Template:Did you know nominations/Ruby Boye

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:40, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Ruby Boye

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Ruby Boye in her Navy uniform.
Ruby Boye in her Navy uniform.
  • ... that Ruby Boye (pictured) was the only female coastwatcher? Source: Over the course of World War II, Ruby Boye operated the radio at Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands as Australia’s only female coastwatcher." ([1])

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:00, 20 April 2018 (UTC).

  • Hi Hawkeye7, review follows: article created 17 April; article is of good length, well written and referenced in line throughout; hook fact is interesting, cited in the article and checks out to a reliable source; image works well at small scale, is correctly attributed and freely licensed; QPQ has been done. A fantastic new article on an interesting person - Dumelow (talk) 10:06, 20 April 2018 (UTC)