Blue paperback book with title printed in white along the spine and front cover. There are four black and white photos of nurses tending wounded soldiers in white-bordered templates across the bottom of the cover.non-fictionNorman tells the dramatic story of fifty women-members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps-who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and how war affected them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The Story of fifty military nurses who served in Vietnam. -Trovemilitary nurses, vietnam war

Article provides a brief history of nursing in warfare from Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War (1854-1856) and the formation of nursing services in Australia from the Boer War through to the nursing officers on peacekeeping missions in the 1990’s. Point of the article is 100 years of military nurses and the planned national memorial for military nurses.Centre newspaper spread with two colour photographs and three black and white photographs. Article has ten columns of text. Spread has a blue and red border at the top and bottom of the page, blue inside, red outside. One colour photograph is of an elderly woman in a wheelchair looking down, she is wearing a khaki coloured hat, green coat with medals on the left side of her chest and a plaid skirt. The other colour photograph is of six older women seated or standing and a man in a suit standing between them. The black and white photograph at the top centre of the article is of eight young women in nurses uniform leaning on the railing of a ship. The black and white photograph at the top on the right is of a woman in uniform upright and four men lying, strapped in beds and bunks. The third black and white photograph at the bottom of the page on the left is of three middle aged women in nursing uniforms with medals pinned on the left of their capes.memorial, nursing in warfare, history, military nurses

Album of photographs taken in the Middle East in 1917. The collection begins with images of the ship 'Wiltshire' leaving from Sydney and then on to Colombo. There are photos of local points of interest and local people in Colombo, Cairo, Alexandria and Lower Jordan. The album also contains images relating to the 19th and 17th British General Hospitals, their nurses, patients, V.A.D.'s and residences. According to the inscription on the cover, the album belonged to Dorothy White. Dorothy was staying at Rhedural Hotel in Alexandria in 1917. "Rhedural" was a historical misspelling of Khedivial Hotel (Hotel Khédivial), located on Rue de la Porte de Rosette in Alexandria, Egypt. During World War I it was used to accommodate military personnel and nurses. The collection includes photos of this hotel and its surrounds.Dark green mottled cover photo album with the word 'photographs' printed across the front cover in white print. There is a white sticker attached to the top left corner with WWI Middle East handwritten on it. The pages are cardboard with cutouts to display four 2x3 photos on each page.'WWI / MIDDLE EAST' [Handwritten in black ink on a label attached to front cover] 'Dorothy S. White / Rhedural Hotel / Rue De Rosette / Alexandria / Egypt' [Handwritten in black ink on the inside front cover] '17.12.17' [Handwritten on the inside front cover]middle east, wwi, ww1, world war 1914-1918, 1917, australian military nurses, british general hospitals, nurses, vad, military hospitals, alexandria, cairo, colombo, jordan

Opinion article questioning why Australian war nurses do not receive state funerals like soldiers who served do. Author of article and historian Melanie Oppenheimerhas has written a non-fiction book about a Australia WWI nurse titled 'Oceans of Love, Narrelle'. Photograph with article is of Vivian Bullwinkel.Newspaper clipping with a black and white photograph on the right of a smiling woman in military nurses uniform. Article has seven columns of text.war nurses, funerals, state funerals, melanie oppenheimer, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham

Commemorates the work of British nurses during World War II, with a detailed description of the Nurses' War Memorial Chapel in Westminster Abbey.Illustrated booklet with blue-grey cover. Title printed in white on front and a straight white line printed horizontally across the middle of the cover.great britain nurses, world war 1939-1945 medical care, ww2, wwii, military nurses, nurses war memorial chapel (london)

More than Bombs and Bandages, Australian army nurses at work in WW1, hard cover with dustjacket, 344 pages published by Big Sky publishing with black and white photographs, with inscription and signature of author Kirsty Harris.Kirsty Harrisaustralia, military, nurses, australian army, ww1, nursing.

