Bride trains
In 1945 and 1946 several "bride trains" were run in Australia to transport war brides to or from ships.
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Crowds seeing off a bride train departing from Central railway station, Sydney bound for Brisbane in September 1945
These trains included:
- September 1945: A train from Perth to Brisbane, where the women and their children were to embark on a ship bound for the United States. The war brides endured cramped and uncomfortable conditions during the first leg of this trip.[1]
- September 1945: A train travelling directly from Melbourne to Brisbane carrying 230 women and 70 children (including those who had embarked at Perth) bound for the United States.[2]
- September 1945: A special train from Sydney to Brisbane carrying more than 254 women and 85 children bound for the United States.[3]
- October 1945: A train carrying Canadian war brides departed Brisbane for the southern states.[4][5]
- February 1946: A train carrying 495 women and children from Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria to Sydney where they boarded a ship bound for the United States.[6]
- April 1946: A train carrying British war brides from Melbourne to Sydney[7]
- April: A train carrying 41 women and 17 children to Brisbane where they boarded a ship bound for the United States.[8]
- May 1946: A train carrying women and children from Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne to Sydney where they boarded a ship bound for the United States.[9]
- June 1946: A train carrying 80 women and 46 children bound for the United States.[10]
The 2004 single Bridal Train by The Waifs is about the experiences of women who travelled on the Bride Trains.[11]
References
- Citations
- "Hysteria as bride train leaves". The Sun (2212). New South Wales, Australia. 2 September 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "AMAZING SCENE AS BRIDE-TRAIN LEAVES". The Daily News. LXIII (21, 972). Western Australia. 8 September 1945. p. 4 (FIRST EDITION). Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Hysterical mothers chase U.S. bride train". The Daily Telegraph. VI (43). New South Wales, Australia. 9 September 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "BRIDE TRAIN FOR SOUTH". Cairns Post (13, 616). Queensland, Australia. 22 October 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Overland Was Bride Train". The News. 45 (6, 938). South Australia. 26 October 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ""Strike" By Mothers Delays Bride Train". The Daily Telegraph. X (284). New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Husband Travels On Bride Train". The Daily Telegraph. XI (26). New South Wales, Australia. 23 April 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Red Cross Service for Bride Train". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (21, 688). New South Wales, Australia. 9 April 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Mothers, Babies Ill On Bride Train". The Sun (11, 335). New South Wales, Australia. 23 May 1946. p. 5 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- "SPECIAL BRIDE TRAIN FOR W A". The Argus (Melbourne) (31, 142). Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- Arrowsmith 2010, p. 104.
- Works consulted
- Arrowsmith, Robyn Anne (2010). "Australian WWII war brides in America: their memories and experiences". PhD Thesis. Macquarie University.
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