Most have recovered the Classic Brass Military Buttons.
And some may well have seen these brass buttons damaged or even crushed !(?) No one has come up with a definitive answer to why ~
Well Mate Robert dropped a clanger last week when he suggested that the Laundries used the Old Wringers and in the "right" circumstance ~ the wringers damaged the buttons ~
But in doing some research I find that the Mobile Laundry and sanitation units were quite well developed even in WWII.
ROCKY CREEK, QLD. 1943-08-10. SX17281 PRIVATE R. F. CLIFFORD OF THE 6TH DIVISION MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DECONTAMINATION UNIT, STOKES THE LAUNDRY BOILER.
ROCKY CREEK, QLD. 1943-08-10. SX17799 CORPORAL J. CADDY, OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DECONTAMINATION UNIT, PLACING CLOTHES IN A WASHING MACHINE.
ROCKY CREEK, QLD. 1943-08-10. SX17352 PRIVATE M. J. TURNER, OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DECONTAMINATION UNIT, PLACING CLOTHES IN A HYDRO EXTRACTOR.
So much for the Clothes wringer theory !
As the second photo showed the digger loading a Hydration extractor ~ Guess most likely if any damage was possibly inflicted here it will be the Drier!?
WWII Canadian ~
Canadian Army Newsreel No. 3 - YouTube
TOLGA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-02-24. A TANK TRANSPORTER WITH A "MALCOLM MOORE" MOBILE CRANE ABOARD AT THE 7TH DIVISION ORDNANCE VEHICLE PARK.
Research suggests this isa "diamond T" truck .
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