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 (IN THE DOC) 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 HEADQUARTER 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. SIGNALWOMEN J. HOLDSWORTH AND M. MASON HAVE A LOOK AT THE POTATOES WITH PRIVATE C. VASIL. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).