By Dr J. K. Haken The Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) was formed by Mrs. Florence Violet McKenzie in March 1939 at 9 Clarence Street, Sydney, months before WWII was ...
HMAS Harman (base)
Women in the Royal Australian Navy
By MIDN M. S. SCHIMMEL, RAN – WINNER OF THE NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIZE Midshipman Mariella Savanna van der Riet Schimmel hails from Perth where she commenced a science degree ...
Women in the RAN – a Personal Perspective
Belconnen Naval Wireless Station and HMAS Harman 1939-1996
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1943
HMAS HARMAN, (shore establishment in Canberra), was commissioned. ...