| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00293.002 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, New Farm, HMAS Moreton |
| Date made | 4 October 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of the first 15 members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) to ...
Description
Group portrait of the first 15 members of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) to join in Brisbane, Queensland. Identified from left to right, back row: Josephine Dyer, probably Joan Dyer (WR/245 Wran Driver); Clare Maugham (WR/251 Leading Wran Driver) [slightly forward]; Thelma Mason Griffin (WR/247 Wran Writer and later Second Officer); Dorothy Isabella Wallace (WR/255 Leading Wran Supply Assistant); and Ellen Mary Corrigan (WR/243 Wran Driver and later Third Officer).
Second row: Jennie Ethel Bamford (WR/242 Leading Wran Driver); Audrey Margaret Randel (WR/252 Wran Coder); Mavis Gloria Evelyn (Gloria) Lachlan (WR/249 Petty Officer Wran Dental Attendant); and Anne Catherine Dreversen (WR/244 Wran Writer and later Second Officer).
Third row: Olive Eva Grice (WR/248 Wran Writer); Thelma Ray Fenton (WR/246 Wran Writer and later Second Officer); Joan Beatrice Thompson (WR/253 Petty Officer Wran Stores Assistant); and Jessie Ferrie Maxwell (WR/256 Petty Officer Wran Regulator).
Front row: Miss Johannes (did not join); Nesta Jane Massie (WR/250 (Petty Officer Supply Victualler); and Ruth Wilkins, probably Gabriel Ruth Wilkinson (WR/254 Wran Writer).