Old Brisbane

1930s5 photos

Military procession in Brisbane, 19391939Soldiers marching in a procession in Brisbane, 19391939Light Horsemen participating in sports at the Chermside army camp, Brisbane, 19391939Sabre charge by the Light Horsemen at an army camp in Chermside, Brisbane, 19391939Soldiers singing together at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane, 19391939

1940s142 photos

Group of shop assistants watching the RAAF parade in Queen Street Brisbane, August 19401940Families saying farewell to their soldiers at Brisbane, 19401940Soldiers enjoying a last drink on the train platform at South Brisbane Station, June 19401940Uniform production at a clothing company in Brisbane during World War II, 19401940Women sewing military uniforms in Brisbane., 19401940Soldiers waving from the window of a train in Brisbane, Queensland, 19401940Soldiers waving farewell from the train, Brisbane, 19401940Crowds on the platform of South Brisbane Interstate Station to farewell soldiers, March 19401940Shop girls applauding RAAF recruits marching along Queen Street, Brisbane, 19401940RAAF recruits marching through Queens Street Brisbane, August 19401940RAAF recruits marching through Queen Street, Brisbane, prior to departure for the south, 19401940RAAF personnel having a last drink at the kiosk before leaving by train for camp in the south, Brisbane, June 19401940Three girls smile brightly for the Wartime Smile Quest to aid the Patriotic Fund of Queensland, Brisbane, 19401940Trainee soldiers at Roma Street Station, Brisbane, waiting to embark on a train to Caloundra Camp during World War II, 19401940Glenis Anderson welcomes her father Clark home from the war, Brisbane, February 19401940Soldiers watching the action at a sports meeting, Brisbane, March 19401940University groups combine for war work, Brisbane, March 19401940Children pictured in front of the Pinkenba School air raid shelter, December, 19401940Medical test for RAAF recruit, Brisbane, 19401940Medical tests for RAAF recruits, Brisbane, March 19401940Medical test for an RAAF recruit, Brisbane, March 19401940Medical tests for an RAAF recruit at the RAAF Security Office in Brisbane, 19401940Soldiers and sailors line up for minor clothing repairs, Brisbane, 19401940RAAF recruits leaving Brisbane by train, June 19401940RAAF recruits marching in Queen Street, Brisbane, 19401940R.A.A.F. recruits marching along Queen Street, Brisbane, during World War II, 19401940Parade of RAAF recruits through Queen Street, Brisbane, August 19401940RAAF recruits leaving from Brisbane, 19401940Operating the weaving machines for the production of military uniforms, Ipswich, 19401940U.S. Navy ship, Chicago in Brisbane, March 19411941Sailors of the U.S. Navy on parade in Brisbane during a goodwill visit, 19411941Soldiers wearing their shorts and carrying their kit bags , arriving at the railway station in Brisbane, November 19411941Women with visiting American sailors, Brisbane, Queensland, 19411941Women making camouflage nets for the war effort, 19411941Soldiers playing for a win at a Liberty Week booth, Brisbane, November 19411941New Army recruits, Brisbane, October 19411941Preparing for an exhibition of photographs depicting war damage in Europe, Brisbane, November 19411941Soldiers enjoying a day at the races, despite the storm at Albion Park, Brisbane, January 19411941Crowds cheering American sailors marching through Brisbane as part of a goodwill visit, 19411941Australian-made tanks driving to military camps in Brisbane, 19411941RAAF march, Brisbane, November 19411941Soldier dad greeting his wife and baby on arrival home on leave from Darwin, Brisbane, November 19411941American sailors parading in Wickham Street, Brisbane, 19411941Parade of American sailors in Wickham Street, Brisbane, 19411941Parade of American sailors in Wickham Street, Brisbane, 19411941Air Raid Warden testing new equipment in Brisbane, October 1942 JT testing1942Pen for scrap aluminium donations to the war cause, Brisbane, 19421942American soldier singing and playing guitar in performance with the U.S. Army Band in Brisbane, 19421942Display for war bonds on top of the Hoyts Regent Theatre in Brisbane, 19421942Crowd of people including soldiers outside the Criterion Hotel in Brisbane, 19421942Patriotic display for the war effort on Queen Street, Brisbane, 19421942Civilian employees participating in an air raid drill at Somerville House, Brisbane, 19421942Two U.S. army officers participating in an air-raid drill at Somerville House, Brisbane, 19421942James Wieneke with A.I.F. Royal Australian Engineers during World War II, 19421942American and Australian soldiers with two female friends, Manly, Brisbane, 19421942Packing bacon for the troops, Brisbane, July 19421942Gun carriage being towed along behind an Army truck in a street parade,Brisbane, July 19421942Parade of military equipment, including a truck carrying a landing craft, Brisbane, July 19421942Air raid shelters down Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, 19421942Kingshome Soldiers Home, Swann Road, Taringa, 19421942Air raid shelters in Stanley Street, South Brisbane, July 19421942Parade of military vehicles through the streets of Brisbane, July 19421942American military police outside the Central Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland, 19421942Women making camouflage nets for the war effort, South Brisbane, Queensland, 19421942Women in training for the Australian Women's Army Service, Brisbane, August 19421942Notice supporting Australian Prisoners of War attached to the gatepost at Government House, Brisbane, 19421942U.S. Army Band saxophonists, 19421942Australian women war workers, Brisbane, October 19421942Returning soldier being greeted at the station by loved ones, Brisbane, January 19421942Training