Of love and war
Beyond the battlefield
Do things return to normal between couples when the war is over? What about couples whose relationship was founded on war time experiences? This section considers the impact of war on peacetime lives. It looks at war brides, as well as the impact of conflict on other relationships
Reunion
Welcome Home banner made from a cut down white cotton sheet with 'WELCOME HOME RYAN I [LOVE] YOU' painted on it.
An unidentified marine technician from HMAS Darwin kisses his girlfriend at a homecoming ceremony for HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA.
Private (Pte) Albert George Denovan, of Sydney NSW, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, a former prisoner of war (POW) is reunited with relatives at the showground.
A wounded AIF soldier receives an affectionate welcome home at the Anzac Buffet in The Domain in Sydney.
Driver Alfred George Floate, 9th Division, receiving a hearty welcome kiss from his wife on his return home from the Middle East.
Depicts an Australian digger bidding farewell to a young woman at the train station.
A fashionably dressed girl stands on the deck of a troop ship. By Penleigh Boyd.
Changed lives
Eleven Japanese manufactured bread and butter plates : Stoker Petty Officer E B Powell, RAN.
Eleven Japanese manufactured tea cups and saucers : Stoker Petty Officer E B Powell, RAN.
General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, talking with Mrs Vasey, Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Vasey and Lt Col J Chapman on board the troop transport Strathallan during embarkation of the Advance Party 6th Division AIF for service overseas.
Melbourne, vic. 14-02-1944. Mrs G. Vasey (right) one of the convenors of the produce stall and Mrs J. C. Mollard, convenor of the prisoner-of-war stall at the AIF market fair to be held in the town hall on 03-03-1944.
Melbourne, Victoria. Widows of Australian WW1 soldiers at a millinery class at a vocational training school.
Commemorative scroll associated with the next of kin plaque sent to Mrs Margaret Mary Hindley, widow of 2650 Private William Hindley who was killed in action on 24 July 1916.
Studio portrait of 2650 Private (Pte) William Hindley, 4th Battalion, of Paddington, New South Wales.
Informal portrait of NX52530 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Samuel Edward Cameron, 2/19th Battalion, of Queanbeyan, NSW.
London, England. c. 1917. Wedding portrait of 218 Temporary Staff Sergeant Henry (Harry) William Freeman and his English bride Dorothy (nee Wilson) after their marriage at Islington.
Kure, Japan. c.1952. 3/3522 Sergeant T. R. MacQuin of Australian Army Education Service stands in front of a class of Japanese war brides to give them information about Australia
Probably Melbourne, Vic. C. 1945. Group portrait of Australian wives and babies of American soldiers leaving an Australian port for the United States.
Melbourne, Vic. C. 1945. Four wives of American servicemen gather with their children in the Botanical Gardens.
