The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) is taking part in the Navy's vital job of ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, HMAS Harman
Accession Number 009224
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, HMAS Harman
Date made 27 August 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) is taking part in the Navy's vital job of defending the seas. WRANS operate at Harman Naval Station, near Canberra. Four WRANS share one cottage of two bedrooms, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Even when gardening, their appearance is neat. Identified from left to right WR/12 Telegraphist Judith Purchase Alley, WR/10 Telegraphist Joan Muriel Hodges, WR/5 Telegraphist Marion Stevens, WR/11 Telegraphist Sylvia Violette (Billy) Thompson, WR/6 Telegraphist June Margaret MacLeod, WR/22 Telegraphist Marjorie Isla (Bobbie) Chatterton, WR/7 Telegraphist Daphne Mary Wright.