Keilor, Vic. 1944-08. Members of Australian Women Army Service (AWAS) and Australian Army Medical ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Keilor
Accession Number 100534
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Baker, G H
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Keilor, Vic. 1944-08. Members of Australian Women Army Service (AWAS) and Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) are students at the Land Headquarters Army Education School for Women's Services enjoy a play reading as part of their training in Army Education to fit them as part-time Education Officers in Army Service women's units throughout Australia. Left to right: Corporal Betty Jess AWAS; Bombardier Rita Webb AWAS; Sergeant Peg Smallhorn AWAS; Lieutenant Jean Ashton, one of the instructional staff at the school; Sergeant Marie Roberts AAMWS; Sergeant Margaret Carlin AAMWS; Sergeant Hazel McNeel AWAS; Gunner Elizabeth Strath AWAS, and Private Denise Terns AAMWS.