During the late 1930s and World War II, the Red Cross trained civilian volunteers and nurses in Air Raid Precautions (ARP). The Course: Volunteers earned certificates in "Anti-Gas Training" to prepare for potential gas attacks and how to use gas masks. This certificate was obtained by Mary Graham [AH Grad 1925]Certificate gained by an Alfred Hospital nursing graduateBlack and red print within a decorative border on yellow card. Issued by the Australian Red Cross Society Victoria Division it reads 'This is to certify that .....has attended an Elementary Course of Lectures and Demonstrations in Anti Gas Relief and has satisfied the Examiners in the said subject in accordance with the regulations of the Society.' Has been signed numbered and dated with typed stamped and handwritten annotationsMiss M. Graham. [typed black ink] signatures of the chairman of division and secretary of division [black ink] 14th November, 1939 [typed black ink] 1408 [stamped black ink] previous catalogue number handwritten at top right [Black ink]world war 1939-1945, australian red cross society, anti gas realief, mary graham, anti gas relief certificate

This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A certificate provided to Dorothy Rogers recording her completion in 1939 of an elementary course of lectures and demonstrations in Anti Gas ReliefSignatures / Date / Numberaustralian red cross, second world war 1939-1945, anti gas training, dorothy rogers