009224 Accession Number: 009224

Description

The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) is taking part in the Navy's vital job of defending the seas. WRANS operate at Harman Naval Station, near Canberra. Four WRANS share one cottage of two bedrooms, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Even when gardening, their appearance is neat. Identified from left to right WR/12 Telegraphist Judith Purchase Alley, WR/10 Telegraphist Joan Muriel Hodges, WR/5 Telegraphist Marion Stevens, WR/11 Telegraphist Sylvia Violette (Billy) Thompson, WR/6 Telegraphist June Margaret MacLeod, WR/22 Telegraphist Marjorie Isla (Bobbie) Chatterton, WR/7 Telegraphist Daphne Mary Wright.

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Accession Number
009224
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original acetate
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
Date Made
27 August 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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