World War 2, Western Australia, Womens Royal Australian Navy Service (WRANS), 1945

Overview

Photo taken at HMAS Leeuwin late 1945, awaiting discharge. Left to right: Pat Dunne; Dot Gapes; Corinne Bristow; Zona John; Laurel Weston:

Historical information

The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service was formed in April 1941 as a result of a shortage of telegraphists in the RAN. At the end of the Second World War it was disbanded, but manpower shortages in the RAN led to the service being re-constituted in 1951; it was made a permanent part of the RAN in December 1959. WRANS personnel were gradually absorbed into the RAN during the early 1980s and in due course the service was disbanded. Women were not permitted to serve aboard ships until 1983.

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cwa-org-32-MIL1991.034
Keywords
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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