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Canadian Army Certificate of Military Qualification

Date1953
Credit LineGift of Evoda Pickering, London, Ontario, 2017
Object number2017.016.010
Label TextLondoner Eva Gandolfo joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in 1949, shortly after its re-establishment. As tensions heightened in the early years of the Cold War, the army recognized it needed women recruits if it was to achieve the military strength required for security. Again, women served in non-combat roles. For her part, Gandolfo worked as a clerk.
NameCertificate, Achievement