ARMBAND, WHITE - ARMADALE WOMEN'S EMERGENCY CORP

The Armadale Women's Emergency Corps were trained in anything that was thought to be necessary. This included: self-sufficiency, cleaning carburettors, changing tyres, firing guns, first aid, stretcher bearing, ambulance work, elementary nursing, and signalling by morse.They were trained by Constable Roy Fletcher (the local policeman), and together they raised money to buy a car, which they then converted into an ambulance. The AWEC's uniform consisted of a button up shirt, a dark tie and overalls, with a beret being worn in winter, and a white pith helmet in summer. There were more than 50 women in the AWEC. One member, Josephine Winstone, joined the air force in 1942, where she worked in a hospital, practicing what she had been taught during her time in the AWEC.