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Eleanor Roosevelt speaking to a WAAAF Sergeant, September 1943
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Title:Eleanor Roosevelt speaking to a WAAAF Sergeant
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Eleanor Roosevelt (centre) speaking to a WAAAF Sergeant during her inspection of the WAAAF Guard of Honour mounted on the occasion of Mrs Roosevelt's visit to Air Force Headquarters (AFHQ), Victoria Barracks. On the left is Flight Officer Doris Carter, the Officer-in-charge of the Guard of Honour. Melbourne, Vic. 1943-09.

Date:September 1943
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:VIC1448
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A WAAAF officer trainee prepares a meal over an open fire, September 1943
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Title:A WAAAF officer trainee prepares a meal over an open fire
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A WAAAF officer trainee prepares a meal over an open fire during a four-day bivouac in an area near Launching Place as part of their training course. In the background is Flight Officer Doris Carter, one of the WAAAF instructors on the bivouac. Yarra Valley, Vic. C. 1943-09

Date:September 1943
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:VIC1300
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In the outdoors, c. September 1943
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Title:In the outdoors
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In the outdoors, the Director WAAAF, Group Officer Clare Stevenson (second from left) and a WAAAF Wing Officer (in dark uniform) conversing with WAAAF officers who conducted a four-day bivouac for a group of WAAAF officer trainees in an area near Launching Place, as part of their training course. Third from the left is Squadron Officer Margaret Blackwood, the officer in charge of the bivouac and on the extreme right is Flight Officer Doris Carter, a staff instructor for the bivouac. On the latter's right is her assistant, Section Officer Helen Palmer.

Date:c. September 1943
Place:Australian War Memorial
Control:VIC1314
Digital Versions:Full Record | Image
See also:Blackwood, Margaret (1909 - 1986) | Palmer, Helen Gwynneth (1917 - 1979) | Stevenson, Clare Grant (1903 - 1988)
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Squadron Officer Doris Carter, WAAAF, c. 1944
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Title:Squadron Officer Doris Carter, WAAAF
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Portrait of Squadron Officer Doris Carter, WAAAF, taken at her office desk at RAAF HQ, Victoria Barracks. Melbourne, Vic. C. 1944

Date:c. 1944
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:VIC0811
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WAAAF members walking along a country road., July 1944
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Title:WAAAF members walking along a country road.
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WAAAF members walking along a country road. From left, Squadron Officer Margaret Blackwood; Grace Hunter; Group Officer Clare Stevenson (Director of the WAAAF); Patrica Burnard; Doris Carter. LOWER PLENTY, VIC,
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: LOWER PLENTY, VIC, 1944-07. WAAAF MEMBERS WALKING ALONG A COUNTRY ROAD. FROM LEFT, SQUADRON OFFICER MARGARET BLACKWOOD; GRACE HUNTER; GROUP OFFICER CLARE STEVENSON (DIRECTOR OF THE WAAAF); PATRICA BURNARD; DORIS CARTER.

Date:July 1944
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:P00094.009
Digital Versions:Full Record | Image
See also:Blackwood, Margaret (1909 - 1986) | Stevenson, Clare Grant (1903 - 1988)
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Members of the Australian Victory Contingent on a visit to Berlin, June 1946
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Title:Members of the Australian Victory Contingent on a visit to Berlin
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Members of the Australian Victory Contingent on a visit to Berlin, in front of Frederick the Great's Palace, 'Sans Souci', Potsdam. Pictured, left to right, foreground: A Petty Officer of the RAN; Squadron Leader P. Swan DFC; Flight Lieutenant P. Coffey DFC, RAAF; Major Joan L. Christie, Australian Army Medical Women's Service, and Squadron Officer Doris Carter, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force. Berlin, Germany. June 1946

Date:June 1946
Place:Australian War Memorial
Physical description:Black & white
Control:030296/03
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