Hard copy - Panaramagoodwin, military, nurses, ww11, concord, repatriation, hospital, army, raaf, aamws, red cross, physiotherapists

Commemorates the work of British nurses during World War II, with a detailed description of the Nurses' War Memorial Chapel in Westminster Abbey.Illustrated booklet with blue-grey cover. Title printed in white on front and a straight white line printed horizontally across the middle of the cover.non-fictionnurses' war memorial chapel (london, great britain nurses, world war 1939-1945 medical care, ww2, wwii, military nurses

Letter dated 24th September 1991 from the Director of Nursing at the Royal District Nursing Service to Miss Betty Lawson at the Returned Nurses Club. The letter thanks Miss Lawson for contacting RDNS regarding a memorial to be held for the late Mrs McKeller and informing her that two representatives will be in attendance.Typed letter on A4 paper. The typing is in black ink. There is a header at the top of the page with the letters RDNS printed in blue ink and beneath that 'ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE' in red ink. At the bottom of the page are the contact details for the RDNS printed in blue ink.'H63' [Handwritten in blue ink in the top right hand corner.]military nurses, memorial, lydia mckeller

Correspondence of the Australian Defence Force regarding the medical arrangements on board the 'Queen Mary' and the 'Aquitania' ships in the convoy to the Middle East.Photocopy on A4 paper of typed correspondence. The source is typed along the left side edge. military nurses, australian defence force, military ships

Article about the friendship between two Returned Nurses; 84 year old Nellie Norman (a resident at Osburn Lodge Wodonga) and 75 year old Ruth Sampson (who visits old soldiers and returned nurses as an RSL member). Mrs Sampson had one wish, to push Mrs Norman in the ANZAC Day parade. The second page shows a copy of a photo of her fulfilling that wish at the Wodonga ANZAC March in 1996.Photocopy of a newspaper clipping on one page and a photo that accompanies the clipping on the second page.'WODONGA LOCAL PAPER / FEB. 1996' [Handwritten in blue ink on the bottom of the first page] 'NC9' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the second page]nellie norman, ruth sampson, military nurses, wodonga - victoria

Copy of Daisy Florence McIntyres military attestation papers for serving abroad in WWI. Daisy served in Bombay, India between 1917-1920, before returning to Australia.Photocopy of a completed four page Attestation form for Daisy McIntyre.world war 1914-1918, daisy florence mcintyre, australian military nurses, australian imperial forces

Hardcover book with a black and red cover and a cream coloured dustjacket. The print on the spine is faded but it faintly shows the title in red print, the editors names are in black. The cover of the dustjacket has the title in red print across the top. 'The forgotten years' is repeated three times down the page in black print that becomes lighter and smaller each time.non-fictionThis is the compelling story of nine Army nurses who served in Vietnam between 1965-1971. Their diverse and individual accounts vividly express the frustrations and challenges of their experiences. - Trovenurses, military nurses, vietnam, vietnam war, united states armed forces nurses

The Nurses Seniority List contains information from 1918 that provides the surname, initials, military district, and unit for nursing staff. It also details the uniform requirements and rank badges.Typed page containing two columns of names and dates with a line running down between the columns.'H79' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the first page] 'Details from the '1918 Nurses Seniority List' / I thought you may find them of some interest. / Rod.' [Handwritten in pencil along the left side edge of page 2]world war 1914-1918, australian military nurses, ww1, wwi, australian army nursing service

Photograph of Mrs Edith Lydia Mackellar (nee Shaw). Edith was born in Melbourne on September 24th, 1901 and passed away on September 13th, 1991. She served as Lieutenant Colonel in World War II. The picture was presented by Betty C Lawson.Black and white photo of Mrs Edith Lydia Mackellar [nee Shaw) seated in her Australian Nurses uniform.'H63' [Handwritten in blue ink on the back of the card] 'MRS EDITH LYDIA MACKELLAR (NEE SHAW) / BORN IN MELBOURNE 24.9.1901 / DIED 13.9.91 / PICTURE PRESENTED BY BETTY C. LAWSON' [Handwritten in blue ink on the back of the card]australian military nurses, australian army nursing service, ww2, world war 1939-1945, wwii, edith lydia shaw

Accounts of the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1914, with particular detail regarding the first three Australian General Hospitals and the Hospital ships 'Kyarra' and 'Gascon'. The document includes early personal accounts of the formation of the Service and details of the early days and leading into World War One.Photocopy of a typed document. There are fifteen pages of typed information and four pages of photographs. The entire document is printed in black ink.australian military nurses, australian army nursing service, world war 1914-1918, wwi, ww1, hospital ship kyarra, 1st australian general hospital, 2nd australian general hospital, 3rd australian general hospital, hospital ship gascon, cairo

A letter from an Australian Nursing Sister, Miss Douglas, back home to her family in 1918. The letter details her experience in travelling to London to be awarded the Royal Red Cross from the King. It provides great detail on her journey, her experience of the day, and her impressions of Buckingham Palace, as well as the people she encountered on her day out.Handwritten letter on unlined paper in black ink. The writing completely fills the page.australian military nurses, world war 1914-1918, wwi, ww1, royal red cross, miss douglas

