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War and the services

379 photos1850–1986

379 historic photos for War and the services, taken between 1850 and 1986, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1940s (155). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1860s 1 1870s 2 1880s 3 1890s 4 1900s 13 1910s 27 1920s 20 1930s 125 1940s 155 1950s 19 1960s 8 1970s 1 1980s 1

1930s15 photos

Liverpool Camp, 19391939Liverpool Camp, 19391939Liverpool Camp, 19391939Liverpool Camp, 19391939Liverpool camp 17th Battalion, 19391939Military camp at Ingleburn, 19391939Military camp at Ingleburn, 19391939Military camp at Liverpool, 19391939Militia camp at Liverpool Major Hill, 19391939Parade on Lord Mayors Patriotic Appeal day, 19391939Soldiers are marching at the slope with fixed bayonets, c. 1939c. 1939Soldiers parade along George Street past the Queen Victoria Building and Town Hall press photographers in right foreground, c. 1939c. 1939Staff School group at Victoria Barracks, 19391939Troops moving into Ingleburn, 19391939Volunteers for war moving into Ingleburn, November 1939, by Sam Hood1939

1940s45 photos

Soldiers goodbye & Bobbie the cat, 19401940Forty thousand horsemen, 1940 slnsw1940The Women's Emergency Signalling Corps, c. 1940c. 1940HM Troopship Queen Mary in Sydney, World War II photographer unknown, 19401940A.B.C. truck recording soldiers off to war, Darling Harbour, May 194019402nd AIF marching through Martin Place passing the Cenotaph, 19401940ABC recording soldiers of the 24th Infantry off to war Darling Harbour, 19401940AIF Day boys Willoughby Drill Hall taken for Corporal Ramsay, 19401940AIF Day boys Willoughby Drill Hall taken for Corporal Ramsay, 19401940AIF golf at Killara, 19401940Army officer Army Service Corps, 19401940Army Service Corps group, 19401940Army Service Corps group at Liverpool Camp, 19401940Army Service Corps officer at Liverpool Camp, 19401940Conferring of honours and medals at Government House Sydney St Johns Ambulance parade, 19401940Group at Victoria Barracks, 19401940Horses at Victoria Barracks, 19401940Naval Parade through city, 19401940Parade at Warwick Farm, 19401940Poster Make Your Money Fight War Savings Certificates Win the War Week, 19401940Salvation Army Old Mens Home Christmas party, 19401940Salvation Army watchnight service Belmore Park Brigadier Harris New Years Eve, 19401940Soldier taken for Commonwealth Bank, 19401940St Johns Ambulance parade The Governor Lord Wakehurst shakes hands with a recipient, 19401940St Johns Ambulance parade The Governor Lord Wakehurst shakes hands with an ambulance officer, 19401940Staff School group at Victoria Barracks, 19401940The Governor Lord Wakehurst shakes hands with a recipient St Johns Ambulance parade, 19401940Win the War Week Air Force Day Martin Place, 19401940Win the War Week last day, 19401940St John's Ambulance parade. The Governor takes the salute from the Red Cross girls, 19 October 1940, by Sam Hood1940Billy and Graham Green from the Salvation Army Camp practise a little deceit, Collaroy Beach, ca. 1940 - photographer unknown, c. 1940c. 1940Troopships depart Sydney, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam Hood1940Troopships depart Sydney, c. 1940c. 1940Troopships depart Sydney, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam Hood19406th Division boards the troopships, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam Hood1940Salvation Army Old Men's Home, Christmas party, 25-12-1940 - by Sam Hood1940Soldier's goodbye and Bobbie the cat, Sydney, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 - by Sam Hood, c. 1940c. 19406th Division boards the troopships, Pyrmont, Sydney, 9-10 January 1940 - by Sam Hood1940Man posing under tree in front of Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Military parade at Victoria Barracks from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Waverley War Memorial from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Sydney Ferry KIRRULE with troops aboard in Darling Harbour 19401940Arthur Varley, 19411941Maxwell, Derhan, Broadbent, Moyes Sydney Feb 1941 AWM00551719412GB Palmolive Star Parade Youth Show Trocadero taken for Mr Oswald Anderson George Paterson Ltd, 19411941
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