The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. A 31 year old from Neutral Bay, NSW, she enlisted as a Wran Writer (WR/525) on 5 January 1943 and following training was posted to HMAS Rushcutter where she was appointed a Third Officer (Sub Lieutenant equivalent) on 26 May 1943. After being promoted to Second Officer on 1 January 1945 she served until 8 February 1946 when the WRANS were being disbanded. She re-entered the service as a Third Officer WRANS on 9 March 1951 and served until 2 October 1951.
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 WR/4072 Wran Writer Margaret Lorraine Mee from Rockhampton, Queensland. She served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) from 6 March 1945 until 1 October 1946 when
Portrait of WR/666 Wran Writer Blanche Alice Lawless-Pyne from Brisbane, Queensland. She joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on 25 January 1943 and served until 20 September 1946
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 Austral
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
Group portrait of the first 15 members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) to join in Brisbane, Queensland. Identified from left to right, back row: Josephine Dyer, probably Joan Dy
