Accession Number | 013085 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 7 August 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
IT IS EXPECTED THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE 20,000 WOMEN IN THE UNIFORM OF THE ...
IT IS EXPECTED THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE 20,000 WOMEN IN THE UNIFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE. ALREADY FIVE THOUSAND OF THESE WOMEN ARE ON THE ARMY STRENGTH AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RELEASE AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF MEN FOR MORE ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE FIELD. SHOULD THE 20,000 OBJECTIVE BE REACHED IT WILL MEAN THAT AN EXTRA DIVISION OF FIGHTING TROOPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE IN THE FRONT LINE. SO FAR THE WOMEN'S ARMY HAS ONLY BEEN USED FOR LIGHT DUTIES ON HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OVER THE WORK OF CLERKS, ORDERLIES, COOKS, WAITRESSES AND MOTOR DRIVERS. RECENTLY, HOWEVER, SOME HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO THE SIGNALS SECTION OF THE ARMY AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT OTHERS WILL EVENTUALLY BE TRAINED IN THE USE OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENTS. THE RAPID PROGRESS MADE IN THE ORGANISATION OF THE AWAS AND THE SUCCESS THAT HAS CROWNED THEIR WORK, IS AN INDICATION THAT THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA ARE GALLANTLY TAKING THEIR PART IN WHAT IS GRADUALLY BECOMING AN "ALL-IN NATIONAL WAR EFFORT". AT TELEPRINTER PRACTICE SIGNALWOMEN J.W. CARPENTER, J.C. WARD AND E. KIMM ARE SUPERVISED BY SERGEANT G. WALSH. (CENSOR'S INSTRUCTION): DELETE COLOUR PATCH. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).