AWAS on Rottnest - WF90354 BRAZIER (married IVORY)
Documentation relating to the AWAS service of WF90354 Private Irene Gladys Ivory (nee Brazier) of Narrogin, born Victoria Park
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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:
- PENNY AND POUNDER (THEME, HISTORY OF THE VICTORIA PARK POST OFFICE) (0.03km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF90141 ANDERSON (married COOPER) (0.05km away)
- AFTER THE RAIN (THEME, VIBRANT LIFESTYLE) (0.12km away)
- THE REEL SEAT (THEME, HISTORY OF THE BROADWAY THEATRE) (0.26km away)
- Hyatti (0.37km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF93920 PARK (married KELLY) (0.38km away)
- NETWORKS (0.39km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 265 EAVES, 10 Light Horse (0.46km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF53469 EVANS (married McKENZIE) (0.51km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 2265 HOLLOWAY, 10 Light Horse (0.53km away)
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