Several of the male actors were serving in forces at the time the film was made, including those with previous acting experience: John Fleeting (who has appeared in a number of Cinesound Productions), who was a sergeant in the A.I.F., and Grant Taylor (who had starred in Forty Thousand Horsemen), who was a private in the A.M.F..
Of the female actors, Aileen Britten was in the V.A.D.
See, 'Men of Services in New Film', The Mail, 11 October 1941, p.6.