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===Unit Personnel=== | ===Unit Personnel=== | ||
| + | * [[Lillian Hope Turner]] 26 Apr - 13 May 1942 | ||
* [[Patricia Duke]] 30 May - 27 Jun 1942 | * [[Patricia Duke]] 30 May - 27 Jun 1942 | ||
| + | * [[Millie Elizabeth Treloar]] 19 Jun - 12 Jul 1942 & 28 Jun - 5 Jul 1943 | ||
| + | * [[Dorothy Betsy Thorne]] 30 Jun - 24 Jul 1942 | ||
| + | * [[Beryl Marian Francis]] 4 Jan - 5 Feb 1943 | ||
| + | * [[Dora Terry]] 19 Jul - 25 Aug 1943 | ||
| + | * [[Helen Catherine Henderson]] 15 Sep 1943 - 14 Jan 1944 | ||
| + | * [[Bernice Lydia Hand]] 26 Jul - 1 Sep 1944 | ||
| + | * [[Mona Curtis]] 16 Aug - 8 Oct 1944 | ||
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====Notes==== | ====Notes==== | ||
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Brief History
No. 3 WAAAF Training Depot was formed at Karrinyup, Western Australia. The unit was responsible for ongoing recru1t training including drill, signals, clerical nnd mess steward training. The trainees were also given lectures in aircraft recognition.
In May 1943, as the war in the Pacilic progressed, members or the Voluntary Defence Corps (VDC) and Australian Mll1tary Forces (AMF) patrolled the grounds of the unit. The Depot was disbanded on 24 Mar 1945 after it had trained 1,417 airwomen.
Unit Personnel
- Lillian Hope Turner 26 Apr - 13 May 1942
- Patricia Duke 30 May - 27 Jun 1942
- Millie Elizabeth Treloar 19 Jun - 12 Jul 1942 & 28 Jun - 5 Jul 1943
- Dorothy Betsy Thorne 30 Jun - 24 Jul 1942
- Beryl Marian Francis 4 Jan - 5 Feb 1943
- Dora Terry 19 Jul - 25 Aug 1943
- Helen Catherine Henderson 15 Sep 1943 - 14 Jan 1944
- Bernice Lydia Hand 26 Jul - 1 Sep 1944
- Mona Curtis 16 Aug - 8 Oct 1944
Notes
Content has come from Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Volume 8 Training Units - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995 page 119