WOMEN’S NAVAL SERVICE
FORMATION IN NEW ZEALAND
CHRISTCHURCH, June 3
The formation of a New Zealand Women’s Royal Naval Service similar to those in Britain, Australia, and Canada, is in progress. The director of the Wrens, as they are popularly known in Britain, is Miss Ruth Herrick, of Napier, Dominion Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides, who is taking up her appointment this week.
New Zealand Wrens will be employed as wireless telegraphists, mess hands, and cooks. Telegraphists are required to have attained a speed of 15 words a minute in sending and receiving Morse. No official announcement has yet been made, but it is probable that the Wrens will wear a uniform similar to that of the British Women’s Royal Naval Service.
The enlistment of women for service in the Navy was begun about four months ago, when it was announced that all women who wished to serve with the armed forces were required to register with the Women’s War Service Auxiliary. Conditions of service and rates of pay for the Army were announced, and it was stated that the Navy conditions were comparable.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1942, Page 2
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