The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. SCENE IN THE NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL BUREAU, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF A PRISONER-OF-WAR IN A GERMAN OR ITALIAN POW CAMP MAY SEND HIM ONE PARCEL EVERY THREE MONTHS. AS PARCELS COME INTO THE BUREAU, THEY ARE CHECKED AGAINST THE PRISONERS CARD ON WHICH ALL DETAILS OF THE LAST PARCEL, DATE OF DESPATCH, PRISONER'S CAMP ADDRESS ETC. , ARE KEPT. THE VOLUNTARY WORKERS IN THE PICTURE ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: IN BACKGROUND: MISS SANDRA BAILLIEU, MRS. HAMILTON SLEIGH, AND IN FOREGROUND: MRS L. ABRAHMS AND MRS G. R. BLACKWOOD.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. IN THE NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL BUREAU, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, THROUGH WHICH ALL PARCELS DESTINED FOR PRISONERS-OF-WAR PASS. MISS LYNETTE DICKENSON, A
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. IN THE NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, THROUGH WHICH PASS ALL PARCELS ADDRESSED TO PRISONERS-OF-WAR IN ENEMY HANDS. AFTE
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. THE PACKING AND DESPATCH OF 500 NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS EACH WEEK TO AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS-OF-WAR IN EUROPE, ENTAILS A VAST AMOUNT OF CLERICAL WORK IN THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF THE
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. IN THE NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS FOR PRISONERS-OF-WAR DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL BUREAU, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, THROUGH WHICH PASS ALL PARCELS DESTINED FOR PRISONERS IN ENEMY HAN
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. MISS R. FORBES, A VOLUNTARY RED CROSS WORKER, IS SEEN IN THE NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS DEPARTMENT, IN THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, THROUGH WHICH PASS A
Redirecting parcels at the Australian Base Post Office, prior to despatch to units. Every parcel had the address verified prior to despatch, and 62 per cent of parcels were redirected to new locations
