A few Alfred nurses who trained in the 1880's and 1890's presented this bell, on August 3, 1931, to the Alfred Hospital Nurses League. List of names Emma F. Rice (Graduated 1888) E.M. Farie-Wright (1888), J.May (1891), Rosa J.M.Snodgrass (1897), Florence B.Lloyd-Wilson (1891) Agnes Dale-Smith (1891) Annie Russell (1889) Annie E.H.Thomson (1892)The Nurses League was founded in 1918 for 'nurses to socialize and exchange ideas'. The League was very active and the social events notoriously noisy. The bell was presented in 1931 with a note, 'hoping it will be useful and also to show warm appreciation of our very pleasant Reunions from a few of the Trainees of the Eighties and Nineties'. The thought was to help bring the gatherings to order long enough to make announcements. It has been used extensively for this purpose over the years and most recently, at the League's centenary lunch in 2018.A small, engraved electroplated nickel silver metal bell. A double rim around the base and leaf shaped handle with graded spaces along the length of the handle.'Presented to the Alfred Hospital Nurses League from a Few Trainees of the Eighties & Nineties.' engraved on front of body of bell. EPNS at top of back of handlehand bell, alfred nurses hospital league

Part of a two page spread with the articles on the event on the missing page. The photographs on this page give insight into the ages and number of women who were present at the celebration of the 41st birthday of the Australian Army Nursing Service. Including a representative of the US Army Nursing Service.Newspaper page with headline, and four black and white photographs of women in Australian Army Nursing Service uniforms and one black and white photograph of women in Australian Army Medical Womens Service uniforms. All photos have captions.'NC14' [blue ink, top left hand corner] 'WWII' [blue ink, top right hand corner]wwii, world war two, ww2, australian army nursing service, annie moriah sage, grace wilson, charlotte joan mcallister, blanche sagner, us army nursing service, ethel jessie bowe, margaret alison tisdale, jean evelyn headberry, mary dorothy fahle