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A SECTION OF THE HOSPITAL ON AN AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION. THE SICK QUARTER ATTENDANTS ARE AIRCRAFTWOMAN (ACW) VERA WINCKEL AND ACW JEAN SCHEMMELL, BOTH FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WHO LEFT THEIR OCCUPATION OF CIVIL NURSING TO JOIN THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE THE PATIENT IS JOHN HARRISON OF PARIS, TEXAS, A RADIO MECHANIC IN THE AMERICAN ARMY AIR FORCE AT PRESENT ATTENDING A SIGNALS SCHOOL AT THIS AUSTRALIAN STATION. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).
AIRCRAFTWOMAN JEAN SCHEMMELL FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA IS A SICK QUARTER ATTENDANT AT AN AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION WHERE, LIKE THE REST OF THE GROWING ARMY OF MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. SHE IS TAKING OVE
AMONG THE JOBS UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. ON AIR FORCE STATIONS IS THAT OF SICK QUARTER ATTENDANTS. THESE GIRLS KNOWN AS SQA'S, ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE ENLISTED NURSING SERVICE BUT TAKE TH
Informal portrait of three sisters, all members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), in uniform, standing near the General Post Office in Pitt Street, prior to taking their first lea
AIRCRAFTWOMAN P. MILLER WHO BEFORE THE WAR WAS A DRESSMAKER IN MELBOURNE NOW OPERATES A PAINTS SPRAYING APPARATUS IN THE MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS AT AN AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION. ACW MILLER DOES NOT W
c. 1943. Aircraftwoman (ACW) Nancy King and ACW Viola Peterson, armourers with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), load a Vickers gun with rounds of ammunition. (Donor L. Westbrook) (F
MAYLANDS, WA. 1943-08-21. MEMBERS OF THE WOMENS AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE INSPECT THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE LANCASTER BOMBER AT NO. 4 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF. 103786 AIRCRAFTWOMAN (AC
