Photo Album of the WAAAF Page 5

These photos are NOT in the original book. They are from the AWM Collection.

1942-11-12.

The operation pictured in this photograph is called "stringing the cover to a main plane" and is one of the many jobs carried out by members of the women's auxiliary Australian air force (WAAAF) on active service.

Much of the maintenance work at air force stations is now done by the

WAAAF who, in such jobs as fabric working, prove more consistently efficient than the men. The girls in this photograph are (left to right):- Corporal jean Hamilton of Brisbane, ex dressmaker. Aircraftwoman (ACW) Shirley Britter of Victoria, ex machinist. ACW Mary Gourley of Victoria, ex machinist. ACW Alma McGlinn of W.A., ex tailoress.


Flight Officer Lois Westbrook, Staff Officer, Directorate of Technical Services, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF). She served in the WAAAF from 18 August 1941 to 10 October 1946. (Donor l. Westbrook) AWM P00097.001	Leading Aircraft Woman (ACW) Elsa Russell, Womens Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), refuelling an aircraft. She was a painter and graphic artist and some of her drawings of day-to-day activities in the WAAAF are held in the art collection of the Australian War Memorial. (Donor E. Russell)

Shepparton, Vic. 1943-01-22.

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), all wearing wet weather gear, pause for a cup of tea while out on manoeuvres during the WAAAF officers training course.

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Victoria. 1944-07-26. Sergeant G. M. Boardman, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) Physical Training Instructress, demonstrating a eurythmic exercise to a group of WAAAF personnel.

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Australia. c.1944. Members of the WAAAF attend to the washing in a modern laundry at a WAAAF station in the far north.

Shown: Aircraftwoman (ACW) G. Johnson of Brisbane and ACW G. Edwards of Wyong, NSW.


Melbourne, Vic. C. 1942. A WAAAF cook's assistant with a tray of sliced bread for the dining room at No. 1 WAAAF Training Depot, Malvern.	Melbourne, Vic. 1943-04-30. Portrait of Under Officer Ruby Hudson, WAAAF, at RAAF Headquarters, Victoria Barracks. A highly trained
and experienced cook, Under Officer Hudson had accompanied a dietitian Flight Officer Alison Allen WAAAF to Port Moresby for the period 1943-12-22 to 1944-01-20 to advise RAAF, Army and United States catering staff on the preparation, cooking and presentation of the tinned and dried foods that made up the bulk of the daily rations in the area.

1943-08-20. Portrait of WAAAF Corporal B. F. Edmonston who, on 1941-03-15, was given the service number 90,000 as the first airwoman to be enlisted into the WAAAF.

She was subsequently commissioned and held the rank of Section Officer.

Sydney, NSW. C. 1945. Group portrait of three WAAAF officers who were the first WAAAF members to be attached to the Royal Navy to work with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

Left to right: Section Officer Comb; Flight Officer (Flt Officer) McKenzie; Flt Officer Ayres.