P01132.003 Accession Number: P01132.003

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Members of the WRANS and RAN at HMAS Harman Naval Wireless Station working on camouflage nets for slit trenches surrounding the station. Cloth was threaded through wire netting then dunked in mud. Identified from left to right is WR/22 Telegraphist Marjorie Isla (Bobbie) Chatterton, from Croydon, NSW, an unidentified sailor, WR/6 Telegraphist June Margaret MacLeod, from Vaucluse, NSW, and WR/102 Phoebe Olga Cohen, from Randwick, NSW.

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Accession Number
P01132.003
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Polyester
Format: 4x5"
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor S Grylls
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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