- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0530
Skov, Dorathea Jane
(1911 – 1985)
- Born 29 December 1911, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Died 13 April 1985
- Occupation Servicewoman
Summary
Dorathea Skov joined the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) after seeing an advertisement for girls interested in becoming army officers in 1941. Prior to enlisting Skov had been secretary of a variety of sporting bodies and suburban church groups as well as being interested in the YWCA. She became a member of the original Officer’s School and was later appointed Assistant Commandant Northern Command. Early in 1942 Captain Skov was one of the officers who interviewed candidates to enlist in the AWAS, visiting sixteen outback centres per week in the busiest period.
Dorathea Skov was the Queensland representative on the Sybil Irving Memorial Fund Committee.
Digital resources
- Title: Members of the Women's Auxiliary National Service (WANS)
- Type: Image
- Description: Portrait of members of the Women's Auxiliary National Service (WANS) at their fourth leadership dinner to their officers. Left to right: Edna Lynch, Miss E. Clancy (commandant), Gloria Turner, Miss Gwenneth Gehan (commandant). SYDNEY, NSW, 1941-10-09. (DONOR P. WHITWELL)
- Date: 3 May, 2023
- Title: Cadet G. E. Alexander, Australian Women's Army Service
- Type: Image
- Date: 3 May, 2023
- Title: AWE0530gb.jpg
- Type: Image
- Date: 3 May, 2023
Published resources
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Resource Section
- SKOV, DORATHEA JANE, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=81667
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Resource
- Trove: Skov, Dorathea Jane (1911-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-742083