List of Australian women's organisations during World War II

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force in 1944

During the first years of World War II hundreds of voluntary women's auxiliary and paramilitary organisations were established in Australia. Members of these organisations wore uniforms that were similar to those of the Australian military, adopted military-style ranks and regularly met for training sessions. The organisations pre-dated the establishment of women's branches of the military, which began to be formed in mid-1940.[1]

Official

Volunteer

Members of the Australian Women's Legion during a 1941 parade at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e Darian-Smith 1996, p. 62.
  2. ^ "Forage cap : Australian Women's Legion". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Women's War Effort". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 1 July 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. ^ Thomson 1991, pp. 27, 38–39.
  5. ^ "Women's Cavalry Corps". The Sun. 15 December 1940. p. 12 (Women's Section). Retrieved 13 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.

Works consulted

  • Darian-Smith, Kate (1996). "War and Australian Society". In Beaumont, Joan (ed.). Australia's War, 1939–1945. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 62. ISBN 1-86448-039-4.
  • Thomson, Joyce (1991). The WAAAF in Wartime Australia. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84525-8.
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