List of names of Nurses on Home Service 1914-1918. Second page contains three columns of names of Victorian members of the Australian Army Nursing Service in the First World War. The names of nurses who were recorded as deceased in 1957 are marked with a cross beside their names.A list of names typed in two columns down the page.'SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [Stamped in purple ink, partially visible at the top of each page] 'x' [Handwritten in blue ink next to multiple names on the lists] '10/7/57 / 850-195=655 / members / deceased' [Handwritten (in the same blue ink as the x's next to some names) along the lower right hand edge of the first page]world war 1914-1918, wwi, ww1, australian army nursing service, australian military nurses

'Melbourne District Nursing society opened the After-Care Home, situated at 39 Victoria Parade Collingwood in 1926 following a public appeal for funds. The name changed from 'Home' to 'Hospital' in 1934. The After-Care Home was originally established to provide nurse-managed convalescent care to poor and underprivileged people who could not look after themselves at home due to illness or on release from hospital. Opening in 1926, at a cost of £27,000, the home included maternity, children’s and adult wards as well as accommodation for Matron, twelve nurses and four domestic staff. In 1930 an ante-natal clinic was opened at the home. During 1934 the Women’s Welfare Clinic including, at the time, a very controversial Family Planning Clinic, the first of its kind in Australia, was opened to support women at risk following multiple and difficult pregnancies. Major extensions occurred in 1936. Each Ward in the After-Care Hospital at 45 Victoria Parade, Collingwood, had a Sun Room which was well lit by its many windows. Several donors gave money to furnish some of the Wards. Following Government intervention, the After-Care Hospital was separated from the Melbourne District Nursing Society in 1957. The District division of Melbourne District Nursing Society became the Melbourne District Nursing Service and moved to 452 St Kilda Road; later, in 1966, with Royal patronage this became Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS). The After-care hospital continued to operate at the same address in Collingwood until 1985 when it became the Melbourne Geriatric Centre. ' - taken from The Royal District Nursing Service. This document is part of the MDNS annual report, possibly the 50th, 1934-35. Photopcopied pages from an annual report taken in landscape position so two pages show to a sheet. Typed black print on white paper with pages divided by a solid black line down the middle. Paragraphs are separated by headings and subheadings, as well as two black and white images and a list of names divided into three columns.'Jean / Brown ' 'Hester Cutler[?]' [Handwritten in pencil on either side of the first image]australian army nursing service, australian military nurses, melbourne district nursing service, after-care hospital, c. wishart, edith lydia shaw, jean brown

Peach coloured spine with olive printed text. Cover shows a photograph of two nurses in Vung Tau in 1968 standing by a clothes line and hanging up washing, one is wearing swimwear and the other is wearing shorts and top. The title is printed across the top in yellow print and the sub title below that in white print.non-fictionDon't forget your cotton underwear, girls! Most books that look at the involvement of Australians in the Vietnam War rarely allude to the role of nurses. But war and nursing are unequivocally linked. A total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971, undertaking tours of up to 12 months. The nurses were assigned to a military hospital in a war zone with little advanced preparation, particularly as clinicians with exposure to trauma, critical care or theatre. The contribution of these women undoubtedly affected many soldiers in profound ways. Tears on My Pillow describes the experiences of nursing in the Vietnam War using the words, voices and photographs of these servicewomen. These veterans tell tales of femininity interspersed with the reality of the military environment through their stories of trauma, distress, tears and grief that went on for many years, and stories of underwear, fun and the basic things in life. [From Trove]vietnam war, royal australian army nursing corps, australian military nurses

Peach coloured spine with olive printed text. Cover shows a photograph of two nurses in Vung Tau in 1968 standing by a clothes line and hanging up washing, one is wearing swimwear and the other is wearing shorts and top. The title is printed across the top in yellow print and the sub title below that in white print.non-fictionDon't forget your cotton underwear, girls! Most books that look at the involvement of Australians in the Vietnam War rarely allude to the role of nurses. But war and nursing are unequivocally linked. A total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971, undertaking tours of up to 12 months. The nurses were assigned to a military hospital in a war zone with little advanced preparation, particularly as clinicians with exposure to trauma, critical care or theatre. The contribution of these women undoubtedly affected many soldiers in profound ways. Tears on My Pillow describes the experiences of nursing in the Vietnam War using the words, voices and photographs of these servicewomen. These veterans tell tales of femininity interspersed with the reality of the military environment through their stories of trauma, distress, tears and grief that went on for many years, and stories of underwear, fun and the basic things in life. [From Trove]vietnam war, royal australian army nursing corps, australian military nurses

