P00999.022 Accession Number: P00999.022

Description

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

Details

Accession Number
P00999.022
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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