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Activities of Australian Women's Army Service in Lae New Guinea.
Film
Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Some 400 girls of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) arrived in Lae in May 1945. Their job was to release men for service in operational areas. Scenes show girls at work as typists, clerks, dr...F07411
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Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS, Northern Territory)
Private Record
NOMINAL ROLL OF AWAS PERSONNEL SERVING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY FROM 1942 TO 1946. RANKS AND NUMBERS GIVENPR85/123
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AWAS bend for victory (News From Home. No. 52)
Film
AWAS demonstrate physical training. The exercises were especially designed for women.F00746
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1. AWAS take a rise out of Jack Davey 2. Giant Canadian spruce trees for Mosquito Bombers 3. Crisis in Parliament - Curtin speaks. (News From Home. No 43)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
1. (2 min 49 sec) Jack Davey conducts a quiz session for AWAS (Movietone) 2. (1 min) Canadian spruce trees are felled to make Mosquito aircraft (Movietone) 3. (2 min 14 sec) Prime Minister Curtin spea...F00738
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Boyd, Beryl `Betsy' Irving (Driver, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Leemon, Beryl Irving (Betsy)
NOMINAL ROLL OF AWAS WHO SERVED IN 2 AUST AMBULANCE CAR COY, 1942-1946. "ONE DRIVERS RECOLLECTIONS", AN ACCOUNT OF DRIVING DUTIES IN SYDNEY AND RURAL NSWPR84/236
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Civilising Forces: Class, Gender and the Australian Women's Army Service 1941-1947
Published Collection
Maker: Evans Appleyard, Christine
Master of Research Thesis in Historical Research completed September 2019 at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London by Christine Evans Appleyard. From the...AWM2019.1271.1
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Crane, Lucy Dorothea (Captain, b: 1914)
Manuscript
Maker: Crane, Lucy Dorothea
Manuscript titled `What was it like to experience the Second World War?', recollects training and service in Melbourne and Enoggera with AWAS. Also describes period at Lae, New Guinea, mentioning an e...MSS1614
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Dalton, Enid M (E M Herring) (Australian Women's Army Service)
Manuscript
Maker: Dalton, Enid M
TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "THEY WANTED TO BE NIGHTINGALES", WHICH FORMS THE CORE OF A BOOK LATER PUBLISHED UNDER THE SAME NAME. CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR AND OTHER WOMEN ...MSS0642
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Drury, Marianne Florence (Private, b.1916 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Drury, Marianne Florence
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VF388102 Private Marianne Florence Drury, 2nd Signal Training Battalion, Australian Women’s Army Service, Australia, 1942. This collection consi...PR05188
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Glen Alvie Remembers
Manuscript
Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee
'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...MSS2004
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Head study of a girl
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), Melbourne, Victoria.ART21177
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Humburg, Evelyn Jean (Sergeant, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Humburg, Evelyn Jean
Collection relating to the Second Word War of QF267017 Sergeant Evelyn Jean Humburg, Australian Women's Army Service [AWAS]. Collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Sgt Humburg during her time ser...PR85/259
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Interview with Jack Legge (Keen as mustard)
Film
Jack Legge describes experiences with the Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section and the Mustard Gas trials during the 1939-1945 war.F03555
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Interview with Jean Scott (When the war came to Australia).
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Jean Scott was a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, (AWLA) which was formed to do the manual labour on farms, in place of the men who had gone to war. There were 6000 AWLA girls in the Co...F04036
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Interview with Joy Boehm (When the war came to Australia).
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Boehm describes school-life- patriotic, the national anthem, etc. She was a secretary, signed up and joined the Women's Army Service. Her fiance was in Singapore in the Straits Volunteer forces, t...F04058
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Interview with June Stone (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Stone joined the Women's Auxilary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in September 1941 aged 19, as her contribution to the war effort. She discusses her air force training in the "Rookies" course, from ...F04045
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Interview with Thelma Long (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Film Productions Pty Ltd Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Thelma Long visited Germany in 1938 as a team member of the Australian Women's Tennis Team and describes her experiences. As part of the war effort, she joined the Red Cross as a transport driver ...F04037
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In which we serve...
