Old Melbourne

1940s18 photos

Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944Army procession through Melbourne streets, 19441944British Navy Headquarters at Preston, Toorak, c. 1944c. 1944Returned ex-prisoners of war on their return to Australia at Royal Park, Victoria, c. 1945c. 1945Royal Navy WRENS March in 3rd Victory Loan March, Elizabeth St [Melbourne, Victoria], c. 1945c. 1945Two actors from "Blythe Spirit" entertain troops at Heidelberg Military Hospital, c. 1945c. 1945Released prisoners of war from Ambonia [?] arrived at Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, 19451945Ex-prisoner of war Pte. K. E. Drew from Melbourne at the English Derby meeting, 1945, c. 1945c. 1945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?1945?An English soldier, Pte. P. Coyne from Melbourne, Vic. and Pte. T. M. Dixon from Shepparton, Vic. at an English Derby meeting, 19451945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?1945?Sisters in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service on leave in Melbourne, c. 1945c. 1945Nurse checking pulse of soldier wounded at Battle of Tarakan, Indonesia at Heidelberg Military Hospital, c. 1945c. 1945Nurse tending to casualty of Battle of Tarakan, Indonesia at Heidelberg military hospital, c. 1945c. 1945[illegible] Birthday Party of A.A.N.S. at Heidelberg Military Hospital ... birthday cake officially cut by Matron in Chief Miss Sage, c. 1945c. 1945EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?1945?EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FROM PORT MELBOURNE, 1945?1945?Major H. G. Creiner at a function in Melbourne after returning from a prisoner of war camp, c. 1945c. 1945

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378 historic photos for Melbourne in World War II, taken between 1939 and 1945, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 2 decades, with the most from the 1940s (370). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.