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An informal group of members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), 1945, courtesy of Australian War Memorial.

Title
An informal group of members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS)
Description

An informal group of members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on the wharf at Garden Island. They are probably welcoming home the 6th Division, AIF and they are from left to right, back row: Maree de Haan; unknown WRAN; Nance Priddle; Betty Bowen. Front row: Val Gissing; Helen Hawe; unknown WRAN; Grace Griffith. The WRANS were working at HMAS Kuttabul at the time.

Date
1945
Control
P02696.001
Source
Australian War Memorial

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