Betty Duval (now Cornford) decided to sign up with Australia's Defence Forces in February 1941 to have an adventure. Four weeks later she was off to Victoria Dock with all the nurses to head overseas, destination unknown. Betty was onboard the RMS Mauretania, one of the convoy with the HMS Hobart, HM Queen Mary, RMS Aquitania, and SS New (Nieuw) Amsterdam, and a naval escort ship. Soon after leaving Perth the Queen Mary split off for Malaya. Of the sixty-five nursing sisters on board, only twenty-four would ever return to Australia alive. Betty and the RMS Mauretania arrived in Bombay. During the next fourteen months the nurses of the 2/9th Australian General Hospital (AGH) manned hospitals in Palestine and Egypt, depending entirely on the war and troop movements. Early 1942 saw Prime Minister John Curtain order the 6th and 7th Australian divisions withdraw from the Middle East. Betty boarded the [SS Strathallan], again with destination unknown. Arriving home in Melbourne saw Betty move on to nursing in Adelaide until her unit was to be sent to New Guinea for fifteen months. In 1945 Betty was discharged from the Army and married her sweetheart Doug.A black and white photocopy of a large magazine clipping, consisting of a title, two large photos and six columns of text. Both photos are of the same woman, the smaller one shows her as a young woman in nurse's uniform, the larger shows her present day, as an older woman, looking at photo albums.wwii, ww2, world war 2, world war two, victoria, victoria barracks, st kilda rd, epworth hospital, pows, prisoners of war, vyner brooke, japanese, banka island, taj mahal hotel, nazareth, tobruk, derna, english, america, strathalen, columba, singapore, british, darwin, 10th agh, spencer st station, victorian villa, doug cornford, moratai

Black and white copy, printed on plain paper, of class photo for 1973, senior grades.linton state school no. 880, andrew lawson, anthony chenery, tim grigg, ken greene, barry jackson, daryl domaschenz, paul nester, anthony jackson, karen wilson, karen matthews, susan cameron, heather cameron, marcia lawson, debbie jackson, anne tweeney, heather kerr, donna bartlett, allan cameron, steven kvapil, debbie greene, robyn wilson, glenda crosier, tricia domaschenz, ronald greene, wayne domaschenz, danny cincotta (pridham), mr brian hendrickson [head teacher]

Staffing outline of the Client Services unit from circa 1975 to 1988, as created by Mary Guy. It covers the timeline of staff entering the unit, including Department Head, Social Worker, Preschool, Occupational Therapy, Secretary, Psychology, Physical Therapy and Orthoptist, as well as some location changes: pre 1975 - located in city then Plaza Theatre, Burwood 1975 - Children's Services located in accounts 1977 Moved to Pool Area 1981 - Expanded into flat upstairs. 4 pages of names and departmentsnon-fictionroyal blind society of nsw, felicity purdy, margaret jamieson, anne bickmore-hutt, melinda hughes, robyn white, mary guy, penny shepherd, julianne kenehan, irene lovelock, hilary nicol, christine lacey, robyn brentnall, gillian long, janet clarke, fran murphy, wendy macdonald, jutta williams, jane pardey, jan wulff, alan weiss, rosemary mcgomery, sue slattery, judith lawliss, margaret onus, ingrid simon, robyn wellington, lorraine smith, joan rowlands, louise whiting, annette mcgraine, leah francis, maryann bonney, christine johnston, lizette campbell, sue wood, toni williams, glenn larner, josephine key, chris rubie, merrianne sinclair, ann spicer, phillipa matthews, karen nix, denis thomas, di uther, roma st clair, imelda hernon, betty simon, sharon hopper, sue gibson, sherry mak, ann lancastor, sandy norton, rosalie driver, geraldine doney, jenny begg, paulo olymbios, gail martin, nadine khoury, robyn dagwell, maree lamacchia, gillian brooks, alana matthews, liz barker, kerrie mulhearn, annette collins, liz williams, chris maple

Black and white photograph of pupils and teacher. A child sitting on the ground at the front holds a sign reading "LINTON / PRIMARY / SCHOOL / 1973".Some names of children and teacher inscribed in pencil on the back of the photograph.linton primary school no. 880, william caldow, phillip matthews, darren newell, stuart ching, warrick dickson, russell mcbeath, wayne howlett, rodney evans, alex ball [teacher], elizabeth cincotta, jucinta bartlett, natalie bartlett, jenny kerr, camille bartlett, lynette draffin, julia dean, susan o'beirne, karen kvapil, gary domaschenz, david green, bruce cincotta, craig howlett, andrew draffin