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Join the AAMWS, 1939 - 1945
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Title:Join the AAMWS
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Recruiting poster; precruiting poster for AAMWS (AAMWS were not trained nurses, but worked as nurses' aides, or in clerical and technical positions, such as blood bank, physiotherapy etc)

Date:1939 - 1945
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:photolithograph 49.4 x 62,9 cm Maker: (/Artist/Printer ) Australian Commonwealth Military Forces/Unknown/Unknown Place made: Australia (Place printed); Australia (Place published) Date made: 1939-1945 (Date printed); 1939-1945 (Date published)
Control:ARTV01081
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Woven Red Cross badge, 1941 - 1945
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Title:Woven Red Cross badge
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Cotton (non specific); Wool (non specific); Woven Red Cross badge on a khaki background with white edging. This badge was made to be attached to the winter service dress of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service.

Date:1941 - 1945
Place:Australian War Memorial
Control:REL30727
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Choir in St George's Chapel Adelaide River, NT., October 1944
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Title:Choir in St George's Chapel Adelaide River, NT.
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The choir in St George's Chapel, front row only, left to right: Sylvia McDonald, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS); unknown AWAS member; Jo Fox, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) representative; unknown AWAS member; Patricia Bennett (AWAS); NF482322 Lieutenant Elva Baikie, (AWAS) and Amenities Officer for the Army women's services (which includes the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) as well as the AWAS); and Barbara Spiller (AWAS). The choirmaster, Lew Dawe, a Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) representative is standing on the far left. He organised a choir of forty from all services to sing carols around the Darwin area at Christmas 1944, including hospitals and barracks. The choir also visited the navy ships anchored in the harbour. The St George's Chapel, built by voluntary labour using bamboo for the walls, was used for church parades by all denominations. (Donor E. Batt)

Date:October 1944
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:P02698.002
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See also:Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1903 - 1948) | Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1941 - 1947) | Batt, Elva May (1920 - )
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"Blue Horizon" company on stage, 1945
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Title:"Blue Horizon" company on stage
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The whole company on stage after the finale of the revue, "Blue Horizon". The revue was under the direction of the Australian Army Amenities Service (AAAS) and involved NF482322 Lieutenant (Lt) Elva Baikie (AWAS) who was the Amenities Officer for the Army women's services which includes the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) as well as the AWAS. The revue was produced by Alan Cairnes and Dudley Simpson and it played to large crowds in an open air venue over several nights. Members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) were among the performers as were members of the Allied Forces. Darwin, NT. (Donor E. Batt)

Date:1945
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:P02698.003
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See also:Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1903 - 1948) | Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1941 - 1947) | Batt, Elva May (1920 - )
 

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