WAACS AT WORK

Flak, Volume 1, Issue 2, 1 April 1943, Page 2

WAACS AT WORK

; Just on a fortnight ago six of our i Waacs : left for Papakura for a special 1 two weeks/course. . In addition to \ Gnrs. Young, Stevens, Agnew and J McCarthy from ‘R.H.Q. ’ there were ’ Gnrs. Russell from the 94th Battery and Clifford from the 66th . • The party left . for Papakura in ■: great spirits, „ two jof . the team—-we won’t say whichpassing . the time ? {pleasantly enough, by , blowing grape ; pips at various males passed eh. route. Enthusiasm ' cooled somewhat with the usual,protracted business of settling in, involving much staggering about with loads of blankets, crockery and mattresses. Training began in ‘ earnest next morning, and the girls decided, with true.: regimental spirit, to go to work hid'“show ’em.” .We had our minor troubles, howevertake, for instance, that business of numbering'. ■ Peggy Russell, of the 94th, is, as we all know, a very bright girl, so it is hard , /to explain this incident. We ■ girls were, asked to number . from left to right, and very smartly snapped & out our numbers from one- to six. ' , . “Right,” said the : Corporal. “Now in number!” '. :> Back it came brightly—” two, one, two, one Six!” screamed Peggy. However, the girls really seemed, to know their stuff. Already, they consider themselves experts in. the prop-ping-up and apple-pieing of beds. As a final thought, try to' imagine Jo Agnew diving full-length into bed in all her clothes just as the N.C.O. came round for lights out; and then triping daintily over every imaginable object, trying to locate her pyjamas in the dark.