017736 Accession Number: 017736

Description

SITTING AT A DESK PORTRAIT OF FIRST OFFICER SHEILA MCCLEMANS, DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN'S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SERVICE (WRANS) WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST WRANS OFFICER'S TRAINING COURSE AND GAINED HER COMMISSION AS THIRD OFFICER IN FEBRUARY 1943. SHE WAS APPOINTED FIRST OFFICER IN NOVEMBER 1943. PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT SHE WAS A BARRISTER IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Details

Accession Number

017736

Photographer

Unknown Australian Official Photographer

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate

Date Made

26 October 1944

Place Made

Australia

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

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Units

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