The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Commander Lillian Cooke, commander of the Women’s Reserve Emergency Naval Service (WRENS) which was formed in Brisbane before the Second World War and was expanded to other states after the war started. In December 1941 the WRENS title was altered to Women’s Naval Service (WNS) but they retained their uniform and naval form of training. The women were volunteers trained in wireless telegraphy, catering and supply, first aid, home nursing, physical training, bookkeeping and writing. They wore a uniform of a navy blue double-breasted jacket and skirt, white shirt, black tie, black stockings, navy hat with badge, brown gloves and a white lanyard. Many of the WNS women worked as volunteers for the navy while some undertook paid work in the supply and pay offices of Navy Headquarters in Sydney. Commander Cooke was the commander of both the WRENS and the WNS throughout the Second World War.
Outdoor group portrait of three members of Women’s Reserve Emergency Naval Service (WRENS), a volunteer group of women who worked with the Royal Australian Navy. Identified in the centre is Commander
Outdoor portrait of two officers of the Women’s Naval Service (WNS), a volunteer group of women who worked with the Royal Australian Navy. Identified on the left is Commander Lillian Cooke, the comman
Studio portrait of an unidentified member of the Women’s Naval Service (WNS), a volunteer group of women who worked with the Royal Australian Navy. Previously called the Women’s Reserve Emergency Nava
Informal outdoor portrait of Enid May (Ned) Breakspear (later Mrs Dore) wearing the uniform of the Women’s Reserve Emergency Naval Service (WRENS), a volunteer group of women who worked with the Royal
A British recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS). It depicts a young woman in the WRNS uniform standing on a cliff top, with her hands out in an appeal for more members. The WRN
A Second World War recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) featuring a three-quarter length depiction of a woman dressed in the uniform of a WRN set against a blue sea and horizo