Fed: Rallying bugle sounds for women on Anzac Day

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2009
Fed: Rallying bugle sounds for women on Anzac Day

Australian women have stepped up to the plate in wartime for more than a century ..

now they're being urged to step out in the annual Anzac Day parades.

Women began serving their country during the Boer War in 1898 .. long before Australians
had heard of Gallipoli.

In World War One .. around two thousand women served in field hospitals and on board
medical ships.

By World War Two .. 60 thousand were serving in the army .. navy and air force.

As Australians prepare to observe the 94th Anzac Day around the country and around
the world .. the RSL says commemoration of women's efforts is long overdue.

AAP RTV dc/rt

KEYWORD: ANZAC WOMEN (SYDNEY)

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