Call up of Geelong women for the war effort

1943: The call up of Geelong women to support the war effort began in 1943:

“The call-up for interview of single women in the metropolitan area not gainfully employed, which had been in progress for the last month, was nearing completion, said officials of the Manpower Directorate yesterday. Arrangements were now being made 'for interviewing women in Victorian provincial centres, & a commencement would be made at Geelong within the next week or 2.” From the Argus, 14th Jan 1943, p. 9