DOMINION WOMEN.
Paying Own Fares To England To Join War Service. NEW ZEALANDERS INCLUDED. ';■'.' , '-■ (Received 2 'p.m.) >, ' '.':■■' '■■■' LONDON, June 28. . :■ New Zealand ' and Australian. women and numerous ; Canadians have joined the Auxiliary Training Service,- which is campaigning for. 10,000 recruits. Dominion women-are paying their own fares to : England to join. lip., '. • . ; The' A'.T;S. served 'with the B.E.F. up to the evacuation of Dunkirk. One platoon of- 50 spent five nights in the trenches, just behind-. tli2 front _ lines before they were evacuated from Dieppe. The Germans bombed Dieppe mercilessly for half an hour after the women left. ,- All members of the .A.TjS. have now returned to England ■ without a casualty. - - . --,'..
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 10
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