Walcha history: World War II changes the face of employment across the region

By Bob Walsh
Updated July 31 2018 - 10:38am, first published 9:50am
Time gone by: A Christmas-time photo from the late 1930s of the staff at the McRae Brothers store.
Time gone by: A Christmas-time photo from the late 1930s of the staff at the McRae Brothers store.

The pre-war staff of 32 at McRae Brothers store in Fitzroy Street was reduced to less than 10 in the early 1940s as a result of enlistment in the armed services, manpower regulations and stock shortages.

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