Members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) gathered around a car near the parade ...

Accession Number P02835.021
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Humphery, Robert Claude Vivian
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Ivanhoe
Date made 9 September 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) gathered around a car near the parade ground and football ground at Ivanhoe Grammar School which is being used as a training area for 2nd Signal Training Battalion. On the right is the canteen with the public address loud speaker on the wall. In the distance is Locksley House, used for class rooms and Company Orderly Rooms. Identified is VX44355 Lieutenant (later Major) John Douglas Uzzell, Officer Commanding 3 Company (left).