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Studio portrait of Nancy Champion wearing the uniform of the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC). Believed to be WR/92 Nancy Doreen Champion from Sydney, NSW who served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) from 1 October 1942 until 26 April 1946 when she finished her service as a Leading 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
P01262.286
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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