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Apr 25, 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died on 14 Apr 1993 (aged 74)
(1918–1993) naval officer
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About Joan Streeter
- Joan Streeter, (née Ritchie; 25 April 1918 – 14 April 1993) was an Australian naval officer. Born in Melbourne, Streeter attended a business college and worked as a clerk before joining the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) in 1943.
- She was trained as an officer and served at the bases Penguin, Kuranda, Kuttabul and Rushcutter before the discontinuation of the service after the end of the Second World War.
- The service was reformed at the onset of the Korean War; Streeter, who had in the interim moved first to London and then to Canada, returned and was in 1958 named director of the WRANS.
- She served in this role until her retirement in 1973 and "was influential in developing government policy to encourage women to enter naval careers".
- Significantly, in 1968 she spearheaded a reform to allow women to remain in WRANS after they were married.Streeter was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1964.
