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Tasmania was ordering uniforms for the Women's Fire Auxiliary in January 1940. [25] On 20 August 1941, the Tasmania Women's Fire Auxiliary were part of a parade (a march-past) for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill. [26] Queensland established a Women's Fire Auxiliary in October 1941. [27]
As Tanner held a driving licence for heavy goods vehicles (HGV), she joined the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) and was assigned to Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey, south-east London. Tanner was given the duties of driving the petrol lorry and the canteen van, as she was the only driver at the station to have an HGV licence.
Resulting from the activities of the members of the Women's Fire Auxiliary, a sum of A£3,323/7/4 was raised and handed to the Board for the purpose of providing mobile canteen facilities for the NSW Fire Service'. The Woman's Fire Auxiliary was inaugurated in June 1940, enabling women to assist in the war effort.
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Royal Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force; Associated places Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, UK; Associated themes Royal Air Force 1939-1945; Associated keywords
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Auxiliary fire departments were intended to aid regular fire services in case of nuclear attack when it was expected large numbers of fires would result from nuclear blasts overwhelming full-time services. Most still in existence run support vehicles such as lighting trucks, air supplies, rehab units, reserve firefighting apparatus, and the like.