AWAS on Rottnest - WF96310 HADDRILL
Documentation relating to the AWAS service of WF96310 Gunner Frances Eva Haddrill of Gledhow, Albany, born Liverpool
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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, Europe England Liverpool, Boyd, 1919 (1.06km away)
- World War 1, Europe, England, Liverpool, KITCHENER, 1914 (1.07km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - W45321 PEARS (married PENISTAN) (26.84km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 124 MURRAY, 10 Light Horse (44.9km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 945 EATON, 10 Light Horse (48.04km away)
- World War 1, Middle East, Palestine, 10 Light Horse, 1106 MAWDSLEY, 1917 (49.44km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - W45548 HARMAN (50.39km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 3530 CARTER, 10 Light Horse (60.02km away)
- World War 1, Middle East, CLARKE, 3 Australian General Hospital, 1916 (74.82km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 3607 JONES, 10 Light Horse (83.86km away)
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