Art
Maker: Australian Womens Army Service Association
Australian Women's Army Service and Ausralian Army Medical Women's Service recruitment poster depicting a women in the Australian army uniform, and the soldiers in combat in the background wearing bro...ARTV05256
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Johnstone, Jean (b.1924)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, Jean
Handwritten memoir of Johnstone's experiences with the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), in training camp in Victoria.PR01517
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Join me in the Army; AWAS or AAMWS
Art
Maker: Australian Women's Army Service Association
Australian Women's Army Service recruitment poster for the AWAS and AAMWS.ARTV05219
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Join me in the Army; AWAS or AAMWS
Art
Maker: Australian Women's Army Service Association
A recruitment poster for the AWAS and AAMWS, depicting a woman in uniform.ARTV05281
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Join me in the Army : AWAS or AAMWS
Art
Maker: Australian Womens Army Service Association Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW)
Australian Women's Army Service recruitment poster for the AWAS and AAMWS.ARTV05220
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Join the women's army : "Take my chair, I'm wanted at the battlefront"
Art
Maker: McCowan, Ian Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW)
Australian Women's Army Service recruitment poster depicting a soldier and the words 'Take my chair, I'm wanted at the battlefront'.ARTV05235
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Join the womens army: Take my Chair - I'm wanted at the battlefront
Art
Maker: McCowan, Ian [S.L. : S.N., N.D.] (S.L. : SECOND AUST. ARMY SVY. MOB. REPROD. SECT)
A Second World War recruitment poster by Ian McCowan for the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). The poster depicts a shoulder-length portrait of an Australian infantryman. An empty desk and chair...ARTV05234
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Jones, Jessie Irene Muriel (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, J I M
Notebook containing handwritten lecture notes compiled during elemntary training in 1943-name in book indicates NF454575 Private Jessie Irene Muriel Jones, of the 2nd Training Battalion, Australian A...PR03085
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1. Lawrence, Ray (Corporal, d.1945) 2. Lawrence, Gladys (Private, b.1925)
Private Record
A collection consisting of mainly letters written by Corporal Lawrence to his parents. The last letter was written the day before he was killed in action. Also included is a handwritten notebook of po...PR00392
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Lieutenant Gwendoline White
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Gwendoline A White, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), Supervisor and second in command, 3rd Australian Army Canteens Service s' Club, Atherton, Queensland.ART21599
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Long, Thelma (Captain, AWAS, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Long, Thelma Dorothy
PHOTOCOPY OF TYPESCRIPT DRAFT TITLED "MY FIRST SIX MONTHS IN THE AWAS" DESCRIBING RECRUITMENT AND INITIAL TRAINING AND DUTIES IN MELBOURNE, 1941-1942PR86/222
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Long, Thelma D (Captain, AWAS AIF b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Long, Thelma Dorothy
PHOTOCOPY OF DIARY/APPOINTMENT BOOK FOR OCTOBER 1943 DETAILING WORK AS A STAFF OFFICER FOR THE VISIT OF LADY GOWRIE TO QUEENSLAND. PRECIS OF AWAS CAREER AND COPIES OF ENLISTMENT AND DISCHARGE PAPERSPR86/058
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Long, Thelma Dorothy (Captain, AWAS AIF b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Long, Thelma Dorothy
Commission, paybooks, driver's licence, special pass and demobilization papers associated with service at Headquarters Victoria Lines of Communication Area.PR88/152
