The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. BILLIARDS (OF A SORT) AT A NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL ZONE. AT LEFT IS CPL. W.H. ALLT OF IPSWICH QUEENSLAND WHO HELPED BUILD THE RECREATIONAL HUT. HE MADE A BOOKCASE TABLES AND BILLIARD TABLES, FOR THE USE OF HIS MATES. THE BILLIARD TABLES WERE MADE FROM SALVAGED TIMBER. ARMY BLANKETS WERE USED AS CLOTHS, WORN OUT MOTOR TYRES AS CUSHION AND THE POCKETS WERE MADE FROM DISCARDED CLOTHING. CPL ALLT IS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF HIS UNIT AND IS ITS YMCA REPRESENTATIVE. DRIVER G. ARNETT OF WAGGA N.S.W. IS THE OTHER PLAYER. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. BILLIARDS OF A SORT AT A NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL ZONE. DRIVER W. HOWARD OF LORNE, VIC., AND DRIVER R. EBBS. OF NOWRA, N.S.W. ENJOY A GAME ON AN IMPROVISED TABLE. AN ARMY BL
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. SALVAGED MATERIAL WAS USED TO EQUIP THIS LATHED TRUCK AND POWER UNIT. NOW IT IS BEING USED IN A NORTHERN AUSTRALIA OPERATIONAL BASE FOR MAINTENANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, AND THE MANUF
New Guinea. Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Allson of New York is driving his jeep and asking Cpl Walter Mansergh of Minnesota how far it is to Tokyo. The signpost reads, '2200 miles to Tokyo, Washington-7000 m
SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XIIIc WHO PUT ON "THE CABARET" AS A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEMSELVES AND FELLOW PRISONERS. COSTUMES WERE MADE FROM OLD CLOTHES, BLANKETS ETC. THE "LADY" ON L
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX8903 Private George Clive Player, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX35140 Gunner Keith Hamilton Tyres, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
