WAR STORIES: Evelyn Booth proudly wears a medal she was presented after World War II for her work. Picture: Kieren L Tilly
THREE Wagga women are among 300 who have shared their World War II experiences in a new book.
The book – titled Between The Dances – has been written by Melbourne-based author Jacqueline Dinan.
Evelyn Booth, her childhood friend the late Ettie Read and Enid Scobie shared their stories with the author after she spoke about her previous book in the Wagga library about four years ago.
Enid was a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse who worked in the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service during the war, Ettie was in the Women’s Auxiliary Airforce and Evelyn worked in a munitions factory in Murray Street making bomb detonators before being shifted to Orange to assemble .303 rifles.