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MacIntyre, Eileen (Nee Parry) (Lieutenant Colonel, AWAS)
Private Record
Maker: MacIntyre, Eileen
TYPESCRIPT HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE OUTLINING ITS FORMATION, ADMINISTRATION AND DUTIESPR89/039
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MacIntyre , Mrs E F
Manuscript
"Australian Women's Army Services in the Northern Territory 1942-1946". An account of the AWAS administration, conditions and experiences in the Northern Territory. For a nominal roll of AWAS personne...MSS0994
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-12-07. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) OPERATING A ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-12-07. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) OPERATING A HEIGHT AND RANGE FINDER IN TRENCHES DURING AN AIR RAID ALERT. ON THE RIGHT IS GUNNER SHAW, THE 10,001ST WO...137253
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Member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS)
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of unidentified member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), Melbourne.ART21588
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NF443205 Driver (Dvr) Madge Linigen, Australian Women's Army Service, seated in Army jeep 162404. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
NF443205 Driver (Dvr) Madge Linigen, Australian Women's Army Service, seated in Army jeep 162404. Dvr Linigen enlisted on 12 November 1942 and served until 5 September 1946. A colour ink portrait of D...P11964.002
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not titled (Driver Madge Linigen)
Art
Maker: Clements, Stan
Portrait of Driver Madge Linigen, NF443205, a member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). Born in St Ives, Sydney, on 8 April 1923, Linigen was 19 years old when she enlisted on 12 November ...ART96737
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not titled [Weeping Cipher Section AWAS]
Art
Maker: Murray, Betty
Half of an original sketch by Betty Murray (Nee Brymer) of the ‘Weeping Cipher Section AWAS' watched on by 'an impassive Iain Allan, [and]a puzzled Guard’ on the occasion of saying farewell to each ot...ART96830
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Osborn, Jean Gwendoline (Signalwoman)
Private Record
Maker: Osborn, Jean Gwendoline
Discharge certificate for Signalwoman Osborn, who was a switchboard operator in AWAS during the war of 1939-1945.PR91/157
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Penrose, (Rattray) Patricia (Sergeant OAM b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Penrose, Patricia Agnes
Papers connected with the research and writing of Patricia Penrose (Rattray)'s "You'll be Sorry" and subsequent attempts to have the manuscript published. The manuscript concerns her enlistment, train...PR00114
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Phillips, Thelma Effie (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia
Two certificates of N391001 Lieutenant Thelma Effie Phillips, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). Certificate number 24253 dated 4 March 1946 attests that Phillips served on continuous full time ...PR04045
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Reilly, Eileen Patricia (Corporal, AWAS, AIF b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Reilly, Eileen Patricia
DEMOBILIZATION DOCUMENTS, CIRCULARS AND LEAFLETS CONTAINING GENERAL INFORMATION AND DETAILS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME; ALSO CPL REILLY'S SERVICE BOOK AND EQUIPMENT CARDPR89/072
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Release a man. Join the A.W.A.S.
Art
Maker: McCowan, Ian Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW) [S.L. : S.N., N.D.] (S.L.: SECOND AUST. ARMY SVY. MOB. REPROD. SECT)
Australian Women's Army Service recruiting poster for the Second World War. The poster depicts a women in uniform giving papers to a male soldier.ARTV05233
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Sale Women : AWAS
Art
Maker: Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW) SALE : [S.N., N.D.]
