Mademoiselle Couché
208/366 This is the period luggage owned and used daily by my Great Aunt who was a Sergeant in the Australian Army Women’s Service (AWAS) during WWII.
Sgt A V Couché was one of 5 children and their 2 parents who migrated to Australia from Ireland in 1923. In 1939 she and two other siblings and Father joined up to fight to protect their new country.
She was assigned to the RTO (Regimental Transport Office) Townsville in Far North Queensland. She remained in the Army until 1947.
As a woman in the 1940s to achieve the rank of Sergeant was testament to her skill and tenacity and I am deeply proud of her service and the service of all my family members in all the theatres of War in which they served. 🇦🇺
208/366 This is the period luggage owned and used daily by my Great Aunt who was a Sergeant in the Australian Army Women’s Service (AWAS) during WWII.
Sgt A V Couché was one of 5 children and their 2 parents who migrated to Australia from Ireland in 1923. In 1939 she and two other siblings and Father joined up to fight to protect their new country.
She was assigned to the RTO (Regimental Transport Office) Townsville in Far North Queensland. She remained in the Army until 1947.
As a woman in the 1940s to achieve the rank of Sergeant was testament to her skill and tenacity and I am deeply proud of her service and the service of all my family members in all the theatres of War in which they served. 🇦🇺