The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of First Officer Blair Thizbe Bowden (nee Williams), Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), at Naval Base Headquarters. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, she migrated to Australia and joined the WRANS on 9 January 1943 as a Third Officer WRANS (Sub Lieutenant equivalent). She married in April 1943, was promoted to Second Officer in September 1943 and to First Officer in February 1945. At the end of the Second World War, she left the Navy on 8 May 1946 when the WRANS were disbanded. After the re-establishment of the WRANS she served again from 23 December 1950 as the first post-war Director WRANS during which time she was promoted to Chief Officer (Commander equivalent) on 14 May 1951. She left the service on 23 January 1955.
Informal portrait of First Officer Blair Thizbe Bowden (nee Williams), Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) from Sydney, NSW (born in Dunedin, New Zealand). After migrating to Australia, she
Informal portrait of Second Officer Margaret Collett Vaile of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), Press Censorship Liaison Officer, checking naval publicity at Naval Base Headquarters.
Portrait of Third Officer WRANS Elizabeth Barclay Young (later married name of MacDonald) from Adelaide, South Australia. She joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) as WR/732 Wran D
Portrait of Third Officer Mary Alison Butler, Officer in Charger WRANS at HMAS Cerberus. Originally from Woodville, South Australian, she joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) as a
Studio portrait of Third Officer WRANS Judith Maureen Philp, from Perth, Western Australia. Third Officer Philip enlisted at the age of 23 on 18 May 1943 as a Wran Writer, service number WR/1200. She
Studio portrait of Marian Stevens wearing the uniform of the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC). WR/5 Marian Stevens from Sydney, NSW, served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRAN
