The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sydney, NSW. Portrait of Mrs Florence Violet McKenzie, the founder of the Women's Emergency Signallers Corps (WESC), part of an album of portraits of early members of WESC put together by Mrs McKenzie. Mrs McKenzie was the first woman in Australia to graduate in electrical engineering. In July 1938 she joined the Australian Women's Flying Club in Sydney, becoming an instructor in Morse code. She formed WESC, foreseeing that Australian defence would need wireless telegraphists and signallers. Mrs McKenzie became impatient waiting for the RAAF to recruit women and offered her trainees to the RAN, fourteen of whom were accepted, forming the nucleus for the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). In May 1941, the RAAF appointed Mrs McKenzie as an honorary Flight Officer in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in appreciation of her services. In 1950, she was awarded an OBE. (Donor E. Murrell)
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1939. NORRIE FITZGERALD. ONE IN A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF EARLY MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SIGNALLING CORPS (WESC), MANY OF WHOM BECAME WRANS. THE ALBUM OF PORTRAITS WAS COMPILED BY M
Florence Violet McKenzie OBE, 'Mrs Mac' (nee Wallace) was Australia's first female electrical engineer, first female amateur radio operator and founder of the Electrical Association for Women. Having
Three uniformed members of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) at Circular Quay. WESC trained women as signallers and telegraphists. Left to right: Marg ?; Pat McInnes [MacInnes]; Esme Kura
Three uniformed members of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC). WESC trained women as signallers and telegraphists. Left to right: Pat McInnes [MacInnes]; Marg ?; Esme Kura Murrell. Mrs Fl
Mrs Florence Violet McKenzie OBE at an unveiling ceremony in her honour. The plaque is recognizing her service to Australia. Mrs McKenzie was the first woman in Australia to graduate in electrical eng
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1939. ESME MURRELL. ONE IN A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF EARLY MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SIGNALLING CORPS (WESC), MANY OF WHOM BECAME WRANS. THE ALBUM OF PORTRAITS WAS COMPILED BY MRS FL
Outdoor portrait of Esme Kura Murrell in her WESC uniform, possibly taken outside the WESC training rooms in Clarence Street, Sydney. WESC was run by Mrs Florence Violet McKenzie who saw a need and se
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1939. MRS F. V. MCKENZIE. ONE IN A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF EARLY MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SIGNALLING CORPS (WESC), MANY OF WHOM BECAME WRANS. THE ALBUM OF PORTRAITS WAS COMPILED BY
