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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 AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WE SEE THREE LADIES WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES REGULARLY, TYPING LISTS OF CONTENTS OF PARCELS, ANSWERING RELATIVES, ENTERING DESPATCHES ON POW CARDS ETC. MRS. L. P. H. THORNTON IS ON THE LEFT AND MRS E. CHAPLIN IN BACKGROUND.
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
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. 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
Bread parcels ready for despatch at the Berne Bread Bureau for British prisoners of war in Germany.
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. TAYL
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
