| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Rose Bay |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 017674 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin |
| Physical description | 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin |
| Maker |
Australian News And Information Bureau |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 30 September 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Noreen Dudgeon of Rose Bay, NSW, instructs US Naval personnel in visual signalling. Left to ...
Description
Noreen Dudgeon of Rose Bay, NSW, instructs US Naval personnel in visual signalling. Left to right: Third class Signallers E. W. Schwaller of Appleton, Wisconsin; W. G. Hunter of Monroe, Wisconsin; Joe Smerdel of Indianapolis, Indiana; T. C. Johnson of Abilene, Texas; R. L. Walters of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They are amongst the first group of US Navy personnel to do a full signals course with the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps. Believed to be the only signals school run by women in the world, it has trained 10,000 Allied fighting men since war began. All instructors give services voluntarily. Director and Chief Instructor, Mrs F. V. McKenzie, an electrical engineer, has had a radio transmitting licence for many years and was one of Sydney's first experimenters in radio.