GAWLER, SA, 1945-06-16. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS OF C SHIFT, WHO WORKED AT ...

GAWLER, SA, 1945-06-16. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS OF C SHIFT, WHO WORKED AT THE GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. IT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (W/T) STATION. THE WOMEN, ALL MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF), ARE GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE GALVANISED IRON HUT THAT SERVED AS THEIR LIVING QUARTERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: LAURES BROOKS; JUNE WILSON (LATER WILLIAMS); PAT PEAKE; RUTH LANGSFORD; GRETA SALTMARSH. SECOND ROW: JOAN KOCH; KATH WRIGHT; NAN MORRISON; CON HEYWOOD. FRONT ROW: RUTH DAVIES; RUTH SALT; EILEEN TREBILCOCH; DAWN ELSON (?ELSEN); NORMA FRICK. WILSON AND PEAKE ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE GAWLER TO WORK AT THE RAAF RADAR STATION AT METUNG, VIC. (DONOR: J. WILLIAMS)

• GAWLER, SA, 1945. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS WHO WORKED AS PART OF C SHIFT AT THE GAWLER ...