The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of the first members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) from the Naval Wireless/Transmitting Station, Canberra (to be later commissioned on 1 July 1943 as HMAS Harman). These servicemen and women transferred in late 1942 to the nearby Molonglo Receiving Station opened to carry traffic from Whitehall, Haliflax and Bombay Fort. Identified from left to right, back row (standing): Leading Telegraphists Tich Philips and Jock Campbell, Wran Telegraphists WR86 Joyce Helen Barton and WR130 Marie Norma McKenna; Wran Cooks WR1586 Gloria Elizabeth ‘Poppy’ Ashdown and WR171 Lilian Patricia ‘Pat’ Abbott; Wran Teleprinter Operator WR112 Margaret Florence Shergold; Leading Wran Telegraphist WR7 Daphne Mary Wright; Telegraphist B/2373 Frederick John ‘Fred’ Lubach; Leading Telegraphist S/3807 John Howard ‘Jack’ Gore.
Middle row (sitting): Wran Telegraphist WR167 Joyce Osborn; Wran Teleprinter Operator WR105 Coras Irene Allen; Wran Telegraphist WR89 Edna May Thomas; Leading Wran Telegraphist WR46 Joan Ellen Dixon; Wran Teleprinter Operators WR110 Phyllis May ‘Phil’ McDonald and WR109 Dorothy Margaret ‘Dot’ Macguire; Wran Telegrapist WR47 Mary Elizabeth ‘Molly’ Cuthbert; Leading Wran Telegraphist WR11 Sylvia Violette ‘Billie’ Thompson.
Front row: Petty Officer Telegraphists 17213 George Wallis Allen and D/JX160332 Thomas Frederick ‘Tom’ Lloyd.
Group portrait of WRANS and two sailors on staff at HMAS Harman. Identified from left to right, back row: 20896 Able Seaman Telegraphist Gladstone Roy Cooke; unidentified; WR/2178 Wran Teleprinter Ope
Outdoor group portrait of members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) being inspected before going on weekend leave by Lieutenant Commander Archibald Duncan McLachlan (Officer in cha
Members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on parade. Identified from left to right: WR/765 Wran Writer Alma Marshall Burgess (later married name of Rogers and later Petty Officer S
Members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on parade. Identified from left to right: WR/765 Wran Writer Alma Marshall Burgess (later married name of Rogers and later Petty Officer S
Indoor group portrait of senior members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) at HMAS Harman Naval Wireless Station on the fourth birthday of the service. These seven were part of the
Group portrait of Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) Officers and staff in summer uniform. Identified from left to right, back row: WR/692 Second Officer Dorothy Helen Rylah; WR/2501 Wran
