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The Greatest Generation
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The soldiers of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force and their girls during World War 2 (1939 - 1945).Posts are mostly made close to today’s date 80 years ago to share their journey.
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2nd-aif · 3 years ago
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Sydney - January 1941.
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2nd-aif · 3 years ago
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Coastal Defenders, Queensland - January 1942
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Surf lifesavers - Sydney, Australia - January 1942.
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Red Cross Appeal girls - January 1941.
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2nd-aif · 3 years ago
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Happy New Year!
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2nd-aif · 3 years ago
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1942 is worried after seeing the bloody mess that Mars the God of War has made of 1941.
Cartoon by Norman Lindsay in The Bulletin - January 1942
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Miss Sonia Baker, knitting socks for the AIF - January 1942
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Miss Sonia Baker, knitting socks for the AIF - January 1942
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The Australian Soldier - January 1942
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2nd-aif · 4 years ago
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Yvonne Lawson, Carol Loseby, Betty Wetkin and Ruth Collum, do their bit for the war effort by digging for victory, Queensland, 1941.
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2nd-aif · 4 years ago
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The Fuhrer, and company, are advised by the Kaiser’s ghost.
The Bulletin - 17 December 1941.
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2nd-aif · 4 years ago
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The Commonwealth of Australia, forty years after Federation, faces war with Japan.
Illustration by Norman Lindsay.
The Bulletin - 17 December 1941.
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2nd-aif · 4 years ago
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“The Angel of Death…”
Illustration by Norman Lindsay on the tragic loss of HMAS Sydney with all hands.
The Bulletin - 10 December 1941.
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2nd-aif · 4 years ago
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Nursing Sister cuddles a little girl with her leg in cast at Collaroy Hospital - December 1941.
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2nd-aif · 4 years ago
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The raw material of the AIF.
Bronzed ANZACs in training at Randwick, Sydney, Australia - December 1941.
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Realism in training at Randwick, Sydney, Australia - December 1941.
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The Australian Women’s Weekly - 13 December 1941.
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