Form details tobacco rations for William Bennetts during WW2. Item in the collection of "William John Leslie Bennetts". See Catalogue No. 9886P for details of his service.Proforma with text in black type front and back. Hand written personal details added in pencil. Authorizing signature and date of issue stamped in purple coloured ink. Form number in red numerals on RHS.Handwritten personal details in pencil Signature and date stamp in purple ink.william bennetts, tobacco ration, ww2

Food, clothing and other essentials were rationed for several years after WW2Ration card, meat, No B671050 1948, red print, cardboard with space for name and address, rations spaces No from 72 to 104, some spaces have been used.“J Gildea 52 Herbert St ..16”ration cards, meat, 1948

World War 2 commenced in 1939 in Europe. The first controls over the production and distribution of products in Australia were introduced in 1940, partly due to disruption of shipping. In 1942, after Japan entered the War, comprehensive rationing was introduced to manage shortages and control civilian consumption. After the War, rationing was gradually phased out. Clothing rationing was abolished on 24 June1948. The last rationed product was tea, which ended in July 1950.Many young men from the City of Moorabbin volunteered for active service during WW2 .The market gardeners had to manage their farms with reduced labour. Farms and businesses over the whole country were affected so rationing was introduced to control the civilian use of commodities. Pink-coloured card, printed in black with coupons to be cut off from the left side, originally 24 supplied. 2 original, partly used paper ration cards issued in Melbourne 1948. !x Identity Card for Emma Marriott 1) Meat Ration 2) Clothing Ration 3) Identity Card1)If this Card is found it must be returned at once/ to the Deputy Director of Rationing Melbourne/Commonwealth of Australia/ 1948/ B 891314 MEAT/RATION CARD/Rg,D.1/ Issued to/Name Reed G.M/Address 251 Centre Rd/SE14/ tickets -MEAT 104 - 54 2) as above / B891313/ CLOTHING/ RATION CARD/ tickets 1- 56 3) OHMS / Identity Card ...........1942ww2, melbourne, bentleigh, food rations, food supply, farming, market gardeners, city of moorabbin, cheltenham, marriott emma, reed george, william green, kenneth j blackman

Main story Mrs Wilma Young (nee Oram) is speaking for the first time publicly about certain happenings during World War Two, when she and other Australian Nurses were held as POWs in Sumatra. Of the 65 nurses who fled from Singapore on the Vyner Brooke in February 1942, 54 made it to Banka Island after the ship was bombed, with 21 being massacred on a beach. Over the next three years the remaining nurses were imprisonesd by the Japanese in a series of camps in Sumatra and on Banka Island, before being liberated. The group of surviving nurses had not spoken of certain events publicly before, but at 78 Mrs Wilma Young has decided to. The Japanese tried to force the nurses into participating in a makeshift brothel, or 'club' as the Japanese called it. The instructions were for four nurses to go to the 'club', but instead 28 went. They made themselves as horrible as they could, and made use of their time there by stealing sugar, toilet paper and anything else they could. Eventually four women were pressured into staying behind, but they were able to hold out against the Japanese. Eventually the Japanese gave up on this idea. The Japanese' treatment of the the nurses, as well as the other women and children in the camp was brutal. Punishments could include being made to stand out in the punishing sun for hours without a hat, or being slapped on each side of the face, hard enough to be knocked over. The daily food rations consisted of a cup of rice, sometimes supplemented palm oil, rotten vegetables or similar. Daily work for the nurses included caring for the sick prisoners, rarely with medicinal aid. In brief stories do not appear relevantA large newspaper clipping consisting of a large black and white photo with a story of four columns of text underneath, with a column of brief stories to the right. The black and photo features an older woman looking at a photo of a young woman in uniform. The story is written by John Lahey.wwii, ww2, 13th australian general hospital, major gideon jacobs, royal marines, indonesians, dutch

Aged with signs of rust, ration tin (empty)AMF Emergency Ration D. To be consumed when no other rations of any kind are procurable. Consumption of this must be reported at first opportunity.

2 pages listing daily rations for Australian Militia and weekly totalsSothern command area. Authority AHQ. Memo 30281 of 20 Aug 1947. (Hand written -Capt. Crawford)

An AMF Emergency Ration to be consumed when no other rations of any kind were procurable and consumption of ration must be reported at first opportunity. Item issued to Capt. Frederick Roy Phillips VX102776/V148225 born 9/12/1907 at Yackandandah. Known as Dr Roy Phillips OAM he was assigned to the 7th Aust CCS/AAMC as a Medical Practitioner. He served with the AMF 6/6/42-25/8/42 and AIF from 26/8/42 until his appointment was terminated on 26/2/1946. In 1945 he was deployed overseas to Milne Bay, New Guinea and Moratai, Borneo with the Plastic Surgery Unit. Following WW2 he was a general medical practitioner in Wangaratta and died on the 4/9/2006. Small khaki colour metal container with ring pull and writing in black ink with detachable lid.Lid - AMF Emergency Ration Reverse side of Lid - Instructions For Use A Gadsden Containerww2, capt f r phillips, wangaratta, medical practitioner, moratai, milne bay, id tags, emergency ration