Flyer providing information and details of the Ecumenical church service for nurses, held at St.Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne, March 7th, 1995. Includes time, address, contact information, dress code, parking directions, and sponsors.Single-sided A4 flyer on cream paper with black printed text and a double-line black border an inch in from page edges.nurses, commemorative ceremonies, australian nursing federation, centaur war nurses, returned nurses

Information provided to student nurses at the Alfred Hospital in the 1960's, providing information about various Australian nursing organizations and their historInsight into nursing organizations in Australia in the 1960'sBlack print on off-white paper. Holes at top left where staples have been removedroyal australian nursing federation, royal victorian college of nursing, the victorian nursing council, the college of nursing australia, national florence nightingale committee of australia, national nursing education division, florence nightingale centenary fund, the centaur war nurses memorial trust, the nurses' memorial centre, the clive steele memorial library

A commemorative booklet about the role of nurses, in particular the nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service, during WW2. The booklet has a light cardboard cover of buff colour and contains 28 pages. This booklet was published as a fund raiser for the "Centaur" War Nurses Memorial Fund.The booklet is entitled "Lest We Forget" and has the Red Cross symbol surrounded by an olive wreath printed, in colour, on the cover. There is an image of the hospital ship Centaur superimposed on the Red Cross symbol. Beneath the wreath there are the words ""CENTAUR" MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP". The words "AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE" are printed across the bottom of the cover page and the price was 2/-.

Donated by family and friends in memory of Alfred nurse Eileen Rutherford in 1953. Eileen, a graduate of 1935, died on the Hospital Ship Centaur, bombed by the Japanese in May 1943. The sundial was demolished, along with the Main Nurses' Home in 1996. The dial and commemorative plaque were salvaged by the Archive.Of significance to the AHNL as the sundial, originally placed in the garden in front of the Main Nurses' Home was to remind the nurses of the future of the sacrifices of nurses during war. Metal sundial originally placed on a brick pedestal with accompanying plaque, located near the Punt Rd entrance to the main Alfred Hospital Nurses home 'Be as true to each other as the dial is to the sun'. Roman numerals, showing hours, minutes and the months of the year.sundial, hospital ship centaur, eileen rutherford

Donated by family and friends in memory of Alfred nurse Eileen Rutherford in 1953. Eileen, a graduate of 1935, died on the Hospital Ship Centaur, bombed by the Japanese in May 1943. The sundial was demolished, along with the Main Nurses' Home in 1996. The dial and commemorative plaque were salvaged by the Archive.Of significance to the AHNL as the sundial, originally placed in the garden in front of the Main Nurses' Home was to remind the nurses of the future of the sacrifices of nurses during war.rectangular metal plaque with inscriptionTo the memory of Sister Eileen Rutherford who lost her life in the Hospital Ship "Centaur" May 14th, 1943. "She gave her all" Erected by her relatives and friends sundial, memorial, eileen rutherford, hospital ship centaur

Gloss hard cover, no book jacket with illustration of ships under attacknon-fictionTracing the history of hospital ships from the Spanish Armada to the Gulf War, but with special and detailed reference to the Australian hospital ships in World War II: Manunda, Wanganella, Centaur and Oranje. [Trove]hospital ships, medical care, world war i, wwi, wwii, world war 2

Gloss hard cover, no book jacket with illustration of ships under attacknon-fictionTracing the history of hospital ships from the Spanish Armada to the Gulf War, but with special and detailed reference to the Australian hospital ships in World War II: Manunda, Wanganella, Centaur and Oranje. [Trove]hospital ships, medical care, world war i, wwi, wwii

Reprint of an article from 18 May 1943 [The Age] about the sinking of the Australian hospital ship Centaur off Stradbroke Island in Queensland. Photograph of Ellen Savage the only nurse to survive the sinking, article features information about the sinking and the courage displayed by Sister Savage.Newspaper clipping with column title, drawing of column author, article title, two columns of text and a photo embedded in one of the text columns.ellen savage, ahs centaur, australian hospital ship centaur, wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll

Article about Mattie Morris' service aboard the hospital ship Centaur as a merchant seaman. Article mentions Ellen Savage, the only nurse who survived the sinking near Moreton Bay, Brisbane. [Article says ship had no patients at the time of sinking, this may be untrue]Two newspaper clippings of one article over different pages. Article features six columns of text and a large black and white photograph of a man in a hooded raincoat standing near a pier.'Age 30/8/89' [blue ink under photograph on first clipping] 'AGE 30/8/89' [blue ink at top of second clipping]wwii, world war two, ww2, ahs centaur, ellen savage, mattie morris

