AWAS on Rottnest - WF94987 DRAPER (married DUBBELING)
Documentation relating to the AWAS service of WF94987 Gunner Mavis Dubbeling (nee Draper) of Bicton
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The Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) was formed in late 1941, two years after the outbreak of World War 2. Australian women had been agitating for some time for the chance to join the War Effort. They wanted to do “real work, not knit sock for the men.” The primary aim of AWAS was to release men from some military duties so they could be deployed in fighting units.
Initial recruitment was for duties associated with “women’s work”, clerks, cooks and typists, still being done my male soldiers. Beginning in early 1942 as invading Japanese swept through the South West Pacific towards Australia, many more military trades were opened to women including signals, weapons plotting, drivers, which involved close contact with the coast defence systems on Rottnest.
This collection brings together the stories of women in the Australian Women’s Army Service who were deployed on Rottnest Island as part of the defences of Fortress Fremantle from 30 September 1942 onward. The content is based on a “Saluting Their Service” exhibition developed by the Rottnest Voluntary Guides on the 80th Anniversary of this deployment. The exhibition was presented at Kingstown Barracks, Rottnest Island from 8-9 October 2022 and at the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia from 9 – 17 November 2022
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Nearest geotagged records:
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 3468 MYERS, 10 Light Horse (1.01km away)
- World War 1, England, 1056 GODFREY, 28 Battalion, 1915 (1.11km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 3480 MAXWELL, 10 Light Horse (1.13km away)
- World War 1, Western Australia, FORDHAM, 16 Battalion, 1916 (1.25km away)
- World War 1, Australia Western Australia, GODFREY, 28 Battalion, 1915 (1.3km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF95347 WILLIAMS IH (1.4km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 2227 McILWAINE, 10 Light Horse (1.41km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF96313 CLARK (married KEEN) (1.48km away)
- Photograph - Rosanna Matthews Outside Shop, 30 Zenobia Street, Palymyra, 1920 (1.55km away)
- Photograph - School Children, Palmyra Primary School, 1918 (1.68km away)
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