Lieutenant Diane Lawrence as a nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969Australian Army Nurse uniform - grey and white veil, silver buttons, black lace up shoes, dog tags and stethescope.On dog tags - D.E. Lawerence - service no. F2540, 1st Australian Field Hospitallt. diane elizabeth lawrence, australian army, f25240, royal australian army nursing corps, 1st australian field hospital, australian army nurses

Illustrated book. Front cover has a coloured photograph of two women hanging out laundry (nurses Vung Tau, 1968) Title (yellow ink) subtitle (white ink) and author's name (white ink) are printed over this photo. Title and author's name are printed in dark brown on a light brown background on the spine along with the publisher's mark. The back cover has a summary of the book printed on a light brown background, along with three photographs: a nurse on duty (Diane Lawrence) two women in khaki sitting on sandbags, and a woman in uniform holding a young boy (Terrie Roche with 'Rabbit" the young mascot of the Civic Action Team).non-fiction"Tears on my pillow' describes the nursing experiences of nursing in the Vietnam War using the words, voices and photographs of these Australian servicewomen. These veterans tell tales of femininity interspersed with the reality of the military environment through their stories of trauma, distress, tears and grief that went on for many years, and stories of underwear, fun and the basic things in life.royal australian army nursing corps, vietnam war 1961-1975-medical care, military nursing-vietnam, military nursing-australia

Photocopy of a letter of thanks written by Betty Constance Lawson [then secretary of the Returned Nurses Club] to Marjorie Gough thanking her for her letter and cuttings relating to Ivy Clyne. The photocopies of these articles are part of this document package. The article titles are: 'It's time to celebrate' in Regional News Tuesday, June 4, 1991, p9 'Sunbury farwells a grand lady' in [Telegraph 28/03/1995] 'Nurse recalls force' in Regional News April 20, 1993 'Nursing memories' in Regional News Tuesday, April 24, 1990, p8 'The women of war' in Telegraph Tuesday, April 25, 1989, p20Black and white photocopies of hand-written letters and newspaper clippings with varying article style examples and all articles having photographs. Photocopy of handwritten letter is a single A4 page. One A4 page containing a photocopy of two newspaper clippings. One A4 page containing a photocopy of a single newspaper clipping. Two parts of two A4 pages attached together with sticky tape making up a larger newspaper clipping. Another two A4 pages making up a larger newspaper clipping.'A / Ivy Clyne' [on the back of newspaper clipping held together with sticky tape in blue ink]australian army nursing corps, aanc, royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ivy clyne, betty constance lawson, marjorie gough, returned nurses club

Biographical article about the wartime romance of Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps nurse Alice Ross-King and Lieutenant Harry Moffitt. Their story is part of an Australian War Memorial (AWM) project [the transcription of letters and other ephemera by the public] and Robyn van Dyk from the AWM is quoted in this article.Newspaper clipping with a partial black and white photographe of two women walking and saluting. First page of clipping has five columns of text including the caption to the photograph. Second page of the newspaper clipping with partial large black and white photograph with three other small black and white photographs and one colour. This second page of the clipping has four columns of text.alice ross-king, harry moffitt, robyn van dyk, australian war memorial, love letter, wwi, world war one, ww1, awm, australian army women's medical services, florence nightingale medal

Obituary about Betty Constance Lawson Member of the British Empire (MBE) who lived from 09/08/1915 to 15/02/2006. Ms Lawson did her initial training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and served in WWII with the Australian Army Nursing Corps she then went on to do more extensive relevant training and was the recipient of many scholarships and awards including the Florence Nightingale Medal and her MBE.Newspaper clipping with a colour photograph on the left hand side of an older man and woman in the foreground and an older woman in the background. The obituary has six columns of text.florence nightingale medal, betty constance lawson, wwii, ww2, world war two, royal melbourne hospital, royal women's hospital, australian army nursing corps, aanc

Article celebrating Mary Gibson from Nanneella who was a WWII nurse and was given a life membership to the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association and her story is featured in the book 'Caped crusaders' written by Footscray City College year 9 students.Newspaper clipping with colour heading and photo of an elderly woman holding a book titled 'Caped crusaders' with two columns of text.world war two, wwll, ww2, army nurse, royal australian army nursing corps association, caped crusaders, mary gibson, footscray city college

Article about Perditta Marjorie McCarthy's Army nursing career from 1941 until her retirement in 1972, the first female Brigadier in the Australian Army.Newspaper clipping with a headline, four columns of text and a black and white portrait photograph of a woman in Australian Army Nurses uniform.'WWII' [blue ink in the top right hand corner] 'Sunday Telegraph 25 Apr 1982' [blue ink across the lower border]wwii, world war two, ww2, perditta marjorie mccarthy, royal australian army nursing corps

00607.1 Brown leather belt. Attached are 2 British/Australian military badges, 7 buttons and one officers pip.00607.2 Assorted badges and coins.00607.3 Lapel badge Naval Assn of Australia engraved 561 on reverse. ASM 1939-1945 engraved PA2095 EJ Cope. Royal British Nursing Assn medal Wilhelmina Crosby 00607.4 12 Australian Army Medical Corps buttons Queens Crown124world war two, ww2, wwii, badges, coins, royal british nursing association, naval association of australia, australian army medical corps