Ernest George Bruhn volunteers for service in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 at the age of 50 years. Attached to the 9 Airfield Construction Unit, he is involved in the construction and maintenance of airfields in mainland Australia in 1942-43.
Annette Augusta Schalburg is one of the women of Danish descent who volunteers for the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
A small number of Danes working in the plantation industry in Malaysia in the 1930s volunteers in 1940-41 for the Malayan Volunteer Air Force – a small force that support the allied forces in South-East Asia during the 1941-42 campaign.
About three years ago I carried out a search on the World War 2 Nominal Roll website (of Australia) finding 38 individuals born in Denmark who served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. Ever since I have been researching these individuals trying to find out how many of these who were in fact still Danish when the enlisted in the Australian forces.
