138929 Accession Number: 138929

Description

Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-24. Mrs N. Wiltshire, a woman munitions worker turning a twenty-five pounder shell in a lathe at the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory.

Details

Accession Number
138929
Photographer
Herald Newspaper
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

Tags

Accession 138929

More like this

138933

Photograph 138933 Second World War, 1939-1945

Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-24. A woman munitions worker operating a large Gurret lathe at the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory.

138930

Photograph 138930 Second World War, 1939-1945

Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-24. Miss Noreen Flynn, a woman munitions worker, adjusting the chuck on a lathe at the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory.

138934

Photograph 138934 Second World War, 1939-1945

Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-24. Miss Dorothy Ellis, a woman munitions worker, operating a giant shell taper press at the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory.

138927

Photograph 138927 Second World War, 1939-1945

Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-24. Miss Nan Sergeant, a female munitions worker, starts up her tractor preparatory to towing a load of shell casings to another section of the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory.

140746

Photograph 140746 Second World War, 1939-1945

Melbourne, Vic. 1944-04-11. A male munitions worker busily engaged in turning up aluminium dial sight parts on a turret lathe in the Nicholson Street Munitions Factory.

136454

Photograph 136454 Second World War, 1939-1945

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-06-14. A WOMAN MUNITIONS WORKER USING A "GO AND NO GO" GAUGE ON ARTILLERY SHELL CASES IN A CITY MUNITIONS FACTORY.

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 2 July 2026 - 6.55 am