The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ESK NEAR TOOWOOMBA,QLD. 1943-08. TENT IN THE BUSH USED BY MEMBERS OF 2/9TH FIELD REGIMENT AS THEY TRAINED UNDER THE BRISBANE LINE DEFENCE SCHEME. EACH GUN CREW, SIX MEN, LIVED AND DRILLED TOGETHER. THEY ALL MADE BUSH BEDS AND WERE QUITE A MOBILE FORCE HAVING NOTHING MUCH TO LEAVE BEHIND. (PHOTOGRAPHER AND DONOR C. ROUGHLEY)
ESK, NEAR TOOWOOMBA, QLD. 1942. GUNNER CYRIL DUDLEY WARWICK WAITING FOR HIS WASHING TO BOIL IN A DRUM OVER A CAMP FIRE. IT WAS A REST DAY FOR THOSE WITH 2/9TH FIELD REGIMENT BEING TRAINED UNDER THE BR
1944. THE CREW OF AB422 FRANCES PEAT HAVING BREAKFAST AT A TABLE AT THE BREAK OF THE FORECASTLE UNDER THE BOW AWNING AS THE SHIP HEADS NORTH TOWARDS BRISBANE IN BAD WEATHER. LEFT TO RIGHT: SAPPERS JIM
Informal wedding day portrait of Flying Officer (FO) Charlie Barnett (left), the best man, and 423561 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) James Patrick (Jim) Sullivan, the groom, of Chatswood, NSW. Both are me
Night time portrait of 213767 Sergeant Neville Bruce "Shorty" Morrow (far left) and 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller (far right), during training in a state forest near Brisbane. One of 4
Hand painted opalotype portrait of 189 Henry (Harry) Joseph Murray, B Squadron, 7th Battalion Commonwealth Horse, of Toowoomba, Queensland. Born 3 June 1882 in Warwick, Harry Murray was working as a t
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402360 Sergeant Robert Johnston, No. 82 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and United Kingdom, 1941. Sergeant Johnston trained to be a