The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 of them already war brides). Miss Maurer is engaged to marry Lieutenant William Clancy junior, of the US Army Air Corps, and son of Mr and Mrs William F. Clancy of 179 Johnson Avenue, San Francisco, USA. (Original print held in AWM Archive Store at Department of Information N702b)
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
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
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
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
New York, USA. 1944-04-25. An American hospitality centre for Australian and New Zealand forces was the Anzac Club. Founder and President of the club was Miss Nola Luxford. Shown, the leaders of the A
Group portrait of Australian wives and babies of American soldiers leaving an Australian port for the United States. More than 10,000 marriages and 2,000 engagements between Australian girls and US s
