The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Officers and staff of the Australian Base Post Office London. The staff numbers over seven hundred employees of whom the greater number are women who had to be specially trained for the work. Mail arrives by ship at Liverpool and is bag sorted and despatched by rail to Australian Base Post Office London. Here it is sorted alphabetically and redirected according to the latest information on each soldier's record card. It is then sorted for despatch to AIF units, taken to Folkstone by van and shipped to Boulogne, France, where it is taken by rail truck to field post offices. The mail is taken to trenches by ration party. Mail for Australia is censored and consigned from the field post office, along the same route via Liverpool back to Australia.
Portion of the redirection sorting room at the Australian Base Post Office, showing an Australian mail of 750,000 letters being compared with record cards. The mails were received from the various Sta
Opens with interior shot of postal sorting room. Postal bin marked 'Pacific'. Shots of men and women sorting parcels and weighing mailbags. 'PMG Melbourne Aust.' on the mail bag. Scene change to truck
PAPUA-NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-12. MANY TONS OF RAAF CHRISTMAS PARCEL MAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED TO ADVANCED NEW GUINEA BASES. BAGS ARE ARRIVING BY TRUCK AT THE POST OFFICE FOR SORTING PRIOR TO UNIT
A Digger stands swinging a fob watch in front of a German soldier. The German soldier stands cowering as though hypnotised, with his knees bent, mouth open and arms in the air. In the foreground are a
Presentation of Christmas boxes to the Australian Army Base Post Office by the Australian Comforts Fund. The Australian Base Post Office is situated at the Granary, near St Pancras Railway Station, K
White canvas mail bag with three metal eyelets. Printed on front and back in black ink are eight Chinese characters. Also printed on both front and back in black ink is "POSTES CHINOISES SHANGHAI 15 S
