P00999.019 Accession Number: P00999.019

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Group portrait of Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) Officers and staff in winter uniform. Identified from left to right, back row: WR/2501 Wran Writer Amelia Louise Allen; WR/1330 Wran Flora Bertha Maud Saward; WR/364 Petty Officer Wran Regulator Marjorie Maud Long; and WR/711 Chief Petty Officer Wran Regulator Nancy Disher.
Second row: WR/1293 Third Officer Glory Margaret Howieson (standing); WR/1214 Third Officer Leonie Phyllis Mary Wilson (standing); WR/692 Second Officer Dorothy Helen Rylah (sitting); WR/143 First Officer Mary Alison Howard (nee Butler); WR/84 Third Officer Nora Patricia (Pat) Ireland; WR/1086 Petty Officer Wran Regulator Sylvia Mary Jeffries; and WR/1707 Third Officer Marjorie Orr Walker.
Front row: Wran Richards, possibly WR1780 Wran Cook Florence Richards; Wran Edwards, possibly WR2845 Wran Stores Jean Elizabeth Edwards and WR/55 Chief Petty Officer Wran Regulator Olive Esther Brayshaw.

Details

Accession Number
P00999.019
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
November 1945
Place Made
HMAS Cerberus
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M A Howard
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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