MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-05. WARRANT-OFFICER(II) D. ANDERSON, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 050488
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Irving, Robert Bruce
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 5 April 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-05. WARRANT-OFFICER(II) D. ANDERSON, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE, EXAMINING ARMY RATION JAM WITH A REFRACTOMETER TO DETERMINE THE SUGAR CONTENT. NEAREST THE CAMERA IS A GAUGE FOR CHECKING THE VACUUM IN THE TINS, AND IN THE BACKGROUND, AN INSTRUMENT WHICH INDICATES THE ACIDITY OF THE CONTENTS. THIS WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE BRANCH OF ARMY FOOD TESTING LABORATORY IN THE WILLIAM ANGLISS FOOD TRADES SCHOOL.