When Joan showed a photo of her new boyfriend to her mother, her mother remarked that he looked a lot like Selby Adams, a British pen friend she wrote to in World War I. Joan served in the Australian Women’s Army Service during World War II and, as a result of that service, was able to re-unite her mother with her pen friend from Britain. An amazing coincidence
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ACMI Identifier
B2001759
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Australia - Armed forces
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Australia - Armed forces - Women
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Veterans - Australia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War - Australia - History
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women in war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women soldiers
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Australia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, Australian
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy