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Photo Album of the WAAAF Page
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These photos are NOT in the original
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| Informal
portrait of Aboriginal serviceman, VX35999 Private Samuel Alexandra
Peacock (Sam) Lovatt, 6th Reinforcements, 2/5th Battalion, and his neice,
95994 Aircraftwoman (ACW) Alice Lovett, an Aboriginal servicewoman,
standing on a Melbourne street. ACW Lovett is a member of the Women's
Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) and is wearing 1942 pattern WAAAF
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RAAF
station East Sale, Vic, 1944-10-25. Sergeant Beryl Edith Bedggood, WAAAF
meteorological observer serving at No. 1 Operational Training Unit
RAAF.
Later
as Dame Beryl Beaurepaire (AO 1991) she served from 1985 as Chairman of
the Australian War Memorial Council. AWM
P00104.001 |
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Artist
Nora Heysen selected Aircraftwoman Florence Ethel Miles as the subject
for this painting, since she saw Florence as a 'young, forward lass'.
Miles enlisted in the WAAAF in 1942, aged 21.
Prior
to the outbreak of the war she had worked as a sales assistant for a
shoe company in Melbourne. She held a driver's licence and had gained
considerable experience driving a variety of vehicles.
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enlisted, she was sent to the Engineering School and served at the No.
25 Operational Base Unit in Queensland. Given her experience with
vehicles, it was inevitable that she would become a driver during the
war. 'Transport driver' is a compelling portrait of a confident young
woman who, despite the masculine uniform and large leather gloves,
retains her femininity. Heysen first made a sketch of Miles in charcoal.
She transferred this to canvas, placing the figure in a bus, a vehicle
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| Pair khaki cotton lisle stockings with shaped calf and seam down centre
back leg and sole of foot. Stamped in white on each toe 'V.384-1944 A ^
F MADE IN AUSTRALIA 8 1/2'.As issued to members of the Women's Auxiliary
Australian Air Force (WAAAF).
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Magnetic
Island, Qld. 1944-06-23.
Members
of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) and the Women's Auxiliary
Australian Air Force (WAAAF) outside the Women's Service Club at the
Arcadia Rest Camp.
This
camp is jointly conducted by the Young Men's Christian
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(YMCA) and the Australian Comforts Fund. Mrs.
S. J. Reed, Young Women's Christian Association, supervisor of the
women's section of the camp is on the extreme left. AWM
067071
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| Port
Moresby, Papua. C. 1942-10. At the medical receiving station, a patient
from Milne Bay is treated on the operating table in the tent by RAAF
doctor, sister (left) and WAAAF orderlies. |
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| Shepparton,
Vic. 1943-01-22. 350002 Squadron Officer M. Blackwood, Women's Auxiliary
Australian Air Force (WAAAF) Commanding Officer of the Officers Training
Camp. AWM
137703 |
Shepparton,
vic. 1943-01-22. Corporal O. Moore, an officer trainee, paddling across
a creek with the daily bread ration for the women's auxiliary Australian
Air Force (WAAAF) camp during manoeuvres. AWM
137706
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| Vic.
1943-04-01. Portrait of Corporal C. A. Ahyee, an Australian
born Chinese member of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force
(WAAAF). AWM 138439 |
Melbourne,
Vic. 1944-03-15. A Warrant Officer of the Women's Auxiliary Australian
Air Force (WAAAF) wearing the new battle jacket on issue to members of
the service. AWM140602 |
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