[Friday 2 July 1943, The Argus, page 6] article about the celebration of the 41st birthday of the Australia Army Nursing Service including special guests.Single column of print, titled 'Celebration of AANS birthday', text only'WWII'annie moriah sage, j laidlaw, m lang, blanche sagner, united states nursing corps., katie best, sybil irving, clare stevenson, grace wilson, m barter, lydia shaw

Recollections of Matron Moore of Camp 1 Hospital.2 clear plastic sleeves with 3 pages of printed material. Tatura POW and Internment Camps Camp 1 Hospital by Beatrice Moore ex AANScamp 1 hospital, matron beatrice moore

Event photography, AANS boarding a ship. "Photographs of AANS boarding ship 1940/41 farewelled by Matron Grace Wilson Matron in Chief. 1 framed copy, 1 unframed copy. Nurses groups AANS WWII, Matron Grace Wilson." [Former catalogued description, entry P36]Unframed, printed sepia photograph on photo paper of 4 AANS boarding a ship, being fare-welled by Matron Grace Wilson Matron in Chief in 1940-41."Leaving Australia 1940-41, L to R, Miss Wilson, Matron-in-Chief, Ruth Meaney, Jean Headberry, Patricia Chomley, Claire Meinoge, Photo: Ruth Millear" [Handwritten in biro on the back of the photo]aans, ww2, world war two, world war ii, world war 2, matron grace wilson, ruth meaney, jean headberry, patricia chomley, claire meinoge

Sister Slater was an AANS in WW2 internment camp 1, Tatura, Hospital staff.Black and white photograph Sister Pat Slater in AANS uniform. Head and shoulders.internment camps, tatura internment camps, camp hospital staff, sister slater

WW2 internment camp, Tatura. AANS. Sister Bertram worked in the Camp Hospital, delivering babies amongst other duties.AANS J. Bertram nursing baby. Standing in front of corrugated Army hut, Camp 1.internment camps, tatura internment camps, internment camp hospitals, internment camp hospital staff, aans j. bertram, sister bertram

Portraiture from WW1, Nursing "Coloured photograph of Matron Stanbury, Jean in oval brown frame. Trained Colac Hospital, Matron Bundoora, Died August 1954, Photo donated by Jean Wilks (Marendaz) Geelong. AANS WWI, Matrons, Stanbury, Jean. Photograph on heater shelf in Nurses Rooms. Anzac House." [Former catalogued description, entry P45]Hand-coloured photography, Portraiture, Photography, PrintFramed, printed photograph of portrait painting, subject is Matron [Jean Matilda?] Stanbury, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), World War 1 [Former identification number and information on the back, glass marked with tape on front, some wear & tear on frame, hinge is missing from the back, backing nailed to frame, one nail head missing]aans, ww1, world war one, world war i, world war 1, jean stanbury

Foreign currency issued by Japanese Forces in WW2. Aim was to take economic control of countries occupied and to diminish western influences with these countries. Items in collection of Richard William McGILVERY, RAAF. refer Cat No.7287P for his service records, photos and awards.One Gulden notes issued by Japanese Occupation. Four notes basically brown in colour. Cloud emblems on one side with No. 1 and other side a picture of fruit and nut trees. Has "De Japansche Regeering Betaalt AAN Tronder EEN GULDEN". Translated to "The Japanese Government Pays to Bearer One Gulden."Inscribed "De Japansche Regeering Betaalt AAN Tronder EEN GULDEN" and No. 1.japanese occupation forces, foreign currency, gulden, richard william mcgilvery

Event photography, ANZAC Day. "Photograph of the march in the forecourt of the Shrine on ANZAC Day 1991 ... Shows AANS and RAANC Members." [[Former catalogued description, entry P61(1)]Unframed, printed colour photograph of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) members marching towards the Shrine of Remembrance on ANZAC Day. "1989" [Handwritten in biro on the back of the photo]anzac day

Event photography, ANZAC Day. "Large photograph of the march in the forecourt of the Shrine on ANZAC Day 1991 ... Shows AANS and RAANC Members." [Former catalogued description, entry P61(1)]Unframed, large printed colour photograph of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) members marching towards the Shrine of Remembrance (Melbourne, Victoria) on ANZAC Day. anzac day

A history of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS).Typed document shows five paragraphs on the first page and the page number in the bottom right corner.army nurses, australian army nursing service, aans, australian army nursing service - history

A history of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS).Typed document shows five paragraphs on the first page and the page number in the bottom right corner.army nurses, australian army nursing service, aans, australian army nursing service - history

The uniform belonged to the lady in the photo being Gladys Elva Mole VX17199 AANS. Refer Cat No 1901.4 for her service history.Photo, colour showing a lady being Gladys Mole with a Nurses uniform on a mannequin.On rear stamped : “Copyright of this photograph belongs to the Bendigo Advertiser”photograph, nurse, uniform, aans

