P01262.297 Accession Number: P01262.297

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Studio portrait of Jean McKenzie wearing the uniform of the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC). Believed to be WR/87 Jean Jervis McKenzie from Sydney, NSW who served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) from 29 June 1942 until 17 July 1945 when she finished her service as a Wran Telegraphist. One in a series of portraits of early members of the WESC, many of whom became WRANS. The album of portraits was compiled by Mrs Florence Violet McKenzie OBE, founder of WESC, which trained Signallers and Telegraphists.

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Accession Number
P01262.297
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1939
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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