. The Meteorological Assistant on the right is holding the bo
Melbourne, Vic. 1942-11-09. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant taking a three-hourly reading from weather recording instruments in a Stevenson screen at the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, Carlton.
Melbourne, Vic. 1942-11-09. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant filling a weather balloon before releasing it from the roof of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, Carlton to record wind direction and
Carlton, Vic. 1942-11-09. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants at work in the "weather room" at the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, coding and de-coding weather information and plotting synoptic weathe