This postcard was released to celebrate Picture Australia's millionth image - the company no longer exists. The studio portrait was made in May 1941 in the Mendelssohn, F B & Company, in Melbourne. Enlisted in the AANS in 1941, Vivian Bullwikel embarked for Singapore n September 1941 as a staff nurse with the 2/13th Australian General Hospital (2/13th AGH).Cropped reproduction and framed in a gold oval on black background of Vivian Bullwinkel studio portrait in service dress uniform made by Mendelssohn, F B & Company, in Melbourne, during WW2. Short biography at the back. Small white frame at the bottom "PictureAustralia's millionth image".vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), australian army nursing service, aans

WW2 internment camp 1, Tatura, hospital staff. Sister Melrose worked in the Camp 1 hospital delivering babies amongst other duties.AANS Melrose holding swaddles baby on verandah of Army hut, verandah post at right.internment camps, tatura internment camps, sister melrose, internment camp babies, camp 1 hospital

Event photography, post WWII function. "Photograph of Margaret Rogers and Cath Burrows at post WWII function. AANS Post WWII, Celebrations." [Former catalogued description, entry P23]Unframed, printed black and white photograph on card, of Margaret Rogers and Cath Burrows at a post WWII function. Faded Copyright Photography stamp on the back, with Negative Number AY5420 written in pencil. 'Marg. Rogers & Cath Burrows / BURROWS' [Handwritten in biro at the top of the back of the photo], 'COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH / PERMISSION FOR (?) MUST BE OBTAINED / (? ? ? ? ?) EVERY INSTANCE / "The Argus" MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / NEGATIVE No AG5420 REFERENCE No..............' [Very faded purple stamp with pencil written negative number, middle back of photo]aans, ww2, world war two, world war ii, world war 2, margaret rogers, cath burrows

Shell casing. Trench Art engraved AANS apprently used in New Guinea in WW2. ( Manufactured 1918)ammunition, ww2

Kings certificate of discharge given to Alice Hartridge who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) for just over a year in WWI. She was invalided out due to a heart condition, that may have been the result of shelling of the hospital she was working at in Salonika in WWI.Large certificate printed on card that is foxed. Certificate has red and black printed illustrations with a box of text in the lower right hand corner containing some hand written and printed text in black and red. "Army: red and black, with two soldiers (one Australian) shown presenting arms to a seated Britannia. Either side are two columns around which appears the wording “British Isles, Overseas Dominions, Indian Empire, Colonies, Protectorates.” In the bottom right hand corner is the soldier’s name, number and regiment, followed by “Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War. Honourably discharged on…” with the date of discharge written in ink." (Forces war records website, see References) Certificate has major tears on the left hand side that have been repaired on the reverse with sticky tape. There is a lot of foxing and staining on the card. 'Alice Hartridge / Australian Imperial Force' [Handwritten calligraphy black ink in box in lower right hand corner of certificate] '18 . 2 . 19' [Handwritten calligraphy black ink in box in lower right hand corner of certificate]alice hartridge, wwi, ww1, world war one, australian army nursing service, aans, salonika, salonica, wounded

Typed copy of original document which was hand written in a letter to Lurline Knee (Museum Researcher). Tells of her memories of being in the Camp 1 Hospital.2 plastic sleeves with 3 pages of typed material titled "Recollections of Sister Pat Slater AANS at Camp 1 Hospital 1944". as abovesister pat slater, camp 1 hospital

Jean Hanna was one of a group of old collegians who presented a book containing the names of eighty former students who served World War II to Presbyterian Ladies College, Burwood. Jean, 93, had seen war firsthand, working twelve hour shifts in tent hospitals, nursing sick, wounded, amputees and POW's. By 1937 Jean was the sister-in-charge of the Alfred Hospital's operating theatre and after a European tour where she witnessed Germany arming, displaying swastikas everywhere and restricting movement in and out of Germany, Jean registered with the Australian Nursing Service and were called up. April 1940 saw Jean amoung the first Victorian nursing sisters to go overseas. Jean nursed in tent hospitals in Gaza, Mersa Matruh, Nazareth and Colombo before heading home to Australia to nurse sick and wounded from New Guinea. In April 1945 Jean went to another tent hospital in Borneo, where she cared for civilians and POW's, including a survivor of the Sandakan death march. Discharged in 1946, Jean joined the Alfred Hospital again until her retirement in 1962. A newspaper clipping of a story of five columns of text beneath two black and white photos. The photo on the left is of four women in uniform, two on camels and two on donkeys, with three men on foot, in front of a pyramid. The photo on the right os on an older woman wearing service medals.'NEWS'[graphite pencil, left top] 'AANS'[graphite pencil, right top]world war 2, wwii, ww2, world war ii, middle east, 2/1st casualty clearing station, nan schofield, egypt, battle of bardia, greece, syrian campaign, syria, japanese, american barrack hospital, ipswitch, labuan island, children's health bureau, melbourne

