The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The largest ship-borne consignment of mail to Japan since last May arrived today on the liner SS Taiping. This was also the last mail for British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) before Christmas. The BCOF Postal Unit had a busy day sorting through the mail so that the units could get their mail as soon as possible. Members of the Postal Unit seen here sorting the mail are, left to right: Warrant Officer Class 2 E. K. Robinson of Prospect, SA; Private L. J. Barrett of Cessnock, NSW, and Sergeant L. Williams of Mullumbimby, NSW.
LABUAN ISLAND. 11 JUNE 1945. LANCE-CORPORAL E J BALLARD (1) AND PRIVATE J L HORTON (3) OF 9 DIVISION POSTAL UNIT, ASSISTED BY CORPORAL K MURDOCK, 9 DIVISION (2), ENGAGED IN SORTING THE FIRST CONSIGNME
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 24 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 6 BASE POSTAL UNIT SORTING AND STACKING BAGS OF MAIL AT 7 DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PRIVATE (PTE) P F KENT (1); PTE L L WARE (2
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. SORTING MAIL AT THE BASE POST OFFICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY POSTAL UNIT.
CORPORAL E.E. MURDEN (1) AND PRIVATE P. CAMPBELL (2) MEMBERS OF AWAS SORTING MAIL AT THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY BASE POSTAL UNIT, IN THE ST KILDA PALAIS.
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-06-23. MEMBERS OF A RAAF POSTAL UNIT WHO DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF MAIL ARE SHOWN SORTING MAIL ON A GROUNDSHEET INTO THE GROUP NUMBERS OF VARIOUS UNITS.
HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-09. VX9760 SERGEANT K. M. MORTON (LEFT) AND NX118073 PRIVATE J. A. BESTON OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION POSTAL UNIT, SORTING MAIL PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION TO UNITS.