Ex-Servicewomen's Association of Queensland

After WWII, Major Dorothea Jane Skov founded the Ex-Service Women’s Association of Queensland to help provide ongoing support and welfare for ex-servicewomen. Between September 1941 and August 1945, over 24,000 women enlisted as volunteers in the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS). Initially needed as clerks, typists, cooks and drivers, their roles expanded to include postings in almost every army service including signals and intelligence.