GIRLS IN LARGE NUMBERS ARE ENLISTING IN THE WOMEN'S AUXILARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE TO BE TRAINED ...

Accession Number 011581
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 6 February 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

GIRLS IN LARGE NUMBERS ARE ENLISTING IN THE WOMEN'S AUXILARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE TO BE TRAINED AS COOKS, TRANSPORT DRIVERS TELEPHONE OPERATORS AND FOR MANY OTHER POSITIONS, AND THUS RELIEVING MORE AND MORE MEN FOR THE HARDER WORK OF THE SERVICE. A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ROUTINE DRILL AND PHYSICAL EXERCISES IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PRELIMINARY TRAINING.