Charters Towers, Qld. Charlotte Freshwater (left) and Freda Walker Jones of the Women's Auxiliary ...

Accession Number P03006.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Charters Towers, Qld. Charlotte Freshwater (left) and Freda Walker Jones of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) doing their laundry outdoors in a wood burning copper at the Charters Towers RAAF Wireless Telegraphy Station. Members of the WAAAF working at the wireless station in Townsville volunteered to travel to Charters Towers to open this telegraphy station.