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1 Shilling Canteen voucher; 50 C.A.U. Ingleburn
| Issuer | 50th Citizen Air Unit (C.A.U.), Ingleburn |
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| Year | 1944-1945 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with simple letterpress black typography. The issuer designation '50 C.A.U. Ingleburn' is typeset in the upper portion, with the denomination '1/-' printed in large bold numerals below. A vertical line of perforations runs along the left edge, indicating a stub or counterfoil separation. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 C.A.U. Ingleburn 1/- |
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Canteen vouchers issued by individual Australian military units during the Second World War occupy an awkward space in the collecting world — technically scrip, not currency, but functioning as a closed monetary system within camp boundaries. The 50th Citizen Air Unit at Ingleburn, New South Wales, was one of dozens of RAAF ground training establishments that issued their own canteen tokens or paper scrip to control spending within their facilities and reduce the need for servicemen to carry coins.
Unit-level scrip from Ingleburn is rarely documented in standard references. Most was destroyed or discarded after demobilization.