The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sydney, NSW. C. 1943. Australia's first school for wives was organised by Captain (Capt) Cecil Gidley, AIF, secretary of the Lord Mayor of Sydney's Allied Relations Committee and Officer-in-Charge of the American Division, Australian Department of Information. Nineteen war brides, members of Sydney US Servicemen's Wives and Fiancees Association attended, learning more about their own country in order to talk of Australia in American homes. Last class receives a talk from Mrs R. Scott of Sydney, NSW, honorary supervisor and an energetic war welfare worker. Left to right: Shirley Suarez of Detroit, Michigan, US; Mary McCormack; Elaine Mooney; Marjorie Eastman; Phyllis Layton-Ives; Mrs John Maurer; Beryl Tooth; Gloria Grey-Sutcliffe. Capt Gidley is seated behind Mrs Grey-Sutcliffe.
Australia's first school for wives was organised by Captain Cecil Gidley, AIF, secretary of the Lord Mayor of Sydney's Allied Relations Committee and Officer-in-Charge of the American Division, Austra
Sydney, NSW. C. 1943. Founder and president Joan Maurer (left, holding pencil) whispers information to a woman reporter (centre) during a meeting of the Wives and Fiancees' of US Servicemen Club (many
Melbourne, Vic. C. 1945. Four wives of American servicemen gather with their children in the Botanical Gardens during one of their frequent outdoor meetings. They are members of the US Servicemen's Wi
Melbourne, Vic. C. 1945. Three Australian wives and the fiancee of an American serviceman read books at the US Information Library. Left to right: Mrs Belmont, 20, wife of T/Sergeant Keith Belmont of
Enamelled brass badge showing a gold kookaburra on a white background, atop a red boomerang which contains the word 'VICTORIA'. A blue band around the edge of the badge contains the words 'U.S. WIVES
Mackay, Qld. C. 1943-03. In the kitchen of the rest centre for US Army Air Force personnel on leave, servicemen help with the washing up after dinner. Each day transport aircraft flew in between 75 an
