Clare Stevenson
Director WAAAF, Founder President Carers NSW · Australia · On the map · Lived 1903 to 1988 · aged 85
Clare Grant Stevenson, AM, MBE was the inaugural Director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), from May 1941 to March 1946. As such, she was described in 2001 as "the most significant woman in the history of the Air Force".
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Wing Officer Stevenson (front, second left) with Flight Officer Sybil-Jean Burnett (front, centre) and staff at No. 1 WAAAF Depot, Victoria, August 1941
Group Officer Stevenson (centre) with honorary Air Commandant of the WAAAF, Lady (Zara) Gowrie (left), and the Deputy Director WAAAF, Squadron Officer Miller (right), Melbourne, November 1942
Stevenson (centre), flanked by the American First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt (left), and Air Commodore Frank Lukis (right), September 1943
Stevenson (centre) and fellow WAAAFs on a country walk in Victoria, July 1944Awards
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Formed as a branch of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in March 1941, the WAAAF was the first and largest uniformed women's service in Australia during World War II, numbering more than 18,000 members by late 1944 and making up over thirty per cent of RAAF ground staff.