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Junior Sailors Mess

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Accommodation for junior sailors. 

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A row of cramped bunks, stacked three high with thin blue mattresses. There are straps like seatbelts across them for securing the crew in rough conditions.

HMAS Ovens Junior Mess.
Credit: WA Museum

The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.