Royal blue paperback book with an image that wraps around the spine, of a matron in red uniform and white veil, in the background is a brown image of women in uniform in a line. The title is printed in yellow. The author and subtitle printed in white. There is a white spine label semi-attached to the base of the spine.non-fictionAs a triple certificated nurse Monica joined the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and in late 1941 became the matron of an Australian military hospital at Puckapunyal. Then she was a matron at the internment hospital at Tatura, a hospital ship, 11 other Australian military hospitals, a camp hospital at Koitaki New Guinea. - from Trove.australian army nursing service, aans, matron monica mcmahon, monica mcmahon, wwii, ww@, world war 1939-1945, military nurses, women in war

Article is related to the dedication of the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial in October 1999. Twenty attendees are presented with headshot photographs, identifying information and a brief quote about their service. This includes down the centre of the spread is a brief chronology of ‘A century of nursing service’ from May 1899 to 1999. People interviewed: - [Janet] Pat[teson] Darling [neé Gunther], Former Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) WWII - Eve[lyn Edith] Bidstrup [neé Blacker], Former AANS WWII - Flight Lieutenant Kathleen Pyne, Current (at printing) Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) Rwanda - Lorna [Margaret (Skeet)] Johnston [neé Whyte], Former AANS - Shirley Rolfe, Former RAAFNS Korea - Pam Campbell, Former RAAFNS Korea - David Werda, Former Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Somalia - Wilma [Elizabeth Forster] Young [neé Oram] Former AANS WWII - Wing Commander Geoff Robinson, Royal Australian Air Force Gulf War - Lieutenant Commander Allan Barratt, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS) Gulf War - Major Nick Massotti, RAANC Gulf War - Florence [Elizabeth] Syer [neé Trotter] AANS WWII - Margaret Mills, RAANC Korea - Major Anne Blundell, RAANC Cambodia - Brigadier Perditta [Marjorie] McCarthy, Former RANNC WWII - Barbara McKewon, Former RAAFNS Malayan Emergency & Vietnam - Judith Robson, Former RAAFNS Vietnam - Edith [Dorothy Kate] Eadie [neé Butler], Former AANS WWII - Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Wright, RAANC Rwanda - Captain Judith Spencer, RAANC RwandaCentre newspaper spread with twenty colour headshot captioned photographs and a large central box with text as a chronology and blue background. Spread has a red border at the top of the page underneath publication information.memorial, nursing in warfare, history, military nurses, australian service nurses national memorial

Photograph album from the First World War belonging to Dorothy Henry, a nursing sister with the Australian Army Nursing Service. Dorothy enlisted in May 1917 and returned to Australia near the end of 1919. The photos were all taken during those two years. Included are photographs and postcards of Nursing Sisters, patients and Army personnel, the ANZAC Hospital in Harefield, the 1st Australian general Hospital in Sutton Veny in Wiltshire, and some from the South of France.Brown hard-cover album with a darker brown strip down the left side of the cover and around the spine.'Dorothy E. Henry / No1. AGH / Sutton Veny / Wilts / 24.7.19' [handwritten in black ink inside cover]australian military nurses, nurses, wwi, ww1, world war one, australian army nursing serice, dorothy henry, 1st australian general hospital, anzac hospital harefield

An album containing photographs, articles and ephemera from the ceremony for the unveiling of the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial in Canberra, October 2nd 1999. "The Australian Service Nurses National Memorial, designed by Sydney-based sculptor Robin Moorhouse, commemorates the role of more than 10,000 Australian service nurses who have served in times of war, including 102 who died while on active service. The Memorial is constructed from translucent blue glass and has the words ‘Beyond all praise’ on the front. It consists of two curvilinear glass walls which are etched with text and images, in a timeline sequence, portraying the history and contribution of Australian Service Nursing. Also included is a collage of historical photographs and extracts from diaries and letters, in the original handwriting. Included on the west side of the memorial are the insignias of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force. Unveiled on 2 October 1999, the ceremony was attended by over 1000 nurses, some from World War II who were in their 80s. A fly past by the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes and royal salutes by officers from all defence services were included in the ceremony. A march by nurses carrying 102 Australian flags in memory of the nurses who fell in service plus one other flag in memory of civilian nurses who had lost their lives was also included. Other nurses wore vintage uniforms from previous war campaigns and wreaths were placed at the foot of the memorial by several dignitaries, service and civilian nursing groups from across Australia." [taken from The Australian Women's Register website].Cream coloured, Australian themed photo album with a Waratah flower, a gumnut and a gumleaf on the cover. A large white label in the top left reads 'Nurses Memorial Canberra'. The album contains plastic photo pockets and inner margins for annotations. It is filled with coloured photographs of varying sizes, clippings and a booklet. The album is only half filled.'PA59' [handwritten in blue ink on a sticker on the spine] 'Nurses Memorial Canberra' [handwritten in black ink on a white sticker on the front cover] [Annotations describing photos on most pages, handwritten in blue ink]australian military nurses, nurses, nurses memorial canberra, war memorials australia, australian nursing services

