The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOBRUK. MAIL FROM THE BASE POST OFFICE IN EGYPT IS BEING SENT BY SEA TO TOBRUK AND DELIVERED TO THE TROOPS OCCUPYING THE TOWN. HERE THE POSTAL UNIT OF THE 9TH DIVISION ARE TAKING THE MAILS BAGS INTO THE BUILDING IN MAIN STREET TOBRUK THAT NOW SERVES AS THE POST OFFICE PREPARATORY TO SORTING AND DISTRIBUTING. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Trucking and sorting empty mail bags at the Australian Base Post Office. All mail bags were immediately turned when opened, any damaged bags being forwarded to the Civil Postal Service for repair, and
Scenes include; main entrance to the general Post Office Melbourne. Mail from the country being unloaded into postal vehicle. Sorting of mail. Date stamping machine in operation. Postmen leaving t
Opens with interior shot of postal sorting room. Postal bin marked 'Pacific'. Shots of men and women sorting parcels and weighing mailbags. 'PMG Melbourne Aust.' on the mail bag. Scene change to truck
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-11-17. PRIVATE J.H. WRIGHT (1), ASSISTED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN POSTAL CHECKER (2), RECEIVES RAAF AND ARMY MAILS FROM A GPO TRUCK AT 1 BASE POST OFFICE, MARY STREET. THE MAIL IS
PAPUA-NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-12. MANY TONS OF RAAF CHRISTMAS PARCEL MAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED TO ADVANCED NEW GUINEA BASES. BAGS ARE ARRIVING BY TRUCK AT THE POST OFFICE FOR SORTING PRIOR TO UNIT
SYDNEY, N.S.W. 1944-11-17. PRIVATE V. PRIMROSE, 1 BASE POST OFFICE, MARY STREET, SORTING BAGS OF RAAF AND ARMY MAIL AS THEY LEAVE THE CHUTE ON THE 2ND FLOOR.
