The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Women volunteers in the ballroom at Federal Government House in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, sorting and packing items to be sent in parcels to troops at the front, sometime during the First World War. Federal Government House was the Victorian headquarters of the Red Cross for some of the war and was the central repository for the storage of goods sent in by local branches. The two women pictured are removing metal strips from packing boxes. The woman on the right is wearing her Red Cross apron, and the stacked boxes are marked with the distinctive Red Cross symbol.
Women volunteers at Federal Government House in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, the location of State Headquarters of Red Cross for some of the war years. They are in the Ballroom, which was used for the st
Red Cross work at Federal Government House, Melbourne. Knitted items and groceries are stacked up ready for packing into boxes of comforts to send to soldiers serving overseas.
Volunteers at the Red Cross Headquarters sorting items and packing bags to be sent overseas for the comfort of Australian service personnel.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-12-07. VOLUNTARY WOMEN HELPERS AT RED CROSS HOUSE PACKING AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY PARCELS FOR THE TROOPS.
Probably Sydney, NSW. c. 1944. Women, some volunteers, packing tinned food into boxes to be sent to troops in New Guinea. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.268)
Unidentified women, possibly Red Cross workers in Japan, are assembling parcels of goods which will probably be sent to soldiers serving in the Korean War. The gifts include Arnotts, Nabisco and Natio
