P00291.002 Accession Number: P00291.002

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Informal group portrait of four members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) cutting a cake to celebrate the first birthday of the WRANS in Brisbane, Queensland. Identified from left to right: WR/256 Petty Officer Wran Regulator Jessie Ferrie Maxwell; WR/252 Leading Wran Coder Audrey Margaret Randel; Third Officer Thelma Ray Fenton (later Second Officer Thelma Harbison); and WR/250 Petty Officer Wran Supply Assistant Nesta Jane Massie.

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Accession Number
P00291.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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