Newspaper article from the Melbourne, Sunday Herald Sun newspaper, dated October 3, 1999. The article is about the life of Jean Hanna. She attended Presbyterian Ladies College in 1917, went on to become a nurse and served overseas in Palestine, Egypt, Borneo, Colombo, as well as Queensland. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross and several service medals. The article looks at the significant role nurses played during conflict and the importance in acknowledging and remembering their service. Newspaper clipping with title in bold across two lines at the top, followed by a large square photo of Jean Hanna holding up her medals below. To the left and below the photo are four columns of text.australian nurses, jean hanna, royal red cross, alfred hospital, nursing during conflict

The article tells how playwright, John Misto, won first prize and $20,000 in the Australia Remembers National Play Competition and proceeded to donated his winnings to the help fund a nurses memorial in Canberra. John's play, The Shoehorn Sonata, tells the story of an army nurse in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. John decided to donated his winnings after finding out, during his research for the play, that nurses did not have a war memorial. He stated that it was mindboggling how brave the nurses were in the conditions and that he didn't want them and their work to continue to be unknown. Nurses have cared for the sick and wounded in every conflict in which Australia has committed troops, from the Boer war to present day. Ex-service nursing organisations and the Royal College of Nursing, Australia convened a committee to plan a memorial. The committee want to unveil a national memorial at the centenary of the raising of the first military nursing service celebrations in 1999. The memorial will cost about $1.5 million and be funded by nurses, nursing organisations and donations and depict the various environments where nurses served. A photocopied article from a newsletter with three columns of text and a black and white photo of a man in front of a group of older women, all smilingww2, wwll, janice mccarthy, royal australian army nursing corps association, nurses' national memorial committee, australian army nursing service, national capital planning authority, anzac parade, dorothy angell, coralie gerrard, barbara orchard, joyce edwards, elizabeth percival, defence force nursing, rcna

The Weekend Australian lift out from ANZAC Day 1999. Contains article titles as follows: 'The Sisters' story' by Katie Holmes - p1 - Beginning of an article talking about the circumstances of nurses in warfare, duties, conditions, etc. Continued on p8 'Private battles' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Article gives a brief overview of how armed forces nursing services were formed, why and how they developed, including major players such as Nellie Gould and Grace Wilson. '100 years of service, dedication' - p2 - Timeline of armed forces nursing services. 'Wild dogs and 13 patients' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Edited extract from recollections of Julia Anderson who served as a nurse in the Boer War. 'A pioneer called Nellie' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Brief biographical article on Nellie Gould. 'Into the mess' by Jan Bassett - p3 - Article on the conditions faced by WWI nurses serving overseas including memories of various nurses. 'Tragedy made more personal' by Jan Bassett - p3 - Brief biographical article on Grace Wilson. 'The old ship is heaven after the peninsula' - p3 - Edited excerpt from WWI diary of Ella Jane Tucker. 'In Memoriam' - p4-5 - Names of nurses who have died as a result of war service from Boer war to Vietnam war. 'Hell of Banka' by Catherine Kenny - p6 - Article providing basic details on the sinking of the Vyner Brooke, massacre on Banka Island, survival of Vivian Bullwinkel and later surrender to Japanese. 'A will to remember' by Catherine Kenny - p6 - Article providing overview of stories shared by surviving Japanese POW nurses including Betty Jeffrey, Wilma Young (neé Oram), Jessie Hookway (neé Simons), Pat Darling (neé Gunther), Vivian Bullwinkel, Lorna Johnson (neé Whyte), and Mavis Cation (neé Cullen). Article also discussed artistic representations of the stories on stage and screen. 'Making do to survive' by Jessie Simons - p6 - Reprinted excerpt from book by same author 'Japanese Hands Australian Nurses as POWs'. 'Grim miracles' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Article on experiences of nurses in the Vietnam war including Colleen Mealy, Anne Hall, Trish Ferguson, Jan McCarthy, Del Waterman, Terrie Roach and Anne Healy. 'Anyone's blood was welcome' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Brief article of the working conditions of civilian nurses in Vietnam during the war, including recollections of Jenny James, Fran Sardelich and Kay Collett (radiographer not nurse). 'A long day's journey' - p7 - Brief interview article with Del Waterman an RAAF Nurse who served in Malaysia during the Vietnam war. 'Attitudes changes in the face of suffering' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Brief interview article with Anne Hall on her time as an army nurse during the Vietnam war. 'Neglected heroes' by Ken Inglis - p8 - An article on war memorial recognition or lack of for nurses throughout history of memorials in Australia, how some were recognised and others not and how attitudes have changed over time. '100 years of service, skill and sacrifice' by Katie Holmes - p8 - Continuation of article on p1. 'Sisters in arms' - p8 - Box insert of numbers of military nurses who served in major conflicts from Boer - Gulf wars.A large newspaper lift out with text in red, blue and black. Front cover has large headings and a large sepia toned photo featuring a woman in nurses uniform with men in dressing gowns around her. The lift out is made up of two pieces of paper folded to make 8 pages of articles.nursing in warfare, anzac day, memorial

