This file contains six items pertaining to the Caulfield Central RSL: 1/A page to which is attached a black-and-white photograph (date, source and photographer unspecified) of the Caulfield Central RSL, outlying garden and Australian flag. Some writing on the rear identifies the subject. 2/A typewritten letter, (1 page) dated 1946 (no date more specific than that specified), from the Chairman & Honorary Treasurer of the Caulfield Central RSL Appeal Committee (name unspecified) to the Mayor of Caulfield (name also unspecified), imploring the latter for a donation of $20,000 dollars for purposes of constructing a Memorial Hall to eulogize servicemen killed during WWII. Some rough working notes on rear side. 3/A flyer, undated (although presumably published in 1950), printed by Peter Isaacson Pty. Ltd., advertising a concert presented by the Ugly Ugly Man (Frank M. Beard) and the Malvern Tramways’ Harmonica Band to be held at Caulfield Town Hall on 06/06/1950 to assist the Welfare Funds of the Caulfield Central RSL and the Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Mothers’ Association. Also contains an advertisement for a drapery business called Tallents. 4/The annual report of the Caulfield Central RSL, for the period 1952 – 1953. Contains announcements of the annual general meeting and annual elections, the President’s report (in which he principally discusses the club’s charity work and sporting activities), the subcommittee staff roster, the sportsmen’s honour roll, the annual accounts (e.g. balance sheet, income & expenditure statement) and the roster of nominees for office in the committee of management election. 5/A typewritten letter, (1 page) dated 26/11/1982, from Max Brian Blair, Treasurer of the Caulfield Central RSL, to Mr. R. Ballantyne, Secretary of the Caulfield Historical Society, thanking him for his donation to the RSL. 6/A photocopy of an article titled ‘RSL pays $30,000 to buy off objector’ (from the Sunday Herald, by Mary-Anne Toy, dated 16/09/1990), about the Caulfield Central RSL paying local resident Mr. Chris White to withdraw his objection to the RSL’s intention to re-allocate its clubrooms, and the consequent response of the relevant authorities.Black and white photographic print of Caulfield Central RSL buildingOn reverse, PIC B - 5 - CONTACT - RSL BUILDING - CONTACT 28/4/88 - 100% - HAWTHORN ROAD CAULFIELDcaulfield, caulfield central returned servicemen league (rsl), ex-service organisations, clubs and associations, returned servicepeople, armed forces, soldiers, aged people, senior citizens centres, mayors, city of caulfield, war memorials, blamey thomas general sir, white t. w. group capt., gullett h. b. major, beaurepaire frank sir m.l.c., kennedy j. a. m.l.c., warner a. g. m.l.c., 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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

Dressed in mufti, attended by no band or banners, more than 200 women slid past the almost unheeding crowd in a battalion of cars, unobtrusively taking their part in the Anzac Day march, as they played their part during World War One. They were all returned army nurses who served in Egypt, Salonika, Flanders, Belgium, England and India. Many were wearing medals such as the Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal (CBE), the Royal Red Cross medal (RRC), the Florence Nightingale Medal, the Order of St Sava and the Medal of Honour of Greece. The article goes on to list many of the women who participated in the march. Evelyn Conyers, A Dowsley, E Cornwell, Jessie McHardie White, Gertrude Davis, I O'Dwyer, M E Nicholson, A F Roberts, D Ryall (nee Newton), G Douglas, E Cameron, Nan Reay, C Fisher (nee Pratti), Grace Wilson, H Hayes (nee Gawler), M M Loughron, E Hart, B M Gibbings, A R Broughton (nee Bolton), A Forrest, Miss Buckham, A King, Lily Rutherford, M Coombes, V Woinarski, M Humphrey, N Rhoden, J Tyers, J Stanbury, F Grylls, M Ambler, Jean Robertson, Rose Quarterman, V Payne, W B Healy (nee Brocklebank), C Murray, E M McCarthy, L E Wheeler, B G Stubbs, E L Weitnaure (nee Trant), Mrs Cope (nee Hewlett), W S Philip (nee Green), B O'Connor (nee Balkam), Mrs Scurry (nee Barry), Mrs Long (nee Garden), Mrs Fussell (nee Garden), Misses Gillies, M Peet, A Purcell, J R Porter, Mrs Peake (nee Ekers), Mrs HArcourt (nee Tuxworth), O Sommerville (nee Deane), Mrs Lorimer (nee Pilkington), R B Kelley (nee Malcolm), I Owen, E Cullen (nee Newton), E Sheppard (nee Harrison), Mrs Gaff (nee Steele), Mrs Wilkinson (nee Peters), P N Lewis (nee Evans), P Dooley (nee Haynes), Mrs Barber (nee Webb), D Monat (nee Crossing), W Scurry (nee Barry), E Geddison (nee Edwards), L Dutton, W B Heily (nee Brocklebank), E Glyde (nee Whitely) B O'Connor (nee Baltham), I Prime (nee Ogilvie), R E Ireland (nee Grove), E Kitchen (nee Neville), C Matheson (nee Donaldson), M Clyne (nee Hardie), S Buckley (nee Flett), Mrs Wiseman (nee Jamieson), H Welch (nee White), J J Sedgwick (nee Waddell), N Drysdale, M Roberts (nee Brown), Mrs Geach, C Bonwick (nee Strom), L Thompson (nee Stewart), G Easter (nee Jeremiah), N Kenward, H Davis (nee Irvine), G Sylvester, Mrs Tregellis Smith (nee Sampson), G Owen, G Cochran, Mrs Hales (nee Whitfield), L Sheppard, G Levinson (nee Irvine), Mrs Geddison, H F Allison Wallilen (nee Canard), V Wolnarski, L Leich, D White, S Bennett Smith, Miss McPhail, L Rutherford, M Hall, N Coombs, W Holding, C Cadwellader, Miss Dowling, Miss Stewart J Bage, F Grylls, M Hobler, I McAlpine, Miss Condon, S Malcolm, M Smith, A H Stone, M Nuzum, J Burgess, M Burtley, K Devine, E Simpson, S Pines, I Bonnin, A Cassidy, Miss Kendall, I F Donald, J Currie, T Tyson, J Robertson, R Quarterman, G Grace, M Tilton, M Robinson, A Lee-Brown, C Williams, L Moxham, E Reddie, F Tabor, N Isaacs, E M Renard, Miss Mackenzie, K Garney, G Duncan, F M Dowell, NW Gillespie, E L Prescott, Miss Sandbrook, M Peet, E Thistlewaite, E Palmer, B Lord, B Mckinnell, G Bishop, B McPhail, M Pearce, L Hancock, O Saloway, E Dixon, G C Marum, M Fowler, A M Gallen, A Brown, A Hardie, J Simpson, M Thomas, E G Beer, Miss Goodman, S Greenaway, W Williamson, J Donald, A Gill, E Gill, K Fegan, M Humphreys, J M Matthews, E C Kerr, Miss Holding, G Sumner, A Kitchen, E Pitchford, M Cumming, M donnellan, O Gillin, A Purcell, J Jennings, M Delehenty, M Stevens, M Duggan, J Reeves, A NeunhamA photocopy of a newspaper clipping consisting of titles, one large photo and several columns of text. The photo depicts a woman in nurse's uniform and war medals.ww1, wwi, world war 1, australian army nursing service, aans, australian imperial forces, aif, 3rd military district, edith cavell trust fund, hamilton russell wing, alfred hospital, repatriation hospital, caulfield, methodist homes for children, cheltenham, masonic homes, punt rd, trinity college, newport, melbourne university, bryant and may, edith cavell memorial service, returned army nurses' club, parliament house, children's welfare department, baby health centre, ivanhoe, police hospital, anzac hostel, mont park, bundoora, children's health bureau, anzac house, macrobertson's, tanganyika, rushworth, nauru, traralgon, st arnaud, tecoma, bateford, tatura, echuca, maldon, silvan, geelong, arruthers, winfield, hambridge, stewart cowan