P00392.001 Accession Number: P00392.001

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Informal outdoor portrait of Enid May (Ned) Breakspear (later Mrs Dore) wearing the uniform of the Women’s Reserve Emergency Naval Service (WRENS), a volunteer group of women who worked with the Royal Australian Navy and was later called the Women’s Naval Service (WNS). On 18 November 1942, Miss Breakspear joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) as a Supply Assistant, service number WR/264. She later trained in regulating and finished her service on 5 September 1946 as a Chief Petty Officer Wran Regulating.

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Accession Number
P00392.001
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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