FIRST IN AUSTRALIA

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1944, Page 4

FIRST IN AUSTRALIA

AMERICAN W.A.C’s. REACH SYDNEY. (Reec. 12.10.) SYDNEY, May 12. The first members of the American Women’s Arm v Corps to come to Australia have arrived at Sydney en route to a northern station. Numbering several hundred, they were given a Hollywood welcome. A United States Army band played “The Star Spangled Banner” and the W.A.C’s. leader was presented with a basket of flowers with a streamer- reading “Welcome W.A.C’s.”