AWAS on Rottnest - WF90987 GREEN (married WELLS)
1943Documentation relating to the AWAS service of WF90987 Private Dorothy Alice Anne Wells (nee Green) from Koorda
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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, Western Australia, 7097 COOKE, 16 Battalion, 1916 (19.55km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF53744 LILLYWHITE (33.85km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF3192 JEFFREY (nee ROYCE) (40.56km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 2458 BARR, 10 Light Horse (40.58km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 3659 HARRIS, 10 Light Horse (40.7km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF53202 BALL (married BAILEY) (40.81km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF96325 CASHMORE (41.11km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF3039 COCKROFT (41.22km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF96317 DOHERTY (married KING) (43.79km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 2929 BREAKELL, 10 Light Horse (52.69km away)
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