Argus newspaper WW2 collection

[Mike K]

Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.

POWs with Salvo truck

Australian troops on Labuan Island, North Borneo
Date
[ca. 1945]

[Mike K]

Middle East Training Camps: Port Said, Cairo, Egypt, August - September 1940.

A.I.F. casualties
Date
[ca. 1943]

[Mike K]

9Signals Corps of the Australian Army
Date
[ca. 1937-ca. 1941]

WS101 made 1939- 41 is the AWA built version of the British WS No. 1 , the WS 101 was used in the Middle East and Malaya with the AIF. Manual online http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/Ma...o101MkI&II.pdf

WS109 made by STC Sydney 1939-42. I have two of these. Power source is a 6V car type battery. Manual is online http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/Ma...No109_MKII.pdf

[Mike K]

Bren gun carrier driving through Darwin bush
Date
[ca. 1941]

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.

POWs with Salvo truck

Australian troops on Labuan Island, North Borneo
Date
[ca. 1945]

B25 N5-208 is a Dutch one, see https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/e...ell-uk?start=1

Any change of a link or caption of that photo so I can find it back? Searching https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ for SLV295 (name of the file) does not return any hits.

slv295.jpg

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

B25 N5-208 is a Dutch one, see https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/e...ell-uk?start=1

Any change of a link or caption of that photo so I can find it back? Searching https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ for SLV295 (name of the file) does not return any hits.

Attachment 131596

Try this link Hanno https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=10

There are some pics of NEI troops training in Australia .

https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=30

Link https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...16&mode=browse

[Mike K]

No, that isn't a Japanese roadsign on Tarakan!!
Date
[ca. 1945]

Indonesian lads give a helping-hand to members of the Australian and Royal Netherlands Indies amphibious Forces at Tarakan Borneo
Date
[ca. 1945]

Devastated section of the Tarakan oil fields as officers of a Netherlands Indies Technical Battalion inspect the damaged area ...
Date
[ca. 1945]

Men of the A.I.F. 9th Division marching in unidentified cities, crowds waving and cheering
Date
[ca. 1943]

Covered truck on dusty bush road
Date
[ca. 1941]

[Mike K]

Middle East arrivals in Australia

Looks like one of Hurley's doctored photos: Y.M.C.A. activities in the Middle East

Provost lineup in the MidEast
Date
[1942]

RAAF Mobile Works Squadrons to carve out airstrips & dispersal roads from jungle, kunai grass etc.
Author / Creator
Australia. Department of Air.
Date
[ca. 1944]

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Try this link Hanno https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=10

There are some pics of NEI troops training in Australia .

https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=30

Link https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...16&mode=browse

Thanks Mike, that helps!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

The Melbourne Argus newspaper WW2 photo collection is hosted by the State Library of Victoria. Just a few pics: I don't trust the links.

I've found the SLV website lists a persistent link, e.g. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalin...39654241107636

"U. S. ARMY ASSEMBLES TRUCKS IN NEW GUINEA. Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) United States. Army. Signal Corps. 1941"

FL15855389.jpg

[Mike K]

Shows soldiers with rifles jumping out the back of Holden built Chevrolet C15A 15 cwt. truck with No. 2 G.S. body.

Pupils of Victorian state schools contributed 1150 pound out of their own pocket money to purchase this truck for a R.A.A.F. mobile educational unit
Author / Creator
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations.
Date
[ca. 1945]

Military trucks - Not for sale - Alice Springs
Date
[ca. 1945]

Military equipment sold to civilians
Date
[ca. 1945]

Empire garden party at Buckingham Palace for ex-P.O.W.s of the Empire
Date
[ca. 1945]

[Mike K]

Contents / Summary
Shows truck being manhandled up a snow covered road, probably in Tasmania.

Contents / Summary
Shows soldiers taking cover lying in gutter at Flinders Street; three soldiers lying under truck.

ARMY FIELD WORKSHOPS IN LIBYA

Soldier reading under truck
Date
[ca. 1942]

[m606paz]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Pupils of Victorian state schools contributed 1150 pound out of their own pocket money to purchase this truck for a R.A.A.F. mobile educational unit
Author / Creator
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations.
Date
[ca. 1945]

Beautiful pic.
This is a Factory or rebuild late Australian Ford CMP?
No money for rear view mirror..