Elizabeth McCrow, Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in USA and Australia, photographs and ephemera, Second World War.

Collection includes: 15 small photographs, postcards and cuttings in an envelope, all annotated, including one showing a group of Wrens and Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, and two of Wrens in the Fleet Mail Office in New York; a larger photograph of Mr Bruce, High Commander for Australia speaking to Wrens in London in 1944; a larger photograph of HMS FORMIDABLE entering Sydney Harbour, 1946 and another of the same vessel with her crew of Wrens; a large photograph folded in 3 of a group of Wrens who went to Australia in 1944; a naval message telling of the surrender of the Italian Fleet; a copy of The Dittybox, No. 12, June 1945; a line crossing certificate for Elizabeth McCrow on HMS FORMIDABLE, April 1946; souvenir publication 'Thank you Australia' by and for the British Pacific Fleet, containing many images of daily life for the fleet in this period.

Record Details

Item reference: WRN/16; MSS/79/033 WRN/17
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1939-1946
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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