The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
C. 1944. DURING WORLD WAR 2 PRACTICALLY ALL RIVETING ON BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT FUSELAGES WAS CARRIED OUT BY WOMEN. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.239)
HORSES AT RENNER SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SP
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
Fishermen's Bend, Vic. c. 1944. Women employees at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory working on the rear fuselage of a Beaufort aircraft. The rear fuselage is seen here partly `skinned'. (
Probably Sydney, NSW. c. 1944. Women, some volunteers, packing tinned food into boxes to be sent to troops in New Guinea. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.268)
Melbourne, Vic. c. 1944. Rows of women employed as machinists in the Commonwealth Clothing Factory sew clothing at their Singer sewing machines. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p. 247
Women members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) working in a blood bank. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.139)
LEETON, NSW. WOMEN IN A FOOD CANNERY SORT AND GRADE SPINACH LAID ON A TABLE PRIOR TO CANNING. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.266).
WERRIBEE, VIC. 1944-01-26. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S LAND ARMY RETURNING TO THEIR QUARTERS AT THE END OF A DAY'S WORK. NOTE THE WORK HORSE BEING DRAWN UP BEHIND THE WOMEN. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESE
