Women of the Royal Australian Navy : Part One History and Stories of the Women's Organisations afflilated with the RAN 1914-1949 / Compiled by Joan Henstock.

Collection type	Library
Author	Henstock, Joan, compiler.;
Call Number	F 355.0092 H493 Pt.1
Document type	Monograph
Year	2013, 2013 .
Pagination	305 pages : photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles ; 30 cm.
Publisher	Instant Colour Press,
Note	Dedicated to all the women, who were in some way affiliated with the Royal Australian Navy between 1914 and 1949. Includes a Bibliography and index (pages 294-305) Previously Australian Nurses had served in the Boer War and World War One but women were not asked to serve in non-nursing positions in the Australian armed services until World War two. The late 1930s and early 1940s would have been a trying time for the Australian people who were just coming out of the Great Depression and going into World War Two. This was an era when women's lives revolved mainly around their husbands and families. A number of young Australian women would undergo dramatic life chan ges during World War Two, when the necessity arose for them to contribute in some way towards the war effort to enable men in non-combat positions to be released for combatant roles. Unlike England, where conscription was in force, which included Austral ian women who were living in England, the women in Australia were volunteers for the armed services.--Introduction. General.
Place made	Belconnen, ACT :

Abstract

Abbreviations--Introduction--Women of the Royal Australian Navy 1941-1949--The way we were(been there, done that) Personal Stories by Jess Scott Doyle (Prain); Jean Nysen; Shirley Fenton Huie--Nurses in the Royal Australian Navy - World War One--Nancy Be ntley--Women''s Royal Australian Naval Service 1941-1948--WRANS Postings and Depots--Regulations and Instructions?WRANS Uniform--Other Women''s organisations associated with the RAN--Postmistress HMAS Harman--Honorary Commandants--WRANS and Australian Women Working with Allied Forces in Australia--Tributes to the WW11 WRANS--Demobilisation WRANS--After Demobilisation--Some items perhaps of interest--Women''s Royal Australian Naval reserves (W.R.A.N.R.)--ex-Servicemen''s Association - Admission of ex-servicewo men--Mrs.Mac (Florence Violet McKenzie)--Commander Jack Bolton Newman--Contribution made by World War Two WRANS--Future contributions made by world war two WRANS--Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS)--Those who served--Badges--Medals and decorat ions--Coloured copies of photos that appear as black and white in the publication.