056284 Accession Number: 056284

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Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of USA President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) inspecting members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) at the Port Melbourne Naval Depot, HMAS Lonsdale. Identified behind Mrs Roosevelt is Third Officer Phyllis Barton D’Arcy-Irving. Second from the right is WR/1234 Wran Coder Frances Madge Vogel and on the far right is WR/1230 Wran Coder Jean Collie Rosie (later Leading Wran Coder).

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Accession Number
056284
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
6 September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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