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Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Postcard, Edith Cavell Memorial, Brussells
... Edith Cavell Memorial, Brussells...Black and White postcard showing the memorial erected in Brussels to Edith Cavell. A portrait of Edith Cavell in nurses uniform is inset. ...Edith Cavell in nurses uniform is inset. This card was purchased by an Australian soldier, probably Henry Smerdon Holmes, during World War One. Edith Cavell Memorial ...Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell)Black and White postcard showing the memorial erected in Brussels to Edith Cavell. A portrait of Edith Cavell in nurses uniform is inset. This card was purchased by an Australian soldier, probably Henry Smerdon Holmes, during World War One. edith cavell, chatham-holmes family collection, nurse, world war one, world war, sculpture -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchJournal - Journal clipping, UNA Nursing Journal, ANZAC Day, Melbourne, 1950; we remember this day, 1950, May 1
... ...Edith Cavell Memorial...Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel lay at wreath at Edith Cavell Memorial on ANZAC Day 1950....Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel lay at wreath at Edith Cavell Memorial on ANZAC Day 1950. ANZAC Day 1950 Wreath laying Betty Jeffrey Vivian Bullwinkel Edith Cavell Memorial Fall of Singapore Banka Island Centaur Australian Nursing Services Full two page article including a photograph of a wreath laying at a memorial. ...Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel lay at wreath at Edith Cavell Memorial on ANZAC Day 1950.Full two page article including a photograph of a wreath laying at a memorial. Pages 139 and 140 of a journal.anzac day 1950, wreath laying, betty jeffrey, vivian bullwinkel, edith cavell memorial, fall of singapore, banka island, centaur, australian nursing services -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, [The Sun], 'Nurses pay tribute at service', 'Mrs. Selleck lays first wreath', '[?] reunion', 'Marching women: Good as gold - Colonel Sage' and 'Korea 'veteran'', Tuesday, April 26 1955
... Edith Cavell Memorial...Articles all concerned with various ANZAC Day services in Melbourne as part of newspapers '4 pages for women' section. Edith Cavell Memorial Ida O'Dwyer Agnes Betty Jeffrey Mary Lougron Royal Red Cross Mrs A T Noy Kathleen Rogers Margaret Grace Caterson Helene Joyce Wilding British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Japan Korea Lou Marshall Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service Annie Moriah Sage Frank Selleck Frances Johns Gertrude Brindley MJ Hanna Alfred Hospital Ruth Meaney Royal Women's Hospital Betty Lawson Eye and Ear Hospital Mavis Mitchell Footscray General Hospital M Holding J Veitch Camp Hospital Puckapunyal Ann Swinton MBE Warrnambool Hospital Alice Adcock Margaret Coles Maternity Hospital Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Melbourne Hospital Euraope Middle East Auxiliary Territorial Service Belle Tresize Edith Curley Women's Auxiliary Air Force Britain M Caterson RAAMC RAAMC School of Army Health Healesville Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Kure HJ Wilding MA Bennet RAAFNS Darwin RAAF Royal Australian Air Force New Zealand Women's Auxuluary Army Corps MA Moorhead Auckland WAAC Women's Auxiliary Corps St Kilda Rd Egypt France England Caulfield Military Hospital AANS Australian Army Nursing Service Vyner Brooke Singapore Returned Nurses' Club Anzac House Tasmania POW Prisoner of war Nesta James Nesta Noy St Mary's Church Caulfield 2nd 10th AGH Australian General Hospital No. 1 Unit Salonika Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital AE Coates Edith Cavell Trust Fund 'NC9' [crossed out in blue ink top right hand corner] 'NC11' [blue ink top right hand corner] Newspaper clipping of articles on both sides, with some parts missing. ...Articles all concerned with various ANZAC Day services in Melbourne as part of newspapers '4 pages for women' section.Newspaper clipping of articles on both sides, with some parts missing. One side has a black and white photograph of three woman wearing medals and holding a floral tribute. The other side has a black and white photograph of two women in Army nursing uniforms looking at the camera. There are a range of articles on both sides.'NC9' [crossed out in blue ink top right hand corner] 