009213 Accession Number: 009213

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Outdoor group portrait of members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) being inspected before going on weekend leave by Lieutenant Commander Archibald Duncan McLachlan (Officer in charge of the RAN Wireless Telegraphy Station Canberra and became the first Commanding Officer when the station was commissioned as HMAS Harman in 1943.) Identified in the back row, second from the left is WR/23 Wran Cook Marion Elizabeth Hill and on the far left is WR/1 Wran Telegraphist Frances Betty Provan. Front row: unidentified; WR/11 Wran Telegraphist Sylvia Violette Thompson; WR/4 Wran Telegraphist Denise Culver Owen and WR/13 Wran Signaller Shirley Isobel Drew.

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Accession Number
009213
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
27 August 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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