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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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Amy Taylor (neé Millgate), as a corporal in the Australian Women's Army Service, serving in New Guinea, interviewed by Ruth Thompson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Sound
Maker: Taylor, Amy Katherine Thompson, Ruth
Amy Taylor (neé Millgate), as a corporal in the Australian Women's Army Service, serving in New Guinea, interviewed by Ruth Thompson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939...S00758
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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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1. Beaufighter, Australian made 2. Plastic glass is modern miracle 3. Army beats NSW in rugby thriller 4. On location with the Rats of Tobruk 5. Army PT for women. (News From Home No. 94)
Film
1. (1 min 3 sec) The first Australian made Beaufighter is shown on its test flight 2. (1 min 36 sec) Plastic glass being made in Australia and its final use in aircraft turrets 3. (1 min 21 sec) Army ...F00785
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Beryl Irving 'Betsy' Leemon née Boyd as a driver, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Sound
Maker: Leemon, Beryl Irving (Betsy) Wing, Judy
Beryl Irving 'Betsy' Leemon née Boyd as a driver, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00786
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Beryl Joyce Fowler (née Brentnall), as a corporal, Australian Women's Army Service interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.)
Sound
Maker: Fowler (née Brentnall), Beryl Joyce Martin, Harry
Beryl Joyce Fowler (née Brentnall), as a corporal, Australian Women's Army Service interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00773
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Betty Joy Beohm, née Graham as a lieutenant, Australian Women's Army Service, 1st Australian Field Experimental Station, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in The War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Wing, Judy
Betty Joy Beohm, née Graham as a lieutenant, Australian Women's Army Service, 1st Australian Field Experimental Station, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in T...S00795
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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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Brook Island trials (MC30)
Film
Maker: Adams, S H Hoffman
This film portrays a Mustard Gas attack carried out on Brook Island under the direction of the following officers. Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel F S Gorill; Officer in charge of the trial Dr A...F05747
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Cartographic Company Bendigo
Film
Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Situated in South Bendigo the Land Headquarters Cartographic Company was responsible for producing army maps and also some maps for the Navy and Air Force; in addition they produced admiralty Fleet or...F07431
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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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Dedication ceremony war cemetery Labuan
Film
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
On 28 December 1945, NX396 Brigadier William John Victor Windeyer CBE DSO ED, Administration Commander, 9th Australian Division, dedicated the War Cemetery at Labuan. Band was provided by 2/2nd Machin...F07410
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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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Gwenda Margaret Walker as a corporal, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Walker, Gwenda Margaret Martin, Harry
Gwenda Margaret Walker as a corporal, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945S00913
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Gwen Mann as a lieutenant, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Mann, Gwen Martin, Harry Martin, Harry
Gwen Mann as a lieutenant, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00782
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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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Hockey match between AWAS Sigs LHQ and 2/2 AGH AAMWS
Film
Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Group of nurses of the 2/2 Australian General Hospital (AGH) Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) and Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) Signals Land Headquarters (LHQ) watching hockey ...F07128
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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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Joan Johnstone, as a sergeant, Australian Women's Army Service interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Johnstone, Joan Martin, Harry
Joan Johnstone, as a sergeant, Australian Women's Army Service interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00772
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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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Joyce Ethel Whitworth as a major, Assistant Commander, Eastern Command NSW, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Whitworth, Joyce Ethel Wing, Judy
Joyce Ethel Whitworth as a major, Assistant Commander, Eastern Command NSW, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 193...S00793
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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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Life on the Line [Series 3, Episode 55] Avis Quarell
Sound
Maker: Quarrell, Yvonne Avis Hordern, Angus Thistle Productions
Angus Hordern interviews World War II veteran Avis Quarrell. The podcast was released 14 May 2019. Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war v...AWM2020.1032.13
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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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Melissa 'Millie' Cameron née Webb as a signalman, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Sound
Maker: Wing, Judy Cameron née Webb, Melissa (Millie)
Melissa 'Millie' Cameron née Webb as a signalman, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00787
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Melva Loas Croker née Jones as a lieutenant, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Sound
Maker: Croker née Jones, Melva Loas Wing, Judy
Melva Loas Croker née Jones as a lieutenant, Australian Women's Army Service, interviewed by Judy Wing for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.S00788
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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