The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942-11. TWO MINE-WATCHERS IN UNIFORM, MEMBERS OF THE WOMENS NATIONAL EMERGENCY LEGION (WNEL), AT AT THEIR POST ON THE BANK OF THE BRISBANE RIVER. MINE-WATCHERS, UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, WERE WOMEN VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED DURING THE DAY AND CARRIED OUT THEIR VOLUNTARY WORK AT NIGHT. MOST OF THE POSTS WERE IN PRIVATE BACKYARDS ALONG THE RIVER. NOTE THE MINE-WATCHER EMBLEM ON THE ARMBAND OF THE WOMAN IN THE POST. THIS WAS DARK NAVY BLUE WITH AN ANCHOR AND `MINEWATCHER' PRINTED IN RED. THE OTHER WOMAN WEARS THE WNEL UNIFORM WITH THE MINEWATCHER BADGE ON THE LAPEL OF HER COAT. NOTE ALSO THE BEARING-PLATE IN FRONT OF THE WOMAN IN THE POST. THIS WAS USED TO LOCATE THE POSITION OF SUSPECTED MINES. (DONOR J. SMITH)
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. MEMBERS OF THE WOMENS NATIONAL EMERGENCY LEGION (WNEL) ANSWERING TELEPHONES AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE YMCA BUILDING, ADELAIDE STREET. AMONGST THE WOMEN IN THE FOREGROUND IS J
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942-11. A MINE-WATCHER IN UNIFORM, A MEMBER OF THE WOMENS NATIONAL EMERGENCY LEGION (WNEL), STANDS OUTSIDE HER POST ON THE BANK OF THE BRISBANE RIVER. ANOTHER WOMAN, INSIDE THE POST,
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. MEMBERS OF THE WOMENS NATIONAL EMERGENCY LEGION (WNEL) ANSWERING TELEPHONES AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE YMCA BUILDING, ADELAIDE STREET. AMONGST THE WOMEN IN THE FOREGROUND IS J
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Anne Russell Wieland, Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL), Brisbane, 1944-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of letters, documents, newspaper a
Rockhampton, QLD. 1945-15-08. View from the window of the Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) Services' Club of the huge crowd gathered in East Street, Rockhampton's main street, outside the post
Rockhampton, QLD. 1945-15-08. View from the window of the Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) Services' Club of the huge crowd gathered in East Street, Rockhampton's main street, outside the post
Rockhampton, QLD. 1941-10. An Australian serviceman gratefully accepts a parcel containing socks and other comforts from Mrs Leeds, Commandant of the Rockhampton Women's National Emergency Legion (WNE
