Territory Stories

Allied Works Council

Details:

Title

Allied Works Council,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Adelaide River, Alice Springs,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Civil,

Service branch

Engineers,

Unit

Allied Works Council,

Date arrived in NT

1942-02-01,

Date left the NT

1945,

History

In February 1942 the Allied Works Council was created to take responsibility for carrying out all works required for war purposes by the Allied Forces in Australia. In the Northern Territory, branches of the Council were established at Adelaide River and Alice Springs.,

Notes

Photo of Allied Works Council flat and office, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, (ca. 1946) from Trove, Public Domain., Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

World War II, 1939-1945, Civilian service, Buildings, Maintenance, Roads, Allied Works Council,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Trove,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-156195169 [Trove : PIC/14192/1-650 LOC Album 1151-Central Australia photograph album], https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-39-Civilian-service-in-World-War-II.pdf [Civilian service in World War II], https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/war_artists/ww2 [Official Australian War Artists: Allied Works Council fact sheet], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33003 [Allied Works Council], https://www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibitions/underattack/mobilise/civil [Australian War Memorial : Australia under attack: Civil Constructional Corps], https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour/civilian-service-medal [Civilian Service Medal],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843035,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843035

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843057,