P01262.141 Accession Number: P01262.141

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Studio portrait of Dorothy Tennant wearing the uniform of the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC). WR/25 Dorothy Tennant from Sydney, NSW joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on 6 October 1941 as a Wran Writer. 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
P01262.141
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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