The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A portion of a huge stack of over 30,000 bags of Australian parcels at the Australian Base Post Office. During the Christmas period of 1918, 37,450 bags of Australian parcels were received, containing 435,900 parcels. The bags had all to be stacked, and were gradually despatched at the rate of 800 to 1000 daily. In addition to the Australian parcels some 9000 bags of parcels posted in the United Kingdom were also dealt with in the same period.
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,
Two men carrying a basket of bread parcels while another man waits in the back of the horse drawn truck to stack the bread, a woman is watching from the doorway of the building. The bread parcels ar
Tel El Kebir, Egypt. 1941-11. Two postal orderlies at Australian Army Base Post Office stacking bags of Christmas mail and parcels in a large stack after their arrival from Port Said.
Tel El Kebir, Egypt. 1941-11. Staff at the Australian Army Base Post Office sorting Christmas mail and parcels into large bags that are stacked behind them prior to delivery to troops.
Tel El Kebir, Egypt. 1941-11. Staff at the Australian Army Base Post Office sorting Christmas mail and parcels into large bags that are stacked up behind them prior to delivery to troops.
Trucking and sorting empty mail bags at the Australian Base Post Office. All mail bags were immediately turned when opened, any damaged bags being forwarded to the Civil Postal Service for repair, and
