RADIO LOCATION WORK

Southland Times, Issue 24871, 10 October 1942, Page 5

RADIO LOCATION WORK

Women Complete Course (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 9. For the passing out of the first group of 27 members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, the first to complete a six weeks’ course in the operation of radio locators, 130 young women in battledress paraded on a Wellington parade ground today. The GovernorGeneral, Sir Cyril Newall, took the salute and inspected the parade. The General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, Major-General E. Puttick, and the Commandant of the W.A.A.C., Colonel Jowitt, were present. A demonstration of work with radio location equipment was given by the 27 girls. His Excellency congratulated them on their soldierly bearing. They were a credit to the New Zealand Army, he said, and a credit to those who had trained them.” The work you are going to do is closely akin to that done by your sisters in Britain, first in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and later in the A.T.5.,” said his Excellency. “I have seen an aerodrome blown to blazes without one of its buildings intact and with girls still working their sets. They provided' an example in some cases to the men. They were a predominant factor in winning the Battle of Britain.”