P01262.120 Accession Number: P01262.120

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Studio portrait of Olive Brayshaw wearing the uniform of the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC). WR/55 Olive Esther Brayshaw from Adaminaby, NSW served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) from 1 October 1942 until 8 April 1946 when she finished her service as a Chief Petty Officer Wran Regulator. 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
P01262.120
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1939
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
DONOR: M. TAYLOR
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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