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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 SPRINGS TO DARWIN.
FLIGHT SERGEANT J. MURRAY AND CREW OF THE LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT G FOR GEORGE ON THEIR RETURN FROM A RAID ON DUISBURG ON THE MORNING OF 1943-04-10. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT HODGEN, WO TAYLOR, SGT BE
A NIGHT BOMBING RAID ON THE GERMAN CITY OF HAMBURG VIEWED FROM ABOVE. A LANCASTER BOMBER IS VISIBLE AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN THE CAMERA AIRCRAFT.
Flying Officer Desmond F. B. Sheen receives the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) from King George VI. Sheen, a former Canberra public servant, joined the RAAF in 1936 and the following year went to En
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)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY WEARING AN AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM ON 1942-08-14 AT 24TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THE UNIT BADGES WER
A SUPERMARINE SOUTHAMPTON ON THE TARMAC AT POINT COOK, RAAF, IN 1939.
NORTH AMERICAN NA-16 DELIVERED TO THE COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION FOR TEST AND EVALUATION. THE AUSTRALIAN BUILT WIRRAWAY (NA-33) WAS DEVELOPED FROM THIS TYPE.
WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
TRACTOR USED TO PULL SEAPLANES UP THE RAMP AND ON TO THE TARMAC AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938. THE DRIVER IS "MATEY" HOLST WITH JOCK TENENT DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM.
RAAF FIRE TENDER, PAINTED RED, AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
UNLOADING BOMBS AND AMMUNITION ON TO THE WHARF AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
BOXES OF AMMUNITION UNLOADED IN SLINGS ON TO THE WHARF AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
BOMBS BEING UNLOADED ONTO THE WHARF AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938. (ORIGINAL NEGATIVE HELD IN AWM COLLECTION.
AIRCRAFTMAN B. A. THORNTON IN A SIMULATED GUNNERS TURRET ON THE GUNNERY RANGE AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938. THE WEAPON IS A LEWIS LIGHT MACHINE GUN WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A SCARF RING AIRCRAFT MOUNT.
AIRCRAFTMAN B. A. THORNTON OPERATING A VICKERS .303 REMOTE CONTROLLED MEDIUM MACHINE GUN ON THE GUNNERY RANGE AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA IN 1938
WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA IN 1938.
MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED ON A WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938.
A VICKERS .303 MACHINE GUN AND A WING MOUNTED CAMERA GUN ON A WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA IN 1938.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938 SHOWING THE LIVING QUARTERS WITH THE AIRFIELD, HANGARS AND WHARF IN THE BACKGROUND.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938 SHOWING TARMAC, MAINTENANCE HANGARS AND SEAPLANE BEACHING AREA.
A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT ABOVE GUNNERY RANGE INDICATORS AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938. THE RANGE SAFETY OFFICER USED THE INDICATORS TO CONTROL USE OF THE RANGE. THE ARROW SHOWED THE DIRECTION O
Point Cook, Vic. 1938. A RAAF armourer, Sergeant Major Class 2 (Warrant Officer Class 2), adjusting a bomb sight on a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft. In the pre-war period, the rank was referre
FLYING OFFICER E. V. BEAUMONT AT THE CONTROLS OF A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT IN 1938.
FOUR 8 1/2 POUND PRACTICE BOMBS MOUNTED ON THE BOMB RACK OF AN AVRO ANSON AIRCRAFT.
AIRCRAFT TENTS ERECTED AT RAAF LAVERTON, VICTORIA, IN 1938.
AN RAF CATALINA IN THE FIRTH OF LORNE, OBAN, SCOTLAND IN FEBRUARY 1941. (ORIGINAL NEGATIVE HELD IN AWM COLLECTION.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1938.
HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939. WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED IN SEPTEMBER 1939, NO 3 SQUADRON BROUGHT SOME OF ITS AIRCRAFT TO OPERATIONAL READINESS AS A CON
HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939. WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED IN SEPTEMBER 1939, NO 3 SQUADRON BROUGHT SOME OF ITS AIRCRAFT TO OPERATIONAL READINESS AS A CON
AN AMATOL FILLED 116 POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMB FITTED TO A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939.
A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939.
THREE GROUND STAFF MEMBERS OF C FLIGHT, NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939. L-R CORPORAL VINCENT MONTEROLA, SERGEANT C. (CHOOK) FOWLER, SERGEANT LOU GODDAM.
COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER AND THE COUNTESS VON LUCKNER WALKING DOWN SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE, HAVING JUST ARRIVED BY TRAIN AT SPENCER STREET STATION IN JULY 1938. COUNT VON LUCKNER, WHOSE WORLD WAR 1 E
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
Sydney, NSW. 1938-04-23. A group portrait of Victoria Cross recipients who were invited to Sydney by the United Licensed Victuallers Association (ULVA) to march as a group in the 1938 Sydney Anzac Day
Sydney, NSW. 1938-04-23. A group portrait of Victoria Cross recipients who were invited to Sydney by the United Licensed Victuallers Association (ULVA) to march as a group in the 1938 Sydney Anzac Day
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL IN ICELAND IN 1941-07 ON HIS WAY TO MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA, F.D. ROOSEVELT TO DISCUSS THE ATLANTIC CHARTER.
STERLING SILVER REPLICA OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS 'FLYER' THE FIRST AEROPLANE TO FLY; THE FLIGHT LASTED 12 SECONDS. THE MODEL HAS THE RECLINING FIGURE OF WILBUR WRIGHT ON BOARD WITH THE FREE-STANDING FIG
CAPTAIN M.K. WINCHESTER (NX76600) AND IUMANI TUI.
OUTDOOR TEMPORARY COOKHOUSE SHARED BY NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN AT STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE COOKHOUSE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1941 WHEN THE COMBINED FORCE
SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN DISMANTLING AND MOVING THEIR TEMPORARY COMBINED CAMP FROM STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE COMBINED PERSONNEL UPDATED THE OVER
A TROOP AND FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELLING BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND ADELAIDE IN 1941.
A ROCK KNOWN AS 'CHURCHILL' CLOSE TO THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DARWIN. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 BY A MEMBER OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS SECTION.
TEMPORARY CAMP NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, SHARED BY NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN. THE COMBINED PERSONNEL WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FR
NEAR BARROW CREEK, NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1941. HILLS AND ADJACENT TERRAIN WHERE NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS
WASHING DAY NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, FOR A GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL IN 1941. LEFT TO RIGHT, SIG B. MORRISON, CPL. MACENIE, SIG UNIDENTIFIED, SIG MCCARR
NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WORKING ON THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE IN 1941 AT STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
1941. NO. 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN NEAR ALICE SPRINGS WHILST WORKING ON THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: SIGNALLERS COOK, MCCARRON, PINK, MORRI
CPL MACENIE, ONE OF THE GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL WHO WORKED ON UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DARWIN IN 1941. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT
A TEMPORARY CAMP AT STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1941. THE CAMP WAS USED BY A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WHILST UPDATING THE OVERLAND TEL
NT. 1941. ROCK FORMATION KNOWN AS DEVILS MARBLES. THE MEN CLIMBING AROUND THE ROCKS WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE, BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DARWIN, AND WERE NO. 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF,
L.CPL M.C.PAECH AT PART OF A ROCK FORMATION IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY KNOWN AS DEVILS MARBLES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 DURING UPDATING OF THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE, BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AN
ONE OF THE VEHICLES USED BY A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WHEN THEY WERE UPDATING IN 1941 THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DA
Two unidentified Aboriginal people and their dog. The two were encountered by No. 4 Military district, AMF, signals personnel and Postmaster-General's Department linesman, who were updating the overla
1941. A MAGNETIC ANTHILL NEAR BATCHELOR, NORTHERN TERRITORY. A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE
NEWCASTLE WATERS HOTEL IN 1941 WITH SOME MEMBERS OF A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN. THE COMBINED PARTY WAS ENGAGED IN UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRA
AN ANTHILL NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 WHEN A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLA
THE MAIN STREET IN TENNANT CREEK, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. A GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS
A GENERAL VIEW OF ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAN
THE GAP, ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AS IT APPEARED IN 1941, WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRIN
THE ROAD HEADING NORTH, IN 1941, FROM ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
THE GAP, ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY AS IT APPEARED IN 1941, WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRING
AN ANTHILL IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941 WHEN NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG, LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRINGS TO DARWIN, LANCE CORPORA
A WILD TURKEY CAUGHT IN 1941 NEAR DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. AT THE TIME, SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALIC
CROSSING AT DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. THE VEHICLES IN THE WATER AND ON THE BANK WERE BEING USED BY A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN DUR
BUTCHER'S 'SHOP' (OUTDOORS UNDER A TREE) AT DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, PROCESSING GOATS IN 1941. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESME
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
RIVER CROSSING AT DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE
THE GAP, ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AS IT APPEARED IN 1941, WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRIN
THE GAP, ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY AS IT APPEARED IN 1941, WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRING
A SCENE NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY, TAKEN IN 1941 WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRINGS TO
A GENERAL VIEW OF ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAN
AN ANTHILL NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 WHEN A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLA