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The '''Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)''' (WAC(I)), was created in 1942 out of the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma). By the end of the [[Second World War]], it had recruited 11,500 women, a large number of who were Anglo-Indian.<ref name=Harfield2005>{{cite journal |last1=Harfield |first1=Alan |title=The Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |date=2005 |volume=83 |issue=335 |pages=243–254 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44231211 |issn=0037-9700|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=National>{{cite web |author1=Family Records gov uk Consortium |title=FamilyRecords.gov.uk {{!}} Focus on... Women in Uniform {{!}} Women in World War II - Profile |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/womeninuniform/wwii_profile.htm |website=FamilyRecords.gov.uk Consortium |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720114454/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/womeninuniform/wwii_profile.htm |archive-date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Sen2017>{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sudarshana |title=Anglo-Indian Women in Transition: Pride, Prejudice and Predicament |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-10-4356-7 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Anglo_Indian_Women_in_Transition/kJ4vDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Women%27s+Auxiliary+Corps+(India)&pg=PA69&printsec=frontcover |language=en |chapter=2. Anglo-Indian women|page=69}}</ref><ref name=Perry1988>{{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Frederick William |title=The Commonwealth Armies: Manpower and Organisation in Two World Wars |date=1988 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=0-7190-2595-8 |page=114 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Commonwealth_Armies/S-VRAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Women%27s+Auxiliary+Corps+(India)&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover |language=en |chapter=3. The Indian Army}}</ref> |
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Field Marshall Auchinleck inspects Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) 1946-1947.jpg |
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==References== |
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The Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) (WAC(I)), was created in 1942 out of the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma). By the end of the Second World War, it had recruited 11,500 women, a large number of who were Anglo-Indian.[1][2][3][4]
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References
- ^ Harfield, Alan (2005). "The Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 83 (335): 243–254. ISSN 0037-9700.
- ^ Family Records gov uk Consortium. "FamilyRecords.gov.uk | Focus on... Women in Uniform | Women in World War II - Profile". FamilyRecords.gov.uk Consortium. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Sen, Sudarshana (2017). "2. Anglo-Indian women". Anglo-Indian Women in Transition: Pride, Prejudice and Predicament. Singapore: Springer. p. 69. ISBN 978-981-10-4356-7.
- ^ Perry, Frederick William (1988). "3. The Indian Army". The Commonwealth Armies: Manpower and Organisation in Two World Wars. Manchester University Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-7190-2595-8.