The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-11. SCENE IN THE NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, THROUGH WHICH PARCELS ADDRESSED TO PRISONERS-OF-WAR ARE HANDLED. MR C. TAYLOR, SEEN IN THIS PICTURE, IS ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATE THEIR SERVICES FOR SOME HOURS SEVERAL DAYS EACH WEEK. HE IS THE PRINCIPAL CARTON MAKER. THE CARTONS ARE RECEIVED FROM THE MILLS JUST AS THEY ARE STAMPED OUT OF THE MACHINES AND IT IS MR TAYLOR'S EFFORTS THAT GLUE, ASSEMBLE AND SEAL THEM. FOR A PRESS HE USES SEVERAL DISCARDED BRICKS. 500 NEXT-OF-KIN PARCELS ARE PACKED AND DESPATCHED EACH WEEK.
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-08-09. This Red Cross parcel covered with labels in many languages is one of six next-of-kin parcels packed and despatched by the Australian Red Cross Prisoner-of-War Packing Depa
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-08-09. This Red Cross parcel covered with labels in many languages is one of six next-of-kin parcels packed and despatched by the Australian Red Cross Prisoner-of-War Packing Depa
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. 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
