BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
WOMEN PLAY THEIR PART At a new W.R.Tv.S. training and drafting depot are girls whose cypher and signal work Avill play its part in winning the Battle of the Atlantic ,states a Daily Telegraph representativeOthers there will volunteer for service abroad. Tropical kit, including white canvas shoes, white overAll's and stfockings, rcid-lined sunhats and topees, is ready for them. Seine will be drafted to naval air •dntinns, Avherc they will be responsible for parachute packing. The lives of 'men in the navy depend on Hie accuracy, integrity and intellinCnrt> of these women. Fa eh week about li'O trained meni-ho'-s of !he IV.Ii.X.S. arc drafted f ••oin tin- d'n.'l. f.o release uvn of fhr. rnvv. The total strength i<= new 17. !03 in I]v:.sen"ice. which is steadily growing. Probationer spend a preliminary •VW night deciding if they wish to ioln the service, and the service is to reject them at the end of tbir time.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 21, 25 February 1942, Page 6
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157BATTLE OF ATLANTIC Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 21, 25 February 1942, Page 6
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