The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. HERE SOLDIERS ARE UNLOADING EMPTY BEER BOTTLES AT A FACTORY SALVAGED BY THE ARMY. TWO SHIFTS ARE WORKED, OUTPUT BEING 342,000 BOTTLES WEEKLY. BOTTLED BEER BROUGHT INTO THE AREA IS THE CHIEF SOURCE OF SUPPLY OF BOTTLES FOR THE FACTORY. BROKEN BOTTLES ARE CUT DOWN AND USED AS GLASSES. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-14. EMPTY BOTTLES BEING UNLOADED FOR USE AT THE CORDIAL FACTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE. EMPTY BEER BOTTLES ARE USED AS CONTAINERS AND 1,000 DOZE
MILILAT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-02. QX58476 SIGNALLER T.R. COBURN (1) AND QX54142 SIGNALLER E.J. MILLS (2) HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION, PROUDLY DISPLAY THEIR HOME-MADE BEER MUGS WHILE WAITING FOR THE ISSU
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM ANY LARGE TOWNS AUSTRALIANS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA OPERATIONAL AREAS RECEIVE AERATED DRINKS MADE IN ARMY PLANTS BY ARMY PERSONNEL. THE ARMY HAS FOUR
17 MILE, LALOKI RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. LOOKING OVER A HEAP OF BROKEN BOTTLES TOWARDS A STACK OF EMPTY BOTTLES AT THE CORDIAL FACTORY ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE CANTEEN
17 MILE, LALOKI RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. UNLOADING EMPTY BOTTLES AT THE CORDIAL FACTORY ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE CANTEEN SERVICES ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA F
Informal portrait of NX6365 Corporal (Cpl) William Alfred (Bill) Fearn (right), sitting in an open air bar or cafe with three unidentified friends. Note the glasses on the table which are actually bro
