The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT CLOTHING FACTORY PRODUCES UNIFORMS FOR THE FORCES, ON A NEW SYSTEM OF ASSEMBLY LINES. IT HAS GREATLY ENLARGED PREMISES AND MUCH ADDITIONAL PLANT. STAFF NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLED IN THE EIGHTEEN MONTHS ENDING 1941-06 AND ALREADY EXCEEDS THE 724 MAXIMUM EMPLOYED IN THE LAST WAR. IT IS EXPECTED ONE THOUSAND WORKERS, MOSTLY WOMEN, WILL BE EMPLOYED HERE BEFORE THE END OF 1941. WOMEN WORKERS ON THESE ASSEMBLY LINES OR MASS PRODUCTION UNITS SEW THE PIECES OF CLOTH FROM THE CUTTERS INTO GARMENTS. HERE ROWS OF GIRLS (WOMEN) SIT AT SEWING MACHINES. (PHOTOGRAPHER S. HENTY)
THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT CLOTHING FACTORY PRODUCES UNIFORMS FOR THE FORCES, ON A NEW SYSTEM OF ASSEMBLY LINES. IT HAS GREATLY ENLARGED PREMISES AND MUCH ADDITIONAL PLANT. STAFF NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLED
Melbourne, Vic. c. 1944. Rows of women employed as machinists in the Commonwealth Clothing Factory sew clothing at their Singer sewing machines. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p. 247
Australian Army sewing kit made from khaki cotton. Most of the inside of the sewing kit is lined with cotton with thin blue and white stripes. '4800' is written near one edge in black ink. The kit is
Albatros D.Va single engine biplane scout/fighter aircraft, serial no. D5390/17. The fuselage is primarily constructed from moulded plywood panels, supported by a light framework of ribs and stringers
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 493 Flight Lieutenant John Francis Jackson DFC, No.3 and No.75 Squadrons, North Africa, Syria, and New Guinea, 1939-1942. Collection consists of
Dr Mildred Margaret Green (nee Hutchings) [SERN 253230] as a squadron leader Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, 1941-1945. She was the first woman to be appointed a medical officer in the RAAF,