Women's Timber Corps
Submitted by admin on 17 April 2012 - 9:44am
Revised: 17 April 2012 - 9:57am — admin
Other names:
The women of the WTC where known as 'Lumberjills'
Dates:
1942-1946
The WTC was formed during the Second World War to provide workers for the Foresty Commission.
The work of the WTC included all the jobs involved with forestry including felling, snedding, loading, crosscutting, driving tractors, trucks, working with horses and operating sawmills.