A funeral service was held for Col Nellie Espie (retd) at St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, on August 22. Nellie, a former Director of Army Nursing dies on August 15, aged 92. Nellie was born in Tasmania in 1924, trained as a nurse in the 1940's and became an Army nurse when the Korean War broke out. She was commissioned as a lieutenant with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) and posted to Ingleburn, NSW in 1951. She went on to be a Ward Sister and Charge Sister in Japan, Korea, Duntroon, Malaya, Queensland and Victoria. 1969 saw Col Espie become Matron of the Australian Field Hospital at Vung Tau in South Vietnam. by the time she was discharged from the service in 1981 she was Matron in Chief of the RAANC and Director of Army Nursing. Nellie continued to take an active role in the RAANC after her retirement. A newspaper clipping of a story consisting of three columns of text, an old black and white photo of a masked up nurse treating a man's leg and a small colour photo of an older woman in military uniform.adf, australian defense force, centenary of anzac planning team, greg melick, rsl, returned services league, maj-gen greg melick, marise payne, defense minister, oatlands, florence nightingale trust, national medal, royal red cross, member if the order of australia, centenary medal, meritorious service medal

The Certificate relates to The Bendigo RSL/Bendigo District RSL being 100 years old on 28th September 2016. The certificate talks about the Objects of the League and changes over the years. The League itself was formed in 1916. Refer Cat No’s 8000.2, 8019, 8020, 8073P. This item is on display in the Foyer entrance to the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc Havilah Road.Framed Certificate, frame is light brown timber, certificate has a white overlay, the certificate is white background with all print in black, there is a faint background section of the RSL Badge in colour on the left hand side, bottom RH side is a red seal. Certificate is signed and dated.Main heading is, “The Returned & Services League of Australia”. Signed by the National President of the RSL, “Greg Melick AO - 13 April 2021”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, certificate, 100 years