An anniversary commemoration written by Sister Betty Jeffrey, 2/10th Australian General Hospital (AGH). Five years have passed since the end of the war, but it still feels like yesterday that Betty's hospital unit, who nursed in Malaya and Singapore was complete. Betty remembers the outstanding personality of Matron O. D. Paschke, RRC, particularly how she made the frightening leap from the deck of the sinking evacuation so much easier for her nurses. Matron Paschke was one of twelve nurses lost at sea that day. Later, on the beach of Banka Island, a group of twenty-one surviving nurses were kllled by the Japanese with only one survivor. Of the nurses who were taken prisoner of war (POW), of which Betty was also one, eight more died when the end of the war was almost in sight. Betty also remembers the tragedy of losing twelve members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in the sinking of the hospital ship, Centaur, again with only one nurse surviving. On Anzac Day members of the Navy, Army and Air Force will gather at the Edith Cavell Memorial, where a service is read in memory of Nurse Edith Cavell and the women who lost their lives in the two world wars. Betty remembers the courage of her fellow POW nurses, particularly when they knew they were dying. Christmas 1943, in the POW camp, Betty recieved a card made from a scrounged page, hand decorated. The sister who gave her the card later died a week before the war ended. The simple short Anzac services for the women who lost their lives will always remind Betty of the only service the sisters could face holding in the POW camp, in 1943.A newspaper clipping with a large title and four columns of text beneath'Sun p2 26.4.50'[graphite pencil, bottom left]world war 2, wwii, ww2, world war ii, olive dorothy paschke, vyner brooke, vivian bullwinkel, sumatra, palembang, jean ashton

Our war heroines have always received less attention than their male counterparts, but Dr Rupert Goodman is helping to set the record straight, with the first book to give a comprehensive history of Australia's war nurses. Among those commemorated in the book are the nurses killed or died in action in World War II. Dr Goodman says one of the most outstanding episodes was the sinking of the hospital ship, the Centaur, off Brisbane by a Japanese sub. Of 11 sisters, one survived, Sister Savage and she kept up the morale of the survivors in shark-infested waters for 24 hours. Another was Sister Anderson, who was tending wounded on deck aboard the Empire Star and threw herself over a Digger to protect him from strafing as they were escaping from the fall of Singapore. Or the Banka Island massacre. Twenty three nurses were ordered to march into the sea and were shot dead. Only one survived, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, after feigning death, she returned to shore tended to a wounded solider, then was captured and became a POW.A newspaper clipping of three columns of text with a black and white photo above of three women, two obviously in nurse's uniformwwii, ww2, world war two, our war nurses - the history of the royal australian army nursing corps 1902-1988, george medal, banker island, edith cavell, world war 1, world war one, ww1, wwi, war memorial, canberra

Reprint of an article from 18 May 1943 [The Age] about the sinking of the Australian hospital ship Centaur off Stradbroke Island in Queensland. Photograph of Ellen Savage the only nurse to survive the sinking, article features information about the sinking and the courage displayed by Sister Savage.Newspaper clipping with column title, drawing of column author, article title, two columns of text and a photo embedded in one of the text columns. The photo is a black and white headshot of a young woman in nurse's uniform.'Died of HEART ATTACK. 25.4.85. Sydney / ANZAC SERVICE . ' [blue ink, along top above title]ellen savage, ahs centaur, australian hospital ship centaur, wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll

Gloss hard cover, no book jacket with illustration of ships under attack. The title is printed in bold red print across the top and down the spine.non-fictionTracing the history of hospital ships from the Spanish Armada to the Gulf War, but with special and detailed reference to the Australian hospital ships in World War II: Manunda, Wanganella, Centaur and Oranje. [Trove]hospital ships, medical care, world war i, wwi, wwii, world war 2

