Black tie : Third Officer L B Dewez, Women's Royal Australian Naval Service

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Accession Number REL35037
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Rayon
Maker Farmer's, Sydney
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Woman's black neck tie with a black cotton maker's tag sewn to reverse, as well as sewn cotton name tag for 'Louise Dewez'.

History / Summary

Related to the service of Louise Bryant Dewez, born North Sydney 20 May 1918. Dewez enlisted on 7 April 1943 with the Woman’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), initially as a driver and later as a Sea Transport Officer at the shore establishment HMAS Kuttabul. She was appointed Third Officer on 28 September 1944 and soon after transferred to HMAS Magnetic, in Queensland. It was here, in Townsville, that she met her future husband, army Lieutenant Allen Lawrence Lauchlan of Croydon, NSW. Dewez was discharged on 4 February 1946.