The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Cleaning and Dressing Room of Australian Corps baths at Corbie. Uniforms were cleaned and ironed, while the owner was having a hot bath in the adjoining bath house. There is a collection of flat irons heating on the stove. An extract from the unit diary of the Baths and Laundries Australian Corps for July 1918, titled "Instructions for NCO I/C Baths", states "Each man in the ironing room will have three flat irons marked so that he can recognise each one. These must be kept hot. Tunics and Breeches are ironed to kill the lice and eggs - not to improve the appearance of the clothing. Great care must be taken that all lice and eggs are directly exposed to the iron especially under the edges of the seams and in the crutch and fly flap."
CANBERRA. LIVING QUARTERS AT DUNTROON ARE COMFORTABLE AND MODERN, WITH A BED- SITTING- ROOM FOR EACH CADET, CENTRAL HEATING, HOT WATER SERVICE, BILLIARDS ROOMS, AND A LIBRARY WITH MORE THAN 10,000 VOL
Uijongbu area, Korea, c. 1950-12-25. At Christmas time, a company of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), lines up to take a hot shower in a large tent (right) set up
OONOONBA, TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-03-11. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE 102ND MOBILE BATH UNIT PICTURING THE HOT SHOWERS AND A TANK TRUCK. AS EACH TRUCK IS CAPABLE OF SHOWERING 200 MEN, THE FOUR TRUCKS AT THE UN
Galvanised steel bath set in a heavy wooden frame. The bath itself is 2105 mm long and 670 mm wide, with a depth of 390 mm. The rim extends over the edge of the wooden frame. There is a single drain h
The climate is hot, the work constant and clothes get dirty quickly on board the RAN destroyer HMAS Hobart (1965-2000) in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. During a lull in operation
CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE RESIDENCE ERECTED FOR HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ENGINE