Photograph collection of Sister Gertrude Good (O'Halloran) from her war service during the First World War. Gertrude enlisted in Melbourne in December 1914, when she was 36 years old. She served for nearly five years until 1919. Photographs include local scenes and people in Cairo and around Egypt, the Australian Light Horse in Egypt, the 1st Australian General Hospital in Heliopolia, as well as photos from Britain, Australia and New Zealand, and the miltary college in Duntroon.Brown hardback album with a thin dark line running vertically down the front cover an inch in from the spine and a diagonal line across the two corners of the cover on the right side. The album contains brown card pages with multiple black and white and sepia toned photographs of varying sizes on each page.'J.H.O'Halloran' [handwritten inside front cover in blue ink] '1 Crescent St / Hunters Hill' [handwritten inside front cover in pencil] 'Gertrude O'Halloran (nee Good) / Album of War Service / Enlisted in Melbourne Dec 1914 aged 36 / Served 4.5 - 5 years until 1919' [handwritten inside front cover in black ink]australian military nurses, nurses, wwi, ww1, world war one, egypt, australian army nursing serice, sister gertrude good, gertrude o'halloran, gertrude good, royal military college - duntroon, australian army nurses in world war one

Photograph album containing photos from World War II in the Middle East and New Guinea, originally belonging to Lesla Sutton. There is a correspondence card addressed to Lesla inside the album from Patsy Adam-Smith, the card thanks him for loaning the albums for her to view and use some of the images in her book 'Australian Women at War' (1984), she notes that they are 'by far the nicest' photos she has seen. The album includes: - a 6.75 x 9.75 coloured photo of the Nursing Staff of the 7th Australian General Hospital (A.G.H.) - snow in Jerusalem in 1942 - people and places of Rehovath, where the 7th AGH was stationed on their arrival in the Middle East - Gaza, Jerash, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and many other places in the Middle East - a photo of the leaflet dropped at Tobruk by the Germans asking Aussies to surrender - Arab people and lifestyles - Lesla Blanshard and other nursing sisters Ornate brown photograph album bound with thick brown thread tied at the front. An image of David's Tower, Jerusalem is embedded in the front cover surrounded by an ornate embossed floral pattern. The inside pages are black card separated by protective translucent pages.'WWII / MIDDLE EAST AND / NEW GUINEA' [handwritten in black ink on a white sticker attached to the front cover] [multiple inscriptions on each page handwritten in white ink detailing each image] 'Lesla Sutton' [handwritten in black ink on the inside front cover behind attached photograph]australian military nurses, nurses, australian army nursing serice, 2/7th australian general hospital, lesla meddy blanshard, lesla sutton, ww2, wwii, second world war, middle east, new guinea

Photograph album that belonged to Bess Vickers, VX59377, 12 AGH, AIF in Ceylon during the Second World War. Included are photos from onboard the HMHS Wanganella (the ship used to evacuate sick and wounded Allied soldiers to and from Ceylon); buildings, landmarks, local people and nursing staff, patients and soldiers, around Ceylon in 1941.Worn brown photograph album bound with thread and tied in a bow on the left hand side. White sticker label in the top left corner covering an image of the sun, it's rays spread out across the rest of the cover. Printed diagonally in the bottom right corner are the words 'happy snaps'.'WW2-CEYLON / BESS VICKERS' [handwritten in black ink on a white sticker on the front cover] 'B Vickers VX59377 / 12AGH / AIF / Ceylon' [handwritten in black ink on the inside front cover] [Annotations describing photos on most pages, handwritten in black ink]australian military nurses, nurses, ww2, wwii, second world war, ceylon, bess vickers, 12 agh, hmhs wanganella

Light brown spine with white printed title across it. The front cover shows a helicopter in the grey sky with seven soldiers being lowered to the ground, the title is printed across the middle and the author's name appears at the bottom of the image.non-fictionMeet the real heroes of Australia - today's soldiers who have been awarded medals for outstanding acts of bravery and courage. - Troveaustralian defence force, medals, military history australia, decorations of honour australia