'NC11' [blue ink top right hand corner]edith cavell memorial, ida o'dwyer, agnes betty jeffrey, mary lougron, royal red cross, mrs a t noy, kathleen rogers, margaret grace caterson, helene joyce wilding, british commonwealth occupation forces, japan, korea, lou marshall, royal australian air force nursing service, annie moriah sage, frank selleck, frances johns, gertrude brindley, mj hanna, alfred hospital, ruth meaney, royal women's hospital, betty lawson, eye and ear hospital, mavis mitchell, footscray general hospital, m holding, j veitch, camp hospital puckapunyal, ann swinton, mbe, warrnambool hospital, alice adcock, margaret coles maternity hospital, queen alexandra imperial military nursing service, royal melbourne hospital, euraope, middle east, auxiliary territorial service, belle tresize, edith curley, women's auxiliary air force, britain, m caterson, raamc, raamc school of army health, healesville, royal australian army medical corps, kure, hj wilding, ma bennet, raafns, darwin, raaf, royal australian air force, new zealand women's auxuluary army corps, ma moorhead, auckland, waac, women's auxiliary corps, st kilda rd, egypt, france, england, caulfield military hospital, aans, australian army nursing service, vyner brooke, singapore, returned nurses' club, anzac house, tasmania, pow, prisoner of war, nesta james, nesta noy, st mary's church, caulfield, 2nd 10th agh, australian general hospital, no. 1 unit, salonika, heidelberg repatriation hospital, ae coates, edith cavell trust fund -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, [The Sun News-Pictorial], 'Marching women: Good as gold - Colonel Sage', 'Korea 'veteran', 'Nurses pay tribute at service', 'Mrs. Selleck lays first wreath', 'Lunch reunion', Tuesday, April 26 1955
... Edith Cavell Memorial...Articles all concerned with various ANZAC Day services in Melbourne as part of newspapers '4 pages for women' section. Edith Cavell Memorial Ida O'Dwyer Agnes Betty Jeffrey Mary Lougron Royal Red Cross Mrs A T Noy Kathleen Rogers Margaret Grace Caterson Helene Joyce Wilding British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Japan Korea Lou Marshall Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service Annie Moriah Sage Frank Selleck Frances Johns Gertrude Brindley MJ Hanna Alfred Hospital Ruth Meaney Royal Women's Hospital Betty Lawson Eye and Ear Hospital Mavis Mitchell Footscray General Hospital M Holding J Veitch Camp Hospital Puckapunyal Ann Swinton MBE Warrnambool Hospital Alice Adcock Margaret Coles Maternity Hospital Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Melbourne Hospital Euraope Middle East Auxiliary Territorial Service Belle Tresize Edith Curley Women's Auxiliary Air Force Britain M Caterson RAAMC RAAMC School of Army Health Healesville Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Kure HJ Wilding MA Bennet RAAFNS Darwin RAAF Royal Australian Air Force New Zealand Women's Auxuluary Army Corps MA Moorhead Auckland WAAC Women's Auxiliary Corps St Kilda Rd Egypt France England Caulfield Military Hospital AANS Australian Army Nursing Service Vyner Brooke Singapore Returned Nurses' Club Anzac House Tasmania POW Prisoner of war Nesta James Nesta Noy St Mary's Church Caulfield 2nd 10th AGH Australian General Hospital No. 1 Unit Salonika Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital AE Coates Edith Cavell Trust Fund Newspaper clipping of articles on both sides, with some parts becoming seperated. ...Articles all concerned with various ANZAC Day services in Melbourne as part of newspapers '4 pages for women' section.Newspaper clipping of articles on both sides, with some parts becoming seperated. One side has a black and white photograph of three woman wearing medals and holding a floral tribute. The other side has a black and white photograph of two women in Army nursing uniforms looking at the camera. There are a range of articles on both sides.edith cavell memorial, ida o'dwyer, agnes betty jeffrey, mary lougron, royal red cross, mrs a t noy, kathleen rogers, margaret grace caterson, helene joyce wilding, british commonwealth occupation forces, japan, korea, lou marshall, royal australian air force nursing service, annie moriah sage, frank selleck, frances johns, gertrude brindley, mj hanna, alfred hospital, ruth meaney, royal women's hospital, betty lawson, eye and ear hospital, mavis mitchell, footscray general hospital, m holding, j veitch, camp hospital