055999 Accession Number: 055999

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Portrait of Third Officer WRANS Elizabeth Barclay Young (later married name of MacDonald) from Adelaide, South Australia. She joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) as WR/732 Wran Driver Young on 8 February 1943 and was then appointed as a Third Officer on 26 May 1943. After later being promoted to Second Officer, she left the service on 30 September 1945.

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Accession Number
055999
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 August 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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