By April 1940 the recruitment drive for the RAAF and the Empire Air Training Scheme was in full swing, as seen by this display in the window of Myers department store in Melbourne. Steps were also being taken to canvas recruits in the bush, The Advertiser (Adelaide) reporting that Flying Officer Shannon Davey had gone to Burra to meet the Mayor and form a recruiting committee in that town. Later in the year, accompanied by Flight Lieutenant Davey, the RAAF Recruiting Train also visited Burra. [The Advertiser, 19 April 1940; Burra Record, 5 November 1940; AWM 001358, photographer C Bottomley]
Source
AWM 001358
Date made
Place made
Melbourne, Australia
Copyright
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