The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mackay, Qld. C. 1943. A member of the Air Force Victorettes (AFVs) prepares to hit the ball during a game of softball against visiting American servicemen. Servicemen on leave with the American Red Cross introduced the game to Australia. In the absence of local men, the women acted as opponents to the Americans at the showgrounds every Sunday afternoon. The AFVs were said to have picked up the game quickly, though the Americans played left-handed to compensate for their greater experience. The AFVs were an organisation of from four to five hundred women in Mackay who served on a roster system to entertain American servicemen on leave. (Department of Information N695)
Mackay, Qld. C. 1943. A member of the Air Force Victorettes (AFVs) tags an American serviceman as he slides to a base during a game of softball. American servicemen on leave with the American Red Cros
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
Mackay, Qld. C. 1943-03. American servicemen splash in the sea at Eineo Beach with Air Force Victorettes, a voluntary organisation of local women who entertained troops on a roster basis. The town was
DARWIN, NT 1946-03-01. AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN LINE THE DECKS OF HMAS WESTRALIA AS SHE PREPARES TO DEPART FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. THE WOMEN, SOME OF WHOM ARE HOLDING STREAMERS, WERE TH
Mackay, Qld. C. 1943. Interior of a milk bar where sundaes, ice cream sodas and cold fruit drinks were served to American servicemen seated at the counter and at tables. The shop, or soda fountain as
Mackay, Qld. C. 1943-03. Sales assistant Emily Guy shows a sheepskin rug to M/Sergeant Paul Siegler of 1269 North 35th Street, East St Louis, USA, while M/Sgt Hibbard Whiles (centre) looks on. They we
