The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Charters Towers, Qld. The Charters Towers RAAF Wireless Telegraphy Station Recreation Hut. A group of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) working at the Townseille wireless station volunteered to travel to Townsville to open this telegraphy station. The hut housed a piano, that was donated to the station, around which many sing alongs were conducted.
Brown leather case for Ensign Midget Model 22 camera. The case has an adjustable carry strap and a flap opening secured by a press stud fastening. In faint writing underneath the flap is '92530 RAAF'
Ensign Midget Model 22 camera. This folding camera takes 35 mm x 45 mm exposures on Ensign Lukos size E10 roll film. The lens is attached to a folding paper bellows and extends from the camera body al
Charters Towers, Qld. The Charters Towers RAAF Wireless Telegraphy Station Signals Office. A group of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) working at the Townsville wireless station volu
Charters Towers, Qld. Charlotte Freshwater (left) and Freda Walker Jones of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) doing their laundry outdoors in a wood burning copper at the Charters Tow
Charters Towers, Qld. Two members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) trying to sleep under the Barracks Hut at the Charters Towers RAAF Wireless Telegraphy Station. When the heat be
Probably Vic. c.1944. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in the recreation hut of an RAAF Station. The women are seated around an open fire reading books, knitting and liste
WILLASTON, SA, 1945-1946. LEADING AIRCRAFTWOMAN (LACW) V. RAE BULL (LATER HARRIS) IN FRONT OF THE GALVANISED IRON HUT THAT HOUSED THE FEMALE TELEGRAPHISTS AND TELEPRINTER OPERATORS WHO WORKED AS MEMBE
GAWLER, SA, 1945. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS WHO WORKED AT THE GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN, MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF)
