CALL TO BRITISH WOMEN FOR AUXILIARY DUTY
(Received 11 a.m.)
__ LONDON, September 27. Ihe War Office announces the formation of a women's °i r me n of n°aLnT e Auxili -* Territorial Service which, the emergency, can perform non-combatant duties SteJori™ T n i r ' al aTmie . s and the R oyal Air Force, and rl<» lr n** ?S j im P ortailCe be those of motor drivers I » . General wiH include cooking. The number, required at the outset is 2000 officers and 23,000 members. The formation of the service is perhaps the outstanding e Xjj n , ° . a hurried day of preparations against emergency. It will be raised on a national basis tkrough the country Territorial Army and Air Force associations. Married and single can enrol. Officers will enrol for an indefinite period and member* for four years, with the option of re-enrolment for a period o 25?» two, three or four years at a time.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 229, 28 September 1938, Page 11
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