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Woman dressed for outing, wearing hat and carrying leather hand bag, standing with young daughter on front lawn. This photograph shows Joyce Livermore with her daughter Lorraine, Brunswick West, 1943. Both mother and daughter are dressed up to go out. Joyce is wearing her 'Female Relatives Badge', issued by the Commonwealth Government for women whose husbands and sons were serving during World War II. Her husband was serving, and her badge number was 50689, issued in 1940. The Australian War Memorial website refers to the Female Relative's Badge, and gives a closer view of it. The badge reads: 'To the women of Australia'. http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/badges/female_relative.htm

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