The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
North Korea. c. October 1950. Australian postal services have been up against a tough proposition keeping the mail up to the troops in their forward move to the Manchurian border. The job has been done, despite difficulties, and scattered units were finally caught up with. Here is a typical mail break time for members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). The accumulation of mail is sorted by Private E. Hutchinson of Croydon, NSW, and Private H. E. Richardson of Mildura, Vic.
Australian postal services have been up against a tough proposition keeping the mail up to the troops in their forward move to the Manchurian border. The job has been done, despite difficulties, and s
Scrambling up a steep cliff like this is no easy job even in broad daylight, but in pitch darkness it is a really tough proposition. However it is all in a day's work to these soldiers of the 1st Batt
THE ARMY POSTAL SERVICE PLAYS A GREAT PART IN KEEPING THE MORALE OF THE TROOPS TO A HIGH STANDARD. LETTERS FROM HOME ARE EAGERLY LOOKED FORWARD TO , AND THE DELIVERY OF MAIL IS ENTRUSTED TO PERSONNEL
DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-10. A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF MAIL IN BAGS FOR THE TROOPS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, BEING SORTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION POSTAL UNIT. LEFT TO RIGHT:- QX
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-03-27. Members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) prepare bundles of letters which have been sorted into mail pigeon holes at a Military Post Office. Left to right: Bac
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.
