012602 Accession Number: 012602

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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE ON PARADE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF A TYPICAL MELBOURNE DAY. THIS SERVICE IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN NUMBERS AND IN THE SCOPE OF ITS EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY GENERALLY, ITS MAIN FUNCTION BEING TO RELEASE MANPOWER FROM THOSE SECTIONS OF THE MAIN ARMY THAT CAN BE STAFFED EFFICIENTLY BY WOMEN. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).

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Accession Number
012602
Photographer
Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
16 June 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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