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These included the Women's Transport Corps, Women's Flying Club, Women's Emergency Signalling Corps and Women's Australian National Services. [1] In July 1940 in Brisbane alone there were six different organisations providing women with war-related training, the largest of which was the Queensland-based Women's National Emergency Legion. [2]
A painting titled Smoko time with the AWLA A papier-mache cow, used for milking demonstrations, is being tied to the car by a Field Officer in the Women's Land Army, Melbourne, 1944. The Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) was an organisation created in World War II in Australia to combat rising labour shortages in the farming sector. The AWLA ...
In 2008 author Peter Rees told the story of Ross-King's First World War experiences in his book The Other ANZACs (republished as Anzac Girls), [15] which was turned into the TV series ANZAC Girls in 2014. [16] The role of Ross-King was played by Georgia Flood. [17] In 2008, Appleford was added to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. [18]
The Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) was a non-medical women's service established in Australia during the Second World War. Raised on 13 August 1941 to "release men from certain military duties for employment in fighting units" [ 1 ] the service grew to over 20,000-strong and provided personnel to fill various roles including ...
Women have served in Australian armed forces since 1899. [2] Until World War II women were restricted to the Australian Army Nursing Service. This role expanded in 1941–42 when the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force established female branches in which women took on a range of support roles. While ...
Sisters of War is a telemovie based on the true story of two Australian women, Lorna Whyte, an army nurse and Sister Berenice Twohill, a Catholic nun from New South Wales who survived as prisoners of war in Papua New Guinea during World War II. [1] Sisters of War was written by John Misto, produced by Andrew Wiseman and directed by Brendan ...
The Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) was founded by Florence Violet McKenzie in 1939 as a volunteer organisation in Sydney. [1] As World War II loomed, McKenzie saw that with her qualifications and teaching skills she could make a valuable contribution. She foresaw a military demand for people with skills in wireless communications.
The Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) was an Australian female auxiliary and training organisation of the World War II-era that was based in Brisbane.It was established in 1938 and provided volunteers with training in first aid and other skills which were seen as being relevant to Australia's war effort.