The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Field records section of the Australian Base Post Office, where unit postal records were held for audit purposes. Every field post office returned all its records to the base monthly, where they were closely examined and reconciled with original despatch lists. By this means it was possible to detect any errors in delivery of postal articles, and it also enabled all inquiries regarding the disposal of any postal article to be answered promptly, without reference to the delivery office.
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
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-02. 6TH BASE POSTAL UNIT. IN THE FOREGROUND A POSTAL ORDERLY FROM A FIELD POST OFFICE CARRIES BAGS OF PARCELS TO A WAITING JEEP AND TRAILER. IN THE BACKGROUND
Dead letter office at the Australian Base Post Office. Undeliverable parcels are here being opened and the contents packed into cases for despatch to the Australian Comforts Fund, which undertook the
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
Presentation of Christmas boxes to the Australian Army Base Post Office by the Australian Comforts Fund. The Australian Base Post Office is situated at the Granary, near St Pancras Railway Station, K
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
