P02151.002 Accession Number: P02151.002

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Rockhampton, QLD. c.1942. Members of the Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) in a field picking cotton. Included in the group are Mrs Myra Kelly, commandant of Rockhampton WNEL 1942-1945 (far left), and her daughter Ruth Kelly (later Ross) (far right). WNEL was a voluntary organisation whose members helped out in hospitals, on farms, as airspotters and in other areas of need within the community. Most WNEL members had day time jobs as well as performing this volunteer war work.

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P02151.002
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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