CAULFIELD, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-06. THE FIFTH STEP IN A SOLDIER'S DISCHARGE ROUTINE. VX109332, ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Caulfield
Accession Number 050581
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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CAULFIELD, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-06. THE FIFTH STEP IN A SOLDIER'S DISCHARGE ROUTINE. VX109332, GUNNER J.E. HACKING, 22ND AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, HAVING FINISHED HIS MEDICAL EXAMINATION, IS TAKEN TO THE DE-KIT STORE OF GENERAL DETAILS DEPOT, CAULFIELD, DISCHARGE SECTION, WHERE HE HANDS OVER HIS ARMY KIT AND IS ISSUED WITH A CIVILIAN SUIT. SHORTAGES OF KIT ARE DEBITED IN THE SOLDIER'S PAY BOOK, BUT MAY BE CREDITED LATER IF HE RETURNS THEM TO THE AREA OFFICE. GUNNER HACKING IS SECOND FROM LEFT, AND SEATED IN FOREGROUND IS V246360, PRIVATE L. HALL, IN CHARGE OF KIT STORE.