Women at War

[Mark W. Tonner]

Carman;

Some numbers for you regarding Women serving in the Canadian Forces during the Second World War.

Source: ARMS, MEN AND GOVERNMENTS, THE WAR POLICIES OF CANADA 1939-1935; by C.P. STACEY

Total numbers of women enlistments and appointments to the three women's services during the war:

Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) - 6,781

Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) - 21,624

Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (later redesignated: Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)(R.C.A.F. (W.D.)) - 17,018

Additionally, at least 4,518 women served in the medical services, most of them as nursing sisters.

An artists impression, of some examples, of the uniforms they wore:

Top - Figure # 1 - Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service

Bottom Left - Figure # 2 - Canadian Women's Army Corps

Bottom Right - Figure # 3 - Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force/Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)

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