at the Motor Transport School for the Women's Army girls, Brisbane, September 19421942Women signing up for service in the forces during World War II, Brisbane, October 19421942Army Physical Training School, Brisbane, September 19421942Army personnel undergoing workshop training at Central Technical College, Brisbane, August 19421942Medical examinations at the RAAF recruiting depot, Brisbane, October 19421942Soldiers admiring a photograph of a girl at their coastal fortress, near Brisbane, January 19421942Soldiers having a drink at the Army Service Club canteen wet bar, Brisbane, 19421942New Women's Army recruits receiving training, Brisbane, August 19421942Army recruit is in training at the Army Physical Training School, Brisbane, 19421942Soldiers doing fitness training at the Army Physical Training School, Brisbane, 19421942Air raid shelters in Elizabeth Street, 19421942Australian Women's Army Serice members learning about vehicle maintenance, July 19421942U.S. Army band practicing in Brisbane, Queensland, 19421942Aerial view of the air raid system at the Ford motor works Eagle Farm, Brisbane, 19421942Air raid warden and members of the W.A.A.F in a Brisbane air raid shelter, 19421942American soldiers training for a boxing match at the Brisbane Stadium, May 19421942Soldiers manning an important fortress at a coastal area near Brisbane, January 19421942Wartime wedding at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, October 19421942Barman pouring beers at the Army Service Club, Brisbane, August 19421942R.A.A.F. rescue launch at Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, during World War II, 19421942Volunteers from the Women of the University War Work Group, Brisbane, 19421942Soldiers looking out the portholes of a ship returning home from overseas, 19421942Measuring for construction of slit air raid trenches in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, January 19421942Air raid shelters on Ann Street, Brisbane, 19421942Beds on the verandah of the Greenslopes Military Hospital, Brisbane, 19421942Soldiers sitting on the fence watching the races at Albion Park, Brisbane, September 19421942Workers constructing an air raid shelter in Brisbane,19421942Wartime stall held in Queen Street Brisbane, 19421942Shoppers purchasing rationed goods in T.C. Beirne's store in Brisbane during World War II, 19421942Air Raid Shelters on Elizabeth Street, 19421942Soldiers marching down Queen Street, past the General Post Office, Brisbane, 19421942Pillar boxes in the city have received their war stripes, Brisbane, 19421942Military wedding, Brisbane, 19421942Three girls contributing to the war effort by collecting pots, Brisbane, 19421942Women in an air raid shelter in Brisbane, 19421942Young women in training for the Australian Women's Army Service, Brisbane, 19421942New tram conductresses recruited during World War II, Brisbane, 19421942Eleanor Roosevelt visiting troops in Brisbane, 19431943Members of the US servicemen's boxing team, Brisbane, February 19431943American soldiers gambling in Brisbane, 19431943Showgirls riding in the back of United States Army jeeps as part of a parade for a Rodeo, Brisbane, 19431943Survivors from a ship torpedoed by Japanese, being interviewed by military officers in Brisbane, May 19431943Salvation Army Mobile Canteen at Brisbane City Hall, 19431943Young American soldier gets his first tattoo, Brisbane, 19431943Phyllis Brooks at lunch with servicemen, Lennon's Hotel, Brisbane, 19431943Mrs. Roosevelt visits U.S. troops in Brisbane, 19431943Condemned house which was home to a family during World War II, Brisbane, 19431943Servicemen playing gridiron football in Brisbane, 19441944Servicemen waiting to vote in the Referendum at Brisbane City Hall, 19441944American soldier charged with assault in Brisbane, 19441944Crowd on Queen Street, Brisbane, watches the Seventh Division troops pass by the General Post Office, 19441944Returned World War Two soldiers march in Queen Street, Brisbane, 19441944Three women in a Rocklea war workers' house, Brisbane, 19441944Soldiers browsing the shelves of the Army Education Service's Mobile Library, Brisbane, 19441944Dutch servicemen celebrating the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina at the Netherlands canteen, Brisbane, 19441944Policeman assists a small girl who is part of the crowd waiting to see the military procession, Brisbane August 1940, 19441944Crowds in the street after the march of the Seventh Division troops through Brisbane, 19441944General Douglas MacArthur standing with five other soldiers at Camp Strathpine, 19441944Crowds watching the march of the Seventh Division troops along Queen Street, Brisbane, during World War II, 19441944Duchess of Gloucester chats with members of the Women's Land Army, Manly, 19451945Unidentified woman standing near the Holland Park Military Hospital on Logan Road, 19451945View of the Holland Park Military Hospital on Logan Road, 19451945Navy men cheering for their soccer team, Brisbane, March 19451945Australian Women's Army Service Camp at Indooroopilly, Brisbane, 19451945English war brides who arrived in Brisbane in October 19451945Woman waiting on a Brisbane wharf for her son, a returning prisoner of war, 19451945Chinese camp at Bulimba during the Second World War, 19451945Crowd of mostly women farewelling American soldiers leaving on the Matsonia (ship) from Brett's Wharf in Brisbane, 19451945Soldiers enjoy participating in the VJ Day procession, 19451945Army band leads a procession of soldiers on VJ Day in Brisbane, 19451945Soldiers march by the crowd on VJ Day in Brisbane, 19451945Soldiers scaling a wall on VJ Day in Brisbane, 19451945Soldiers participate in the VJ Day procession in Brisbane, 19451945

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