Manjit Kaur has been recruited into the RAAF.

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, December 9

Manjit Kaur (36) from Muktsar has been recruited as an aircraftwoman in the medical wing of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Before her recruitment, she underwent a three-month physical training there.She hails from a family of a marginal farmer of Bhala Saryamalwala village in Ferozepur. Manjit married Roop Singh Sandhu of Muktsar in 2002. He is employed with the Australian government and drives a truck.Manjit, along with her husband, went to Australia on a study visa in 2009. At that time, she had two daughters. She got the PR in 2013.“Our maternal uncle, who retired as a Colonel from the Indian Army, was Manjit’s inspiration to serve the armed forces,” said Manjit’s brother Gursahib Singh, an employee in the judicial courts of Gidderbaha.“She cleared the physical test twice to get selected in the RAAF. She got success on December 6,” he said.About Manjit’s job, Gursahib said she would be attending to Air Force personnel suffering from medical conditions.“Manjit has worked at a community welfare and disability centre in Brisbane. She has done some study in this field as well. These things helped her get the job,” he added.