Front page - Governor, Sir Dallas Brooks, opens the War Nurses' Memorial Centre on St Kilda Road. The centre is a memorial to the 75 Australian nurses who lost their lives in the war. The centre will offer various rooms for use and house the the headquarters of the Australian College of Nursing. General Sir Thomas Blamey, chairman of the Centre Committee said there was hardly a fighting soldier who had not at some time experienced the care and devotion to duty of the service sisters. Back page - Left hand clipping - About 500 people, including more than 100 service and civilian nurses attended the ceremony that opened the War Nurses Memorial Centre. The centre is a refurbished and converted house. The crowd also included former POWs and relatives of the 75 nursing sisters who lost their lives in the 1939-45 war. Dr Garnet Leary gave 100 pounds towards the establishment of a nurses' library in the centre. Back page - Right hand clippings - top - The author heard a service broadcasted from St Paul's Cathedral and felt overwhelming gratitude towards nurses. bottom - After the dedication of the War Nurses Memorial Centre, the author was reminded of two instances of senseless loss of nurses' live during the war. May 1943, the Australian hospital ship, the Centaur, was torpedoed by the Japanese, resulting in 299 dead, eleven of them nurses, and only 64 survivors. Also the Banka massacre, where 22 nurses were shot by the Japanese, after surviving the sinking of their ship. Only one nurse survived the massacre. Three newspaper clippings have been glued to either side of a lined sheet of paper. Front of page - A newspaper clipping of two black and white photos and a short story in two columns. the larger photo is of two men in military uniform walking through women in nurses uniforms lined up on either side of a path. The smaller photo is of three women, all wearing nurse's uniforms, one woman holding a tray with cups. Back of page -Two newspaper clippings have been glued to a lined sheet of paper. The left hand clipping consists of a large black and white photo of a crowd of people and nurses outside a nice house, and a column of text. The right hand clipping is of two separate paragraphs of text, both appear to be letters to the editor.'Feb 19 50.' [blue ink, front of page, top right]melbourne, wwii, ww2, st kilda road, muriel violet turner laing, thomas blamey, annie moriah sage, muriel brooks, queensland, vivian bullwinkel, heidelberg military hospital

First story - Colonel Annie Sage recounts memories that come up on Anzac Day. 'Dressing' their ship while in mid-ocean, listening to 'Australia Will Be There'; the agony and suspense waiting to learn if allies and friends had escaped terrible situations; having patients in beds and under beds in rain, mud and heat; learning awful news; reuniting with POW sisters and hearing their stories. Second story - Mrs GM Knight marched on Anzac Day in the light grey dress of the Auxiliary Nursing Service(ANSI), India. Born in England, she has lived in Australia for 30 years. Her husband, an officer in the RAF, died before WW2. Her two sons joined the army. Mrs Knight went to India and joined the ANSI and served for six years. Third story - Nearly 200 ex-servicewomen took part in the Anzac march. Led by Matron-in-Chief Sage, the grey nurse's uniforms was the signal for cheers and clapping. Mrs E Wildy and Miss Lillian Foster, both Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) during the war also attended.A newspaper clipping of three stories. The first story consists of three columns of text and includes a small black and white portrait photo of a woman in nurse's uniform. The second story is a single column of text beneath a small black and white portrait photo of a woman in nurse's uniform. The third story is two columns of text underneath the title.'WWII' [blue ink, top right]order of the british empire, ans, aans, australian general hospital, australian imperial forces, royal air force, strathaird, ramilles, navy, 2/4 australian general hospital, tobruk, haifa, kantara, greece, crete, islands, 2/9th, moresby, centaur, japanese, singapore, malaya, rabaul, la haat, sumatra, reg knight, sidney knight, irak, persia, st kilda, edith cavell, swadeston, norwich, england, london, imperial ex-service women's association

Purple and black hardcover book with title printed in red print on the spine. At the top of the front cover is 'Australian hospital ship' printed in yellow, followed by 'Centaur" in larger red type and 'the myth of immunity in smaller yellow type. The cover shows an image of a medical ship sailing on rough waters with what looks like an explosion happening at the back of the ship. There is no dust jacket.non-fictionTorpedoeing by a Japanese submarine of the Centaur on 14th May, 1943 at 04.10 hours. Loss of 268 out of 332 souls on board. 1. The good life -- 2. A merchant ship at war -- 3. From passenger liner to hospital ship -- 4. AHS 47 -- 5. Sydney swansong -- 6. Northwards from Sydney -- 7. Three minutes of horror -- 8. A struggle for survival -- 9. A pitiful muster -- 10. Stars and Stripes to the rescue -- 11. The survivors in Brisbane -- 12. Shock waves -- 13. The war of words -- 14. Under the legal microscope -- Conclusion. [From Trove]world war two, wwii, world war 2, hospital ship, ahs centaur, australian hospital ship centaur, ww2

Brief photographic article providing names and basic service information on women who marched in [1967] ANZAC Day parade in [Melbourne], many of who were there to mark the 25th Anniversary of the fall of Singapore in 1942 to Japan. Women pictured include: Edna [Nell] Doig (nurse) Jean Wasley Dora [Elizabeth] Burchill (nurse) Margaret [Elizabeth] Male (nurse) Mrs Angus [sic] Palmer (nurse) Gladys [Eileen Chad] Viney (nurse) Mrs Phyll Damon Mrs A Young [maiden name unknown] (nurse) Also pictured is Margaret [Lamont] Adams who died as a result of the sinking of the Centaur in 1943. A photocopy of two newspaper clippings, including titles, text and four black and white photos. Two of the photos show three women in uniform with military medals, one photo shows two women in uniform with military medal and the last photo shows a woman in uniform. anzac day march, wwii vetrans, world war two vetrans, ww2 vetrans, aif nurses, fall of singapore anniversary

