P02221.008 Accession Number: P02221.008

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Flight Officer Joyce Opie, RAAF Headquarters, Eastern Area and Flight Lieutenant E. Coleman, No. 2 Recruit Centre, Sydney, give recruiting information to women at a city shop, Anthony Hordern & Sons / Wynns Emporium, where employees were not in reserved occupations. The recruiting drive by the officers was to boost enlistment into the services including the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF).

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Accession Number
P02221.008
Photographer
Sydney Sun (John Fairfax Ltd)
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c September 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
2
Credit Line
Donor L. Westbrook
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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