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THE MINISTER FOR MUNITIONS (SENATOR P A MCBRIDE) AND THE DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE PRODUCTION (MR L J HARTNETT) INSPECTED THE 2 POUND ANTI TANK GUNS BEING MANUFACTURED IN A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FACTORY. PORTION OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE
THE MINISTER FOR MUNITIONS (SENATOR P A MCBRIDE) AND THE DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE PRODUCTION (MR L D HARTNETT) INSPECTED THE 2 POUND ANTI TANK GUNS BEING MANUFACTURED IN A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FACTORY. THE 2
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-03-29. MR L. J. HARTNETT, GENERAL MANAGER, COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PTY. LTD, (RIGHT) MAKING A SPEECH TO COMMEMORATE THE PROUDCTION OF THE 1,000TH "GIPSY" AIRCRAFT MOTOR
1941-04. A 2-pound anti-tank gun in firing position with travelling wheels removed, after being manufactured in a South Australian munitions factory.
LEFT TO RIGHT: REAR ADMIRAL P. MCNEIL, ENGINEER MEMBER NAVAL BOARD; W. GRIFFITH, FINANCE MEMBER NAVAL BOARD, HON. R. MENZIES, PRIME MINISTER; SENATOR P. MCBRIDE, MIN. MUNITIONS, MR. A. FRAZER, MAN. CO
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT ORDNANCE FACTORY, MARIBYRNONG, VIC. ONE HOUR'S PAY FROM EVERY FACTORY EMPLOYEE WAS VOLUNTARILY CONTRIBUTED FOR THE COST OF A MILITARY AMBULANCE WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THE DIRECT
Mr Norman J. O. Makin, Minister for the Navy and Minister for Munitions, at left, with Senator Don Cameron, Minister for Aircraft Production in the Curtin Ministry sworn in on 7 October 1941.
