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FOOTSCRAY, VIC. A WOMAN OPERATES A 1,000 TON GUN CARTRIDGE PRESS FORMING 2-POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN CARTRIDGE CASES. THE WOMAN IS DWARFED BY THE HUGE MACHINERY AS SHE SITS AT HER WORK STATION BELOW. IT IS PART OF A SERIES OF PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES DURING WARTIME. (DONOR DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION. COURIER MAIL NEWSPAPER)
STUDIO PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN UNIFORM WEARING A HARD HAT. SHE IS WEARING THE FULL BATTLE DRESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) WHO OPERATE SEARCHLIGHT UNITS. IT IS PART OF A
BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-01-30. QUEUES OF WOMEN WAIT TO BUY MEAT AT A BUTCHER'S SHOP BEFORE THEIR COUPONS EXPIRED. IT IS PART OF A SERIES OF PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES DURING WARTIM
A WOMAN USES A SOLDERING IRON TO FIT PARTS TO A PIECE OF AERIAL RADIO EQUIPMENT WATCHED BY THREE RAAF OFFICERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: SQUADRON LEADER RONALD UREN DFC, FLYING OFFICER COLIN CAMPBELL DFC, SQUAD
C.1944. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA COVERED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL LIFE. A WOMAN CRANE DRIVER AT AN INLAND COMMONWEALTH ORDNANCE FACTORY OPERATES A CRANE SIXTY FEET ABOVE THE FA
Collection relating to the First World War, Interwar and Second World War service and post-war life of 250854 Wing Commander John Rutherford Gordon MC, No. 3 Initial Training School, Royal Australian
Series number AWM65 Series title RAAF Biographical Notes 1939-45 War Series contents range 01 Jan 1940 – 31 Dec 1959 Extent 10.8 m Access conditions Subject to the Australian Archives Act (1