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Photograph 012289 Second World War, 1939-1945THE VARIOUS PARTS OF AN OWEN GUN. THESE FIT TOGETHER BY SIMPLE BAYONET CATCHES. SINCE OWEN GUNS ARE PRECISION MADE, A DAMAGED PART MAY BE REPLACED IN A FEW SECONDS. (NEGATIVE BY C. BOTTOMLEY).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HUDDLED TOGETHER FOR A FEW HOURS OF FITFUL SLUMBER. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
THE VARIOUS PARTS OF AN OWEN GUN. THESE FIT TOGETHER BY SIMPLE BAYONET CATCHES. SINCE OWEN GUNS ARE PRECISION MADE, A DAMAGED PART MAY BE REPLACED IN A FEW SECONDS. (NEGATIVE BY C. BOTTOMLEY).

A BRIGADE ENTRAINS IN THE "WEE SMALL HOURS" FOR AN UNDISCLOSED DESTINATION. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).

WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL SECURITY PRODUCTION SERVICE. MUSCLES ACHED FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS JOB, BUT THE W.A.S.P.S. FOUND THEY TOUGHENED UP QUICKLY. THEY ARE PULLING CARROTS AT BOWRAVILLE, N.S.W. (NEGAT

WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL SECURITY PRODUCTION SERVICE. TWO HOURS PICKING FILLED THIS BAG WITH PEAS FOR THE SYDNEY MARKET. THIS LASS AND HER COLLEAGUES SAVED A VEGETABLE CROP OF 142 TONS OF PEAS AND BEANS I

A snow-filled landscape populated by people huddled together and trucks moving in a line up a slope. A village is evident in the background.

TYPICAL OF THE MEN WHO FORM THE CREWS OF THE AUSTRALIAN TANK DIVISIONS. MEN AND MACHINES TOGETHER FROM SOME OF THE TOUGHEST FIGHTING UNITS EVER ASSEMBLED IN AUSTRALIA. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
