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Women's Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps --- Eng. (LOC)

Aviatrix Nancy Bird and her new plane (Leopard Moth) the day before she left for Bourke with the managing director and manager of Vita-Lick Ltd - Sydney, NSW / by unknown photographer

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  • Freezing Voyage said:
    I feel so humbled and inspired by these early pilots especially the fortitude of the women in those times.
  • BobMeade said:
    HMM.. What's Vita-Lick Ltd.?

    "Vitalick was the original livestock supplement in Australia and has been assisting in livestock nutrition since the 1920." according to the current (2009) supplier, Rational Nutrition Pty. Ltd.

    (ref. www.pdbower.com.au/vitalick.htm )

    See also this photograph showing the Vita-Lick stand at the 1936 Royal Easter Show:

    acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=35311
  • hobvias sudoneighm said:
    it's ridiculous how small that ad is.

    this scene today would probably involve a sheep shaped plane.
  • BobMeade said:
    R.I.P. Nancy Bird Walton.

    news.theage.com.au/national/tributes-fly-in-for-nancy-bir...

    Thank you SLNSW for these timely images.
  • Danny said:
    Aviatrix is probably my new favorite word

When Colonialists were the "Good Guys"?

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    I'm going to guess this was a copy, and that one of the soldiers is a relation of the Mrs. Gough who ordered it.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Calling beachcomber australia. Come in beachcomber australia. Try the catalogue now, please!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The Gambia Regiment is a possibility, per wikipedia:
    The parade uniform of the regiment consisted of khaki drill shorts with red fezzes, along with scarlet zouave-style jackets. The jacket style was inherited from the West India Regiment. The jackets had a yellow edging and red cummerbunds. In the field, the regiment originally wore a variation of the Kilmarnock cap, but just prior to World War II this changed to the slouch hat. Similarly, British officers attached to the regiment initially wore pith helmets, but they also later changed to the slouch hat. Although most uniforms in the RWAFF were similar, the special distinction of the Gambia Regiment was a khaki and brown puggree, and a brown cummerbund.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Similar?

    collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1977-09-130-6
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Or the Northern Nigeria regiment, maybe