P00784.043 Accession Number: P00784.043

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Members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) queue in a dining room at HMAS Harman Naval Wireless Station. They are collecting their midday meal from a chef who is pouring sauce on the plates before the women take them. Identified third from the left is WR/457 Wran Writer Joan Edmondson from Perth, Western Australia and on the far right is WR/169 Wran Telegraphist Jean Simpson from Sydney, NSW. (This image appears on page 74 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store)

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Accession Number
P00784.043
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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