SECRET WORK
NEW ZEALAND “WREN” Day and night, throughout the 24 hour.b, approximately 10(1,000 members of the wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service) help guard the British Isles in a variety ot ways—from manning wireless signalling stations to being wireless operators on tiny coastai boats. Of the three New Zealand girls who wear the blue uniform of the Wrens, one is Miss Patricia Jowett, whose parents reside in St. Albans, Christchurch. She holds the rank of Chief Petty Officer and is stationed “somewhere in England.” Miss Jowett is a Bachelor of Arts, Canterbury College; but now she is one of those highly-skilled and valuable young women who have mastered the mysteries of the Morse code and the wireless key. Under a pledge of secrecy, none of these women is allowed to divulge what they hear at their listening posts, even if they would. But after the war, theirs will be a story which will rank first among a vast saga of tales of adventure, excitement, and of real battles of wits.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 115, 19 May 1942, Page 2
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170SECRET WORK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 115, 19 May 1942, Page 2
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