Members of the Women's Auxiliary Transport Corps. |
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| Title : | Members of the Women's Auxiliary Transport Corps. |
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| Creator : | Krischock, Henry; photographer | ||
| Date of creation : | 1943 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 155 x 200 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
ADELAIDE OVAL: Members of the Women\'s Auxiliary Transport Corps taking the Salute on Empire Day, 1943. Over 400 women served in the Corps: women of all ages and from a wide range of social and employment backgrounds joined. All had their driving skills tested by the Secretary of the National Safety Council, Mr Howard, before being assigned to their units. They were trained to work as mechanics and to drive transport vehicles that would carry soldiers, war workers and goods around the home front. |
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| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Beaumont, Joan (ed.) Australia's war, 1939-1945, St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1996 Bolt, Andrew Our home front 1939-1945, Melbourne: Wilkinson Books, c1995 Clark, Rosemary The home front: life in Australia during World War II, Melbourne: Australia Post, 1991 The Home front family album: remembering Australia 1939-1945, introduction by Nancy Keesing, Sydney: Weldon, 1991 McKernan, Michael All in!: Australia during the second world war, Melbourne, Vic. : Nelson, 1983 |
| Internet links : | Commemoration Committee (Queensland) - History - The Australian home front during World War 2 Australian War Memorial - Australia under attack 1942-1943 Department of Veterans' Affairs - Australia's war 1939-1945 - All in: the Australian home front 1939-1945 Imperial War Museum - Collections online - Civilians |
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