A pictorial record from a photo album of Betty Garner WRNS, from her joining the Royal Navy in 1943 aged 20 to demob in July 1946

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:20 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

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This photo album was in the belongings left by my late aunt, Betty Garner, when she died in 2007.

She was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1923, the family returned to Glasgow in 1934, and she joined up when living in Glasgow.

She started training at Aultbea before embarking for service in South Africa. It mostly shows friends and colleagues during time off, as I expect she couldn't have a camera with her during operational hours.

I have digitised the story and published on a website - https://ww2wren.weebly.com

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1. Digitised pages of photo album. .....to follow on..... 2. ID photo found separately. 3. Front and back of Post Office savings book, account opened while training at Aultbea, Scotland. 4. Pages of the newspaper "The Monarch Mail" published onboard the 'QSMV Dominion Monarch' on the return from South Africa to Southampton in 1946 for demob. 5. Later photo of Dominion Monarch found on web.

Person the story/items relate to

Betty Garner

Person who shared the story/items

Ian Mitchell

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

My Aunt

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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

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99718

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Their Finest Hour World War Two Africa African British Empire Canada Canadian Commonwealth Empire North America North American Photo Photograph Photographs Photos South Africa South African Training

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