Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Natalia Cuthbertson, Courage and care behind the lines, [24/8/95]
... ...3UZ Baby Health Centre...Prisoners of War Army Nurses WW2 WWII World War Two Stonnington Moratai TobrukRats Palestine German Jerusalem Syrian Queensland New Guinea Borneo Labuan Island Japan Singapore Alexandria Nazareth India 3UZ Baby Health Centre '24/8/95.' [black ink, top left corner] A newspaper clipping with three columns of text and a title underneath two black and white photos, both of young women in nurse's uniforms. ...
When talking about World War II, Sisters Gay Mole and Jean Crameri both recall tent hospitals, epidemics, bombs and nursing without hot water and electricity. They also recall hard work, comradeship and bravery. The two women were among the3000 nurses who formed the Australian General Hospital (AGH) during the war.
Sister Jean Crameri was working at the Royal Women's Hospital when she volunteered and joined the 2/9th unit of the AGH. She served in the Middle East, nursed survivors of the Kokoda Trail and saw the Commander-in-Chief if the Australian Army, Field Marshall Blamey declare peace in the South West Pacific.
Sister Gay Mole was in the Nurses Army Reserve in 1939 in the 2/9th unit, with her war service starting her in Puckapunyal then on to the Middle East. After a several months on Ceylon she was back in Australia before sailing to the Pacific, where she was among the first medical staff into Changi Prison. A newspaper clipping with three columns of text and a title underneath two black and white photos, both of young women in nurse's uniforms.'24/8/95.' [black ink, top left corner]prisoners of war, army nurses, ww2, wwii, world war two, stonnington, moratai, tobrukrats, palestine, german, jerusalem, syrian, queensland, new guinea, borneo, labuan island, japan, singapore, alexandria, nazareth, india, 3uz baby health centre