World War II Australia
World War II Australia
About this item
Full title
Date
1942 - 1945
Call Numbers
PXE 731/1966-1977
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 22 x 17 cm. or smaller - 12 silver gelatin photoprints
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Scenes of Australian workers and soldiers preparing defences in Northern Australia, in anticipation of Japanese invasion at the end of World War II. Includes soldiers on training exercises and on duty in New Guinea. Also includes shots of the official launch of the HMAS Bataan
1966. [Australian soldier stands in defence of potential Japanese inv...
Alternative Titles
Full title
World War II Australia
Notes
General note
Paper captions affixed to the bottom of the photos, describing each image and containing general propaganda about the war effort
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from accompanying envelope
"Commonwealth Department of Information" -- stamped on reverse of some images
"Passed by Operational Censor" -- stamped on reverse (1975-1977)
"Passed publicity censorship" -- stamped on reverse (1966)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 731/1966-1977
Record Identifier
YzOg8Gd9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOg8Gd9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
412587
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