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Photograph 020513 Second World War, 1939-1945The sorting room of the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo. Personnel are distributing letters in Unit boxes.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Personnel at the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo checking inward and outward mails.
The sorting room of the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo. Personnel are distributing letters in Unit boxes.

The newspapers and packet sorting room at the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo.

A close-up of the sorting frames at the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo.

In this room at the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo parcels were sorted into Unit bags and individually listed prior to despatch to the field.

With the aid of a card index system the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo was able to keep a check on the movement of all personnel in the Middle East.

A general scene in the re-assorting room at the Australian Army Base Postal Unit (M.E.) in Cairo where more than 15,000 parcels a month had to be readdressed on arrival. This was caused by the consta