puckapunyal, ann swinton, mbe, warrnambool hospital, alice adcock, margaret coles maternity hospital, queen alexandra imperial military nursing service, royal melbourne hospital, euraope, middle east, auxiliary territorial service, belle tresize, edith curley, women's auxiliary air force, britain, m caterson, raamc, raamc school of army health, healesville, royal australian army medical corps, kure, hj wilding, ma bennet, raafns, darwin, raaf, royal australian air force, new zealand women's auxuluary army corps, ma moorhead, auckland, waac, women's auxiliary corps, st kilda rd, egypt, france, england, caulfield military hospital, aans, australian army nursing service, vyner brooke, singapore, returned nurses' club, anzac house, tasmania, pow, prisoner of war, nesta james, nesta noy, st mary's church, caulfield, 2nd 10th agh, australian general hospital, no. 1 unit, salonika, heidelberg repatriation hospital, ae coates, edith cavell trust fund -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Edith Cavell's cousin to lay wreath, [unknown]
... Edith Cavell...WWI...World War I...World War One...memorial...Article about Joan Cavell coming to Australia to lay a wreath at the Edith Cavell Memorial [Melbourne]...Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Article about Joan Cavell coming to Australia to lay a wreath at the Edith Cavell Memorial [Melbourne] Edith Cavell WWI World War I World War One memorial ANZAC Day Newspaper clipping Edith Cavell's cousin to lay wreath Newspaper Newspaper clipping ...Article about Joan Cavell coming to Australia to lay a wreath at the Edith Cavell Memorial [Melbourne]Newspaper clippingedith cavell, wwi, world war i, world war one, memorial, anzac day -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Betty Jeffrey (1908-2000), We remember this day, Wednesday, April 26, 1950
... 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. ...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. ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchMemorabilia - Press cuttings album, Press cuttings : R. A. N. C, unknown
... Mainly dealing with activities of Nurse's Club, History of AANS, WWI, WWII, AANS, Post WWII, Anzac Day, Nurse's Club, Cavell, Nurse Edith Memorials, Celebrations, Funerals, Matrons.'...Mainly dealing with activities of Nurse's Club, History of AANS, WWI, WWII, AANS, Post WWII, Anzac Day, Nurse's Club, Cavell, Nurse Edith Memorials, Celebrations, Funerals, Matrons.' ...Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, no publication or date information other than approximate year. From former catalogue: 'Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - 1917 - 1950. No record of owner. Mainly dealing with activities of Nurse's Club, History of AANS, WWI, WWII, AANS, Post WWII, Anzac Day, Nurse's Club, Cavell, Nurse Edith Memorials, Celebrations, Funerals, Matrons.'Bound hardback book with black and red cover with gold lettering, spine is red, back cover missing. Book is damaged. Appears to be machine sewn with guards around most of the pages.wwi, world war one, wwii, ww2, world war two, ww1, ranc, royal army nursing corps, nurse's club -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Hardcover book, Rowland Ryder, Edith Cavell, 1975
... [Stamped in purple ink on the title page] 'EDITH CAVELL'S GRAVE BEHIND / NORWICH CATHEDRAL - ANNIV- / ERSARY OF HER DEATH. 12/10/77' [Typed in black ink on a white sticker and stuck to the front page beneath a photo that has also been glued onto the page.] ' "The Home", Nov. 1st, 1926 / Miss Margaret Baskerville, the / Australian Sculptor, has / completed a bust of Nurse Edith / Cavell, of heroic memory. It is / a commission given to them / some time ago by the members / of the Australian [?]. This / memorial...[Stamped in purple ink on the title page] 'EDITH CAVELL'S GRAVE BEHIND / NORWICH CATHEDRAL - ANNIV- / ERSARY OF HER DEATH. 12/10/77' [Typed in black ink on a white sticker and stuck to the front page beneath a photo that has also been glued onto the page.] ' "The Home", Nov. 1st, 1926 / Miss Margaret Baskerville, the / Australian Sculptor, has / completed a bust of Nurse Edith / Cavell, of heroic memory. It is / a commission given to them / some time ago by the members / of the Australian [?]. This / memorial ...Edith Louisa Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. - from Trove record.Hardback book with dustjacket. The dustjacket is cream in colour. Along the spine the title is printed in large black letters, followed by the author's name, and at the bottom is a white sticker with 'B45' handwritten in red texta. The front of the dustjacket shows a black and white photograph of a well-dressed lady sitting on a bench with a dog either side of her. Down the left side of the image is a vertical panel with seven red poppies. The title and author are printed across the bottom of the cover.non-fictionEdith Louisa Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. - from Trove record. edith cavell, history of nursing, world war one 1914-1918, ww1, wwi -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage CollectionSculpture, Margaret Baskerville, Edith Cavell, c. 1926
... Edith Cavell was an English nurse based in Belgium who had been killed by German officers for conspiring to help in the escape of allied soldiers. This work is a plaster maquette of a large memorial...Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets Brighton melbourne Edith Cavell was an English nurse based in Belgium who had been killed by German officers for conspiring to help in the escape of allied soldiers. This work is a plaster maquette of a large memorial ...Edith Cavell was an English nurse based in Belgium who had been killed by German officers for conspiring to help in the escape of allied soldiers. This work is a plaster maquette of a large memorial marble bust by Margaret Baskerville that is located at Kings Domain on Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne. Although commissioned in 1917, the memorial was not completed until 1926 due to both the difficulty of obtaining Carrara marble from Italy after the war and the increasing number of Baskerville’s other commissions.Margaret Baskerville, Edith Cavell c. 1926, plaster, 82 x 49 x 28 cm. Bayside Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by Charles Douglas Richardson, 1931.plasteredith cavell, bust, sculpture, nurse, world war i, margaret baskerville, melbourne, berkendael medical institute, red cross, brussels, plaster -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell, Edith Cavell, 1958
... Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Nurses - Great Britain - Biography Edith Cavell 1865-1915 A biography of Edith Cavell Index, ill, p.161. ...A biography of Edith CavellIndex, ill, p.161.A biography of Edith Cavellnurses - great britain - biography, edith cavell 1865-1915 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Judith White, Nurses unsung heroines of war, [1988]
... Edith Cavell...World War 1...World War One...WW1...WWI...War Memorial...WWII 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 A newspaper clipping of three columns of text with a black and white photo above of three women, two obviously in nurse's uniform Nurses unsung heroines of war Newspaper Newspaper clipping Judith White ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping (inlc duplicate), Annie Gillison, A gentle champion fights on, 24 April [1988]
... Edith Cavell...Britich...Belgium...German...Nurses' Memorial...World War 2 WWII WW2 World War II Vivian Bullwinkel Red Cross Mercy Hospital Michael Willessee St Kilda Road Edith Cavell Britich Belgium German Nurses' Memorial Centre Lucas Sampson Kerrie Sampson Yarraville West 'WWII ' '[blue ink, top right, both copies] 'Progress Press. ...Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel) visits Melbourne from her home in Perth to launch the National Mutual Nurses' Month, taking place throughout May. The biggest woman's project of the bicentennial, Nurses' Month will involve nurses throughout Australia. Though Vivian is now retired she is still very involved and concerned about the nursing world. Possibly best known as the courageous lone survivour of the massacre of Australian Army nurses by the Japanese in World War Two, Vivian went on to be matron of the Repatriation Hospital and then Fairfield Hospital. A newspaper clipping of a story consisting of three large columns of text and a large black and white photo of an older woman (head and sholders) holding a baby'WWII ' '[blue ink, top right, both copies] 'Progress Press. APRIL 1988'[black ink bottom left, one copy]world war 2, wwii, ww2, world war ii, vivian bullwinkel, red cross, mercy hospital, michael willessee, st kilda road, edith cavell, britich, belgium, german, nurses' memorial centre, lucas sampson, kerrie sampson, yarraville west
