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6 Pence Canteen voucher; 50 C.A.U. Ingleburn
| Issuer | 50 Corps Army Unit, Ingleburn Camp |
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| Year | 1944-1945 |
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| Value | 6 Pence (1⁄40) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light blue paper with black letterpress text. The unit designation "50 C.A.U. Ingleburn" is printed in the upper centre, with the denomination "6d." in large bold type below. A vertical row of perforations divides the left stub from the main voucher body. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 C.A.U. Ingleburn 6d. |
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Canteen vouchers issued by Corps Army Units during the Second World War were internal scrip — redeemable only at the issuing unit's canteen and worthless the moment the unit disbanded or moved. The 50th C.A.U. at Ingleburn, New South Wales, operated one of the larger Australian Army training camp complexes, and these vouchers functioned as a practical measure to keep currency within the camp economy rather than bleeding into local civilian circulation.
Most were destroyed or discarded at war's end. Paper scrip of this type was never formally demonetized — it simply ceased to have any function.