WOMEN'S HOME ARMY
NEW AUSTRALIAN CORPS (Reed. Aug. 18, 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 18. , The Minister of the Army, Mr. P. C. Spender, announced that the War Cabinet had decided to form a women’s home army as soon as possible to do non-combatant duties being done now by men. Mr. Spender said that women had been coming forward to help in ever-increasing numbers and during the next year it was hoped to absorb many thousands in war work.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 9
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