A GIRL CHAUFFEUR AT THE FRONT
One of tho most interesting happenings as far as Melbourne is concerned is the practical adoption by the War Office of Miss Audrey Chirnside, Mr. and Mrs. George Chirnside's only child, states an Australian writor. SLe can givo points to the average expert -in tho manipulation of a motor-car, and, though tne authorities at first demurred at the idea of letting a young girl take risks, her qualifications were so excellent that Bhe has practically, under Lord Kitchener's eagle eyo, won her way to the front._ She helps to transfer wounded soldiers from field to hospital. She iB probably the first woman, and certainly the first young girl, who has been appointed to such a position, and her example is naturally firing other girls who handle motor-cars skilfully to go and do likewise.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2340, 23 December 1914, Page 2
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139A GIRL CHAUFFEUR AT THE FRONT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2340, 23 December 1914, Page 2
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