- Title
- Airgraphs and an airman the role of airgraphs in World War II family correspondence
- Creator
- Yell, Susan; Fletcher, Meredith
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/70316
- Identifier
- vital:6505
- Identifier
- ISSN:1449-0854
- Abstract
- This article discusses Australia’s participation in a Second World War postal system, the airgraph service, which used microfilm and air transport to provide a speedy and lightweight ‘photo-letter’ for correspondence throughout the British Empire during wartime. Through analysing the correspondence of one Australian serviceman and his family, consisting of letters, cables and airgraphs, we consider the specific role of the airgraph in wartime correspondence and its contribution to maintaining morale and a sense of connection to home and family for those separated by war.
- Relation
- History Australia -Journal of the Australian Historical Association Vol. 8, no. 3 (2011), p. 117-138
- Rights
- Copyright Monash University Publishing
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 2103 Historical Studies
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