
An Australian in the civil defence of Britain
Pauline Crosby was an Australian who served in the British Women’s Voluntary Service* during World War II. The experience she gained from this organisation, during the war years, greatly influenced her later participation in other voluntary organisations, and in every organisation she gave herself wholeheartedly and selflessly in fulfilling their aims. Born Pauline Medwell on 16 February 1915, in Burra, South Australia, Pauline would spend her life committed to serving others