The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Redirecting letters at the Australian Base Post Office. Every letter from Australia was alphabetically and numerically sorted and the address compared with the latest record, 57 per cent of such letters being redirected.
Portion of the redirection sorting room at the Australian Base Post Office, showing an Australian mail of 750,000 letters being compared with record cards. The mails were received from the various Sta
Redirecting parcels at the Australian Base Post Office, prior to despatch to units. Every parcel had the address verified prior to despatch, and 62 per cent of parcels were redirected to new locations
Officers and staff of the Australian Base Post Office London. The staff numbers over seven hundred employees of whom the greater number are women who had to be specially trained for the work. Mail arr
Letter sorting section at the Australian Base Post Office. This section dealt with mail matter for every unit of the AIF, some 600 bags being made up daily. During the quarter ending 31 December 1918,
Sorting newspapers at the Australian Base Post Office, showing key to sorting racks for the information of new female sorters. Newspapers were the only class of mail matter despatched from the Base Po
Recording changes of addresses on soldiers' location cards at the Australian Base Post Office. Over 100,000 changes of address were recorded monthly on these cards, the information being obtained from