A commemorative article about Sister Eileen Rutherford who died on board the AHS Centaur on 14 May 1943. Photographs of Sister Eillen Rutherford in uniform and the memorial book opened to the page with her name. The article reproduces a 1951 letter signed by Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkle. Single page black and white photocopy of an article with photographs of Sister Eileen Rutherfordsister eileen rutherford, vivian bullwinkle, australian nurses, australian army nursing service, ww2, world war 2, ahs centaur

A large collection of photographs, photo negatives, and postcards relating to the Returned Nurses Club, World War II and post WWII. Included in this collection are photos of.... - Singapore Cemetary - War memorial windows in St.Peter's Church, Maroochydore, Qld. - Dr. Rupert Goodman - Returned Nurses 1988 Christmas Lunch - "Teddy" Doig's Medallion - black and white photos of Nurses in WWII - 50th Commemoration of the sinking of "Centaur", 14th May 1993. - ANZAC Day 1991, Melbourne march - 50th reunion P.O.W. girls 13th AGH 1991 (including Betty Jeffries, Sylvia Muir, Vivian Bullwinkel, Wilma Oram - ANZAC Day, Perth 1992 - 90th R.A.A.N.C. Anniversary 1992 - various other colour photos of Returned Nurses and black and white WWII photos, as well as personal memorabilia postcards Three ring binder, royal blue, photograph album. Five sets of three horizontal gold lines spaced out down the spine. Triple gold line border around the front cover with the word photographs printed in gold across the cover. Large number of plastic covered, white self-adhesive pages inside that are hole punched and attached to the binder rings. Page layout and contents varies on each page.[Most pages have captions handwritten in blue ink directly on the self-adhesive card]royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ceremonies, returned nurses club, anzac day march, anniversaries, wwii, second world war, ww2, rupert goodman, sister vivian bullwinkel, betty jeffrey, sylvia muir, wilma elizabeth forster oram

The letter speaks about that some of the newspaper clipping is missing, going on to speak about Margaret Adams and the 'Centaur Sisters' The first newpaper clipping names Sister Margaret Adams as casualty of the Centaur torpedoing. The second clipping appears to be part way through a story about the Centaur. Sisters [Ellen] Eleanor Savage, Vera [Alexandra] Torney and Margaret Anderson are mentioned.A hand written letter with a newspaper clipping glued to the reverse. The letter is undated, the newspaper clipping is in two pieces and consists of a black and white photo with a caption and a column of text. The photo shows a young woman in military uniform.'ON / "Centaur" ' [blue ink, reverse of letter, under left hand clipping]army nurse, wwii, world war two, ww2, vfx66028, nfx76584, vfx63846, 500267, vfx63845, 500609

Newspaper lift-out commemorating 50 years since the declaration of WWII. 'The war that forced a nation to come of age' (article p1 and continued on p22) - by Professor Manning Clark - Article provides political background within Australia to armed forces and WWII. 'The week before the world went mad' (article & photos p2) - Six sections on what was happening that week prior to war declared in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart. '1939 - 1945 An Australian perspective' (article & timeline with captioned images and photos p3-8) - by Christine McGee - Article provides timeline of events at a personal/local through to national and international, influences and politics, statistics, and information on various fronts of battle from 03/09/1939 - 02/09/1945. Nursing mentioned on p6, there is a photo of a group of women in uniform walking towards the camera and the caption mentions the sinking of the Centaur, loss of 11 of 12 nurses aboard, and how 55 nurses were decorated and 82 mentioned in dispatches. 'The Australians killed in action in World War II : while serving with the nation's defence forces' (roll of honour list p9-21) - Official roll of honour for those who died between 3 September 1929 and 30 June 1947. Includes amendments. People are listed with their units surname followed by initials. 'Curtin's turn to America and the reshaping of Australia...' (article p22) - by Paul Kelly - Article looks at the circumstances and key people involved in the moving of ties away from Britain towards the United States. A large black and white newspaper lift-out with the cover showing the numerals 1939 filled with photos collaged together, several large headlines and subtitles, one article with two columns and a large captioned photo of a man in uniform with a gun on his shoulder, cigarette in his mouth, wearing a hat. Inside is a mix of articles, a timeline with photos and captions, a list of those who died with the unit they served and more photos and articles on the back cover.'WWII' [blue ink top of cover] 'Sept.2.3 1989' [blue ink top of cover]world war two, wwii, ww2, commemorative, timeline, australia