Australian Women's Army Service recruitment poster from the Second World War.ARTV05231
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Sergeant Weston (and) Lieutenant Barbara Manning
Art
A stylised double portrait depicts Sergeant Weston and Lieutenant Barbara Manning, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) in uniform.ART28347
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Smith, Jean Laurie
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Jean Laurie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VF397998 Sgt Jean L Wilkin, Australian Womens' Army Service. Collection consists of a five paged memoir written by Jean Smith (formerly Wilkin),...PR04796
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Solly, Elsie
Manuscript
Maker: Solly, Elsie
Research notes, archival reference sources, correspondence with former AWAS members, and original and computer printout Personal Data Sheets compiled in relation to an uncompleted thesis on the post w...MSS1231
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Staub-Staude, Lorna (Driver, AWAS)
Manuscript
Maker: Staub-Staude, Lorna
PART 2 OF MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED "MEMOIRS OF AN AWAS DRIVER", COVERING PERIOD 1942-1945. DESCRIBES TRAINING AND EXPERIENCES AT KESWICK ARMY HQ SOUTH AUSTRALIA. INCLUDES BRIEF OVERVIEWS OF OTHER DRIVERS I...MSS1320
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Stoltz, Sylvia L
Private Record
Maker: Stoltz, Sylvia L
Bound copy of 'Extracts from diaries'- Sylvia Stoltz, 1943-45. Covers period in which Stoltz was involved with meteorological observations for chemical warfare trials in North Queensland. Stoltz was...PR01502
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Street portrait of NF443205 Driver (Dvr) Madge Linigen, Australian Women's Army Service. Dvr ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Street portrait of NF443205 Driver (Dvr) Madge Linigen, Australian Women's Army Service. Dvr Linigen enlisted on 12 November 1942 and served until 5 September 1946. A colour ink portrait of Dvr Linige...P11964.001
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Telegraphists and teleprinters, LHQ Signals, Melbourne
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Land Head Quarters Signals 'Grosvenor'. In the foreground a telegraphist takes a message and behind him AWAS operate teleprinters and one an oscillator. The signal master keeps his eye on the work in ...ART23434
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The Corps of Signals has a special job for you. Join the AWAS - Australian Women's Army Service
Art
Maker: Warner, Ralph Malcolm
This Second World War recruitment poster appeals to women to enlist in the Corps of Signals. The Australian Women's Army Service was formed in 1941 and designed to alleviate the military duties of men...ARTV10122
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"The History of the Australian Special Wireless Group, 1939 to 1947", by Robert (Bob) Hartley, AM
Manuscript
Maker: Hartley, Robert (Bob) Walter
Collection relating to the Australian Special Wireless Group in the Second World War. Collection consists of a 420 page typescript manuscript titled "The History of the Australian Special Wireless Gro...MSS2343
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Tucker, Eileen (Corporal, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Tucker, Eileen
Draft manuscripts of book 'We answered the call' by Eileen Tucker (nee Reilly), a history of the Western Australian Branch of Australian Women's Army Service during Second World War (approx. 190 page...PR01702
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1. US nurses in Australia record home greetings 2. Women of the services in big parade (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 45)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 45. 1. (2 min) ABC mobile unit records United States nurses messages home 2. (1 min 50 sec) Lady Gowrie as Colonel In Chief of the AWAS (Australian Women'...F00367
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1. US troops train in Australia 2. Dutch honoured for gallantry in Timor 3. Women in war 4. Troops learn to live off the land. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No. 9)
Film
1. (1 min 16 sec) Americans practice invasion tactics 2. (1 min 4 sec) Mass decoration of members of Netherlands Army for action in Timor 3. (1 min 37 sec) Girls train in aircraft construction, AWMS r...F00381
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Wilkin, Jean Laurie (Sergeant, AWAS, 1st Aust Field Trials Unit, RAE b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Jean Laurie
LECTURE NOTES TAKEN DURING NCO TRAINING SCHOOL AT DARLEY (VIC) AND LATER NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS RELATED TO CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT IN NORTH QUEENSLAND DURING 1944PR87/174
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Women are needed... Enlist now and free more men for the front line
Art
Maker: Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW)
Australian Second World War recruitment poster depicting an Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) woman.ARTV05168
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Women in War Gallery: Technological Outline
Manuscript
Maker: Crotty, David
Typescript manuscript. Examines the role of women during the Second World War and technology items suitable to display in a 'Women at War' exhibition. Items relating to communications, defence, muniti...MSS2076
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Work overalls: Sergeant Thelma Dorothy Long, Australian Womens Army Service
Heraldry
Maker: Albion Clothing Factory
Men's blue cotton twill work overalls (combination suit) as issued to members of the Royal Australian Air Force. The overalls have a stand collar, a patch pocket on the left breast with a pointed flap...REL/17291
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Wright, Freda Joyce (Signalwoman, b.1924 - d.2000)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WF90734 Signalwoman Freda Joyce Wright, 16 Australian Operating Section, Australian Women’s Army Service, Australia, 1942-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 – ...PR05329.002