Roof spotters, Duncan Buildings, Franklin Street: Area 28

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SLSA catalogueCatalogue recordSLSA referencePRG 925/1/25

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Title Roof spotters, Duncan Buildings, Franklin Street: Area 28Dateca. 1942Description

This typewritten list, with handwritten corrections, details names, phone numbers and locations of roof spotters and spotting locations in Area 28, which included Adelaide city and some suburbs.

History/biography

The Defence Society in Adelaide had been founded in February 1933 by schoolteacher and union activist Natalia Davies. 'From 1940 ... evening classes on first aid, home nursing, motor engineering, elementary electrical work and fire drill [were held]. ... the society taught hundreds of women to shoot and maintain a rifle.' [Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: Davies, Natalia (Nat) (1907 - 1951)]

Relates to

PersonNatalia DaviesEventWorld War TwoThemeOn the home frontStudent collectionWorld War Two (1939-45)SubjectAir defenses, Civil -- South Australia

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