Letter to the editor

Many thanks for the article in the August Vetaffairs about the Austral­ian Women’s Land Army.

I was a permanent member of the Land Army during the war. My postings were Oberon (pea picking), Blayney (general farm work, includ­ing tractor work, managing draught horses, spreading super phosphates, bean picking, potato grading and milking), Exeter (general farm work including stooking hay, milking and pig farming etc). My brother Albert Tuck was killed flying over Hano­ver, Germany and I am a war widow, my husband having served in New Guinea.

Thank you again for remember­ing the AWLA’s 80th anniversary.

Sincerely,

Grace Wood

If you also served in the AWLA or another women’s auxiliary service such as the WRANS during the Sec­ond World War and would like to be put in touch with one another, please email us at vetaffairs [at] dva.gov.au.