The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wagga Wagga, NSW. 2 July 1943. Informal portrait of Sheila Ferguson, Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) with Private Richard L. Przyivojski, 2nd Battalion, 17th Marine Engineers, United States Marine Corps (USMC). The Marines were in Wagga Wagga for a period of rest and recreation after operations in Guadalcanal. Sheila Ferguson was a field officer at Batlow and spent leave days in Wagga Wagga. Miss Ferguson joined the AWLA before she was sixteen and had worked in a piggery then a packing shed at Leeton, before her move to Batlow where she was promoted to staff. When she turned eighteen she joined the Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF). (Donor S. Van Emden)
A member of the Volunteer Defence Corps advances to present the Australian flag to representatives of 1st Marine Division, US Marine Corps (USMC) in a ceremony at Caulfield, Melbourne. The flag was gi
A member of the Volunteer Defence Corps advances to present the Australian flag to representatives of 1st Marine Division, US Marine Corps (USMC) in a ceremony at Caulfield, Melbourne. The flag was gi
Hanwood, NSW. 1944. Mary Steele, Australian Women's Land Army, stands beside a horse pulling a cart (obscured) that was used to load apples at Chadney's Farm. At this farm she also learnt to drive a t
Hanwood, NSW. 1944. Mary Steele, Australian Women's Land Army, sitting behind the wheel of a McCormick Deering Standard tractor which she had learnt to drive at Chadney's Farm. At this farm she also l
PERTH, W.A., 1943-01-22. IN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF A THIRD PRINCESS OF ORANGE, DUTCH SERVICE PERSONNEL, LED BY AN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY BAND, MARCHED THROUGH PERTH. THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN BY REAR ADM
A long triangular pennant in blue felt, featuring the following silk-screened designs: (from the hoist) the United States Marines insignia in white, blue and red, accompanied by the title 'U.S.M IN TH