Royal Australin Army Nursing Service memorial plaque in the grounds of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Victoria. Coloured photograph of a grassed area with fallen leaves surrounding a memorial plaque in the ground. The base of a tree and several people's feet are visible in the background.'Plaque at Shrine / AANS/RAANC / 20' [Handwritten in black ink on the back of the photograph]war memorial, melbourne shrine of remembrance, australian army nursing service, royal austrlian army nursing corps

Print out of Matron Moore's opening address at the official opening of the north annexe of Tatura Museum. Invited guest speaker, former Matron Beatrice Moore gave a concise and interesting insight into the establishment and history of Camp 1 hospital.2 clear plastic sleeves with 4 pages of printed material. "Tatura POW - Internment camps- camp 1 hospital by Matron Beatrice Moore (Ex AANS)". camp 1 hospital, matron moore, tatura museum

Soft cover, red and grey, containing a portrait of the author in army nurses' uniform. Australian Army Nursing Service uniform. Back cover, white with a facsimile of the Instrument of Surrender.non-fictionA record of nursing service in the second world war, from enlistment to peace.world war two, ww2, finschhafen, ambulance trains, wwii

Copy of file no. 21-720-332 from the National Archives of Australia being the monthly report for December 1942 from the Principal Matron of the AANS at the Queensland Headquarters to the Matron-in-Chief of the Allied Land Forces at Headquarters in Melbourne. The report includes a table of numbers of nurses located at various Australian General Hospitals and other facilities within Australia delineating between those on Home Service Full Time Duty or those with the AIF. At the time of this report the combined number of nurses serving in (mostly) Queensland was 600. Foolscap copy of a typed Australian Army Nursing Service internal report with table of numbers of nurses located at various Australian General Hospitals and other facilities within Australia. Document has information on the source along the left hand edge.'21-720-332' [Blue ink on left hand side]wwii, ww2, world war 2, queensland, australian army nursing service, aans, aif, home service

Event photography, ANZAC Day. "Large photograph of the march in the forecourt of the Shrine on ANZAC Day 1991 ... Shows Sister Elizabeth Burchill and four physiotherapists." [[Former catalogued description, entry P61(2)]Unframed, large printed colour photograph of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) members marching towards the Shrine of Remembrance on ANZAC Day. anzac day, elizabeth burchill

Soft cover, red and grey, containing a portrait of the author in army nurses' uniform. Australian Army Nursing Service uniform. Back cover, white with a facsimile of the Instrument of Surrender.non-fictionA record of nursing service in the second world war, from enlistment to peace.world war two, ww2, finschhafen, ambulance trains, wwii

Black cloth bound hardcover book with dustjacket. The dustjacket is cream coloured with a blue title on the spine. There is a black line that wraps around the cover an inch from the bottom. Blue, white and red stripes run vertically down the left hand side with six emblems on top of the stripes. There are four photos across the front and a nursing emblem with the years 1902 2002 alongside it. The title is in blue print below the images.non-fictionA history and celebration of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. "The author's intention has been to provide a general record of the work of Army nurses over the past one hundred years and to celebrate their achievements" - title page verso queen alexandra's royal army nursing corps, military nursing history

Australian Army Nursing Service (A.A.N.S.) nurses in England during WWI in their full uniform of grey dress, white apron and veil, and red cape. Photographic postcard of a group of eight Australian Army Nurses in uniform sitting and standing on the front step of an ivy covered building.'WWI ENGLAND AANS IN ENGLAND' [Handwritten in blue ink on the back of the card] 'RNC' [Handwritten in black ink on a white sticker on the back of the card]world war 1914-1918, ww1, wwi, australian army nursing service, nurses, england

A commemorative booklet about the Australian Army Nurses Service (AANS), with forward by General Sir Thomas Blamey and editorial by E[dith] Lydia Shaw, Lieutenant-Colonel, Principal patron of AANS. Includes a short history of the organisation, short pieces and poetry, nurse portraits and service photographsCream booklet, cover has a colour red cross in the centre with a black outline drawing of a hospital ship. The cross is surrounded by a green wreath that has a red bow at the bottom. All text on the cover is black.non-fictionww2, australian army nursing serive, commemorative, world war ii, military nursing, world war two, edith lydia shaw

In The Netherlands the fiftieth birthday is celebrated as "seeing Abraham". This is a reference to a Gospel quote where Jesus was told he was too young to be teaching the people.Small square of three-ply on which is glued a slightly smaller ceramic tile carrying a Dutch saying. A small hole has been added in the back for ease of hanging. The mount appears to be hand-made.Heeft men eenmaal Abraham zien staan dan breekt het volle leven aan. (The fullness of life starts after the age of 50).