Photographs of WRNS (Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service) activities, and family photographs taken by Percy John Lee

Photographs of WRNS (Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service) activities between 1942-1945 collected by WRNS member Marjorie Lee, and family photographs taken circa 1916-1920s taken by Marjorie Lee's father Percy John Lee.

WRNS photographs were taken at Somes Island and Shelly Bay in Wellington, and at Long Bay and/or Torbay, Auckland. Includes publicity photographs at Point Halswell using models as WRNS; degaussing station at Shelly Bay; WRNS at the former matron's house for the Shelly Bay borstal; images relating to minesweepers at Shelly Bay; WRNS from HMNZS 'Cook' at Hinemoa Street with Colour Sergeant Brecon at left; WRNS Montague Whalers Race in Evans Bay, 19 Feb 1944; WRNS at a Easter Regatta at Evans Bay, 1944

Family photographs include images of Miss Marjorie Lee, her father Percy, her mother Ellen and siblings Reginald and Winifred. One shows them at Island Bay beach. Two others show them on the back steps of their house at Britomart Street in Berhampore.

Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Shipboard diary of voyage to NZ on SS Corinthic Sept-Oct 1913 by Percy John Lee (1896-1963).