Point Cook, Vic. c. 1944. Two members of the WAAAF on a tractor beside a camouflaged truck.The ...

Accession Number P02641.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Point Cook, Vic. c. 1944. Two members of the WAAAF on a tractor beside a camouflaged truck.The women are among those members of the WAAAF employed as drivers and mechanics at RAAF stations around Australia. Eileen Patterson is standing and Mervyn Twynan Davis is sitting behind the wheel. Miss Davis studied as landscape architect after the Second World War and was awarded the MBE in 1980. (Donor D. Pearson)