Australian (Queensland) Women's Auxiliary Transport Service WWII Cartoon

This is an original cartoon drawing of a WATS member during World War II with a warning to Adolph Hitler, in a handsome mahogany frame. Image size is 6" x 3 14" (sight). Outside frame measurements are 13 1/2" x 10 1/2". 

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WOMEN'S AUXILIARY TRANSPORT SERVICE WATS
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

 The Queensland Women's Auxiliary Transport Service or W.A.T.S. was founded by and headed by Mrs. Annabel R. Philp as Commandant in about April 1940. Their President was W. A. Jolly, M.H.R. The W.A.T.S. had registered itself under the Women's National Register as a separate organisation to the Women's National Emergency Legion which had broken away from. It had previously been the Transport Unit of the WNELs with its Transport Headquarters at Empire Chambers, Wharf Street and Mrs. Philp had been the Commandant for Transport of the WNELs.

Miss N. Bancroft, the Hon. Secretary of the Women's National Emergency Legion and Youth Movement stated in a letter to Mr. Fadden dated 21 May 1940:-

"Some little time ago Mrs. R. C. Philp, who was one of the Senior Officers of the Legion broke away for reasons best known to herself and took with her a small section of our girls., this was unfortunate as no doubt the fact that we were not fathered by the Commonwealth Government in the first place may have been responsible for some of the girls leaving our section."

"Mrs. Ryan who is head of our organisation is the founder of the Legion movement in Queensland keenly regrets this action of Mrs. Philp, and further regrets that she is contemplating registering our uniform in an effort to prohibit our girls from wearing it."

The W.A.T.S. had their Headquarters in Brisbane in the Gray's Building at 240 George Street in the city. They also had their own W.A.T.S. Rest Rooms in the Gray's building which offered refreshments for service personnel. The W.A.T.S. was the forerunner of the Australian Women's Land Army AWLA.