BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
WOMEN PLAY THEIR PART At a new W.R.N.S. training and drafting depot are girls whpse cypher and signal work will play its part in winning the Battle of the Atlantic states a Daily Telegraph representative. Others there will volunteer for service abroad. Tropical kit, including white canvas shoes, white overalls and stockings, red-lined sunhats and topees, is ready for them. Some will be drafted to naval air stations, where they will be responsible for parachute packing. The lives of men in the navy depend on the accuracy, integrity and intelligence of these women. Each week about 160 trained members o f the W.R.N.S. an. drafted from the depot to release men of the navy The total strength is now 17,403 in the -service, which is steadily growing. Probationers spend a preliminary fortnight deciding if they wish to join the service, and the service is free to reject them at the end of this time
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24817, 17 January 1942, Page 9
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158BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC Otago Daily Times, Issue 24817, 17 January 1942, Page 9
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