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GAWLER, SA, 1945. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS ABOUT TO START ONE OF THEIR THREE DAILY SHIFTS AT THE GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT, SITUATED UNDERGROUND AT THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN ARE MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) AND THE MEN MEMBERS OF THE RAAF. THE TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (W/T) STATION. THE SMALL HUT IN THE BACKGROUND WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE SIGN OF THE UNDERGROUND UNIT. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: UNKNOWN; ELSPETH SCOTT; UNKNOWN. CENTRE ROW: LORNA RUSSELL; BELLA ROBERTS; DOROTHY ROBERTS; UNKNOWN; BET PROBERT; BETTY WATKINS; IRIS BALL; MYRA PETTULO; LOIS JONES. FRONT ROW: DOT LOVELL; ADDIE WILLIAMS; URSULA REGAN; JOAN LUCAS; DAVE RUMBALL; PAM COLLINS.
GAWLER, SA, 1945. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS WHO WORKED AT THE GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN, MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF)
GAWLER, SA, 1945-09-21. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS AND A RAAF AIRMAN IN FRONT OF THE TENDER WHICH TRANSPORTED THEM FROM THEIR LIVING QUARTERS TO THE WORK AREA ONE MILE AWAY AT THE GAWLER TELECO
WILLASTON, SA, 1945-1946. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS AND TELEPRINTER OPERATORS, MEMBERS OF C SHIFT, WHO WORKED AT THE GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN ARE MEM
GAWLER, SA, 1945-1946. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS FROM B SHIFT, WORKING IN THE UNDERGROUND GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN ARE MEMBERS OF TH
GAWLER, SA, 1945. A GROUP OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHISTS WHO WORKED AT THE GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN, MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF)
GAWLER, SA, 1945-1946. TELEPRINTER OPERATORS FROM B SHIFT WORKING IN THE UNDERGROUND GAWLER TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT, LOCATED ON THE RAAF BASE AT GAWLER. THE WOMEN ARE MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY A
