The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Zealand. October 1942. A convoy of New Zealand Home Guard troops in snow covered country during a training exercise in the South Island. The New Zealand Home Guard comprises men over the Army age limit who volunteer and men working in essential industries who are conscripted for service. Compare the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) in Australia which was manned completely by volunteers.
New Zealand. October 1942. New Zealand Home Guard troops prepare for an infantry exercise in the snow covered South Island. The New Zealand Home Guard comprises men over the Army age limit who volunte
New Zealand. October 1942. A convoy of New Zealand Home Guard troops in snow covered country during a training exercise in the South Island. Military policemen on motor cycles direct the convoy to the
New Zealand. October 19042. The Home Guard in New Zealand comprises men over the Army age limit who volunteer and men working in essential industries who are conscripted for service. Here two Home Gua
New Zealand. October 1942. A fully equipped Home Guard infantry unit with tin hats and fixed bayonets prepares to conduct an exercise in rugged country and snow capped peaks of the South Island.
Australia. c. 1942. Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) members conduct an incendiary exercise using home made bombs. The VDC was to engage in guerilla warfare to the best of its ability should the Japanese
The Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) was raised and maintained in its early years by the RSL and later handed over to Army control. It comprised men from every part of Australia and every walk of civilia