The Weekend Australian lift out from ANZAC Day 1999. Contains article titles as follows: 'The Sisters' story' by Katie Holmes - p1 - Beginning of an article talking about the circumstances of nurses in warfare, duties, conditions, etc. Continued on p8 'Private battles' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Article gives a brief overview of how armed forces nursing services were formed, why and how they developed, including major players such as Nellie Gould and Grace Wilson. '100 years of service, dedication' - p2 - Timeline of armed forces nursing services. 'Wild dogs and 13 patients' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Edited extract from recollections of Julia Anderson who served as a nurse in the Boer War. 'A pioneer called Nellie' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Brief biographical article on Nellie Gould. 'Into the mess' by Jan Bassett - p3 - Article on the conditions faced by WWI nurses serving overseas including memories of various nurses. 'Tragedy made more personal' by Jan Bassett - p3 - Brief biographical article on Grace Wilson. 'The old ship is heaven after the peninsula' - p3 - Edited excerpt from WWI diary of Ella Jane Tucker. 'In Memoriam' - p4-5 - Names of nurses who have died as a result of war service from Boer war to Vietnam war. 'Hell of Banka' by Catherine Kenny - p6 - Article providing basic details on the sinking of the Vyner Brooke, massacre on Banka Island, survival of Vivian Bullwinkel and later surrender to Japanese. 'A will to remember' by Catherine Kenny - p6 - Article providing overview of stories shared by surviving Japanese POW nurses including Betty Jeffrey, Wilma Young (neé Oram), Jessie Hookway (neé Simons), Pat Darling (neé Gunther), Vivian Bullwinkel, Lorna Johnson (neé Whyte), and Mavis Cation (neé Cullen). Article also discussed artistic representations of the stories on stage and screen. 'Making do to survive' by Jessie Simons - p6 - Reprinted excerpt from book by same author 'Japanese Hands Australian Nurses as POWs'. 'Grim miracles' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Article on experiences of nurses in the Vietnam war including Colleen Mealy, Anne Hall, Trish Ferguson, Jan McCarthy, Del Waterman, Terrie Roach and Anne Healy. 'Anyone's blood was welcome' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Brief article of the working conditions of civilian nurses in Vietnam during the war, including recollections of Jenny James, Fran Sardelich and Kay Collett (radiographer not nurse). 'A long day's journey' - p7 - Brief interview article with Del Waterman an RAAF Nurse who served in Malaysia during the Vietnam war. 'Attitudes changes in the face of suffering' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Brief interview article with Anne Hall on her time as an army nurse during the Vietnam war. 'Neglected heroes' by Ken Inglis - p8 - An article on war memorial recognition or lack of for nurses throughout history of memorials in Australia, how some were recognised and others not and how attitudes have changed over time. '100 years of service, skill and sacrifice' by Katie Holmes - p8 - Continuation of article on p1. 'Sisters in arms' - p8 - Box insert of numbers of military nurses who served in major conflicts from Boer - Gulf wars.A large newspaper lift out with text in red, blue and black. Front cover has large headings and a large sepia toned photo featuring a woman in nurses uniform with men in dressing gowns around her. The lift out is made up of two pieces of paper folded to make 8 pages of articles.nursing in warfare, anzac day, memorial

A collection of media relating to Royal Australian Army Nurses during and after the Second World War, including memorial and commemorative ceremonies, nurse biographies and experiences, book reviews, news articles, and photographs.Blue post-bound album with triple gold lined border around the front cover and tiny gold square dots spaced out within the border. Hand-written in gold ink across the front is 'media album 2000'. There is gold writing down the spine. The album contains a large collection of photographs and mixed media items ranging from magazine and newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, colour and black and white photos in a range of sizes, menu cards, ceremony programs.'MEDIA / ALBUM / 2000' [Hand written in gold ink on the front cover, the 2000 is quite smudged] 'RAANCA MEDIA 2000' [Hand written in gold ink down the spine] ' "M" ' [Hand written in black ink at the top of the spine] royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ceremonies, returned nurses club, anzac day march, anniversaries, wwii, second world war, ww2, sister vivian bullwinkel, military nursing - australia, sister molly young, korean conflict, shirley porter, joan wicks (nee bray), sister ellen mccarthy, banka massacre