Copy of a photo of inside the Returned Nurses' Club room at ANZAC House on Collins Street in Melbourne.Black and white A4 photocopy of a photograph of a large room at ANZAC House with armchairs and small tables spread throughout.australian nurses, anzac house (melbourne), returned army nurses' club, club rooms

Red and white coloured cover, stapled booklet.non-fiction'Foreword / The Australian Army Nursing Service, 1939-45. / Compiled by VFX 47777 / This small volume represents a brief account of the work done by its members, at home, and abroad.'australian nurses, world war two, ww2, australia, australian army nursing service, aans

Red and white coloured cover, stapled booklet.non-fiction'Foreword / The Australian Army Nursing Service, 1939-45. / Compiled by VFX 47777 / This small volume represents a brief account of the work done by its members, at home, and abroad.'australian nurses, world war two, ww2, australia, australian army nursing service, aans

Form completed about Agnes Betty Jeffrey relating to her training and military information as a member of [Returned Nurses Sub-branch of the RSL Victoria]. Original completed copied form with many headings that are completed in handwritten blue ink'A. G. JEFFREY.' [Blue ink on back of form in the middle]returned nurses club, returned nurses sub-branch rsl victoria, agnes betty jeffrey, training & military service

Photograph depicts a Returned Nurses Club member selling poppies and taking donations for Rememberance Day. The nurse is [Edna Nell] Anna Doig.Newspaper clipping of a large black and white photograph of an older man in a top hat talking to a shorter woman holding a collection tin. The photograph has a caption and heading.returned nurses club, anna doig, edna nell doig

A piece of writing detailing the life of Returned Nurses Club member, Beryl Trigellis-Smith (Sampson) who passed away on July 1st, 1985.Typed document with the title underlined at the top and the date in the right corner, followed by eight short paragraphs.returned nurses club, army nurses, beryl sampson, army nursing service

Article about an event the Returned Nurses Club held at the Nurses' Memorial Centre to celebrate the CBE awarded to A[nnie] M[oriah] Sage and the OBE awarded to [Alice] J[ean] Wheatley. Short one column article'Herald / 16/?/57'a m sage, annie moriah sage, j wheatley, alice jean wheatley, returned nurses club, nurses' memorial centre

Clipping with publication title and date. Second clipping about Jean McCaughey [23rd Victorian Governor's wife] attending a luncheon at ANZAC House given by Returned Nurses' Club as a guest of then president B C Lawson.Newspaper clippings attached with sticky tape to a piece of paperjean mccaughey, returned nurses' club, b c lawson

Extensive notes on the life and war experiences of Effie Mary Fussell (nee Garden), born 1890 and passed away in 1986. Mrs Fussell served as an Australian Army Nurse in Cairo and France. She was a dedicated member of the Returned Nurses Club of Victoria and served as President from 1950-1953.Document package of handwritten and typed notes on assorted sized paper and a newspaper article.australian army nurses, world war 1914-1918, wwi, ww1, effie garden, effie mary fussell, returned nurses club

Photocopy of a letter of thanks written by Betty Constance Lawson [then secretary of the Returned Nurses Club] to Marjorie Gough thanking her for her letter and cuttings relating to Ivy Clyne. The photocopies of these articles are part of this document package. The article titles are: 'It's time to celebrate' in Regional News Tuesday, June 4, 1991, p9 'Sunbury farwells a grand lady' in [Telegraph 28/03/1995] 'Nurse recalls force' in Regional News April 20, 1993 'Nursing memories' in Regional News Tuesday, April 24, 1990, p8 'The women of war' in Telegraph Tuesday, April 25, 1989, p20Black and white photocopies of hand-written letters and newspaper clippings with varying article style examples and all articles having photographs. Photocopy of handwritten letter is a single A4 page. One A4 page containing a photocopy of two newspaper clippings. One A4 page containing a photocopy of a single newspaper clipping. Two parts of two A4 pages attached together with sticky tape making up a larger newspaper clipping. Another two A4 pages making up a larger newspaper clipping.'A / Ivy Clyne' [on the back of newspaper clipping held together with sticky tape in blue ink]australian army nursing corps, aanc, royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ivy clyne, betty constance lawson, marjorie gough, returned nurses club

Gloss hard cover, no book jacket with illustration of ships under attacknon-fictionTracing the history of hospital ships from the Spanish Armada to the Gulf War, but with special and detailed reference to the Australian hospital ships in World War II: Manunda, Wanganella, Centaur and Oranje. [Trove]hospital ships, medical care, world war i, wwi, wwii

Plaque placed on the gravesite of WWI nurse, Sister Agnes Wotherspoon King, by the Returned Nurses Club (RSL Victoria). Close up coloured photograph on photo paper of a memorial plaque on a grave. The plaque is surrounded by small white stones and red poppy flowers.'NC014' [Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo] 'Agnes Wotherspoon King is buried / in family grave in Mansfield (Vic) / Cemetary. There was no plaque in the / grave so Returned Nurses RSL went to / Mansfield placed the plaque on the / grave. / Agnes was a WWI AANS nurse / and after the war she was the / Matron of a number of Repatriation / Hospitals throughout Australia' [Handwritten in black ink on the back of the photo]agnes wotherspoon king, australian army nursing service, wwi, memorial plaques

Photograph and caption associated with article titled 'Army nurses of two wars meet'. Caption reads 'Miss M[abel Adelaide]. Johnson fastens the identification disc presented by the Returned Army Nurses' Club round the arm of Miss N. Wilson at the reception at the club last night.' Newspaper clipping, photograph with captionreturned army nurses' club, mabel adelaide johnson

Book has no dustjacket, is bound with olive green book cloth and has black text on the spinenon-fiction'This book is a simple one, though it does not deal with trivial things. It is offered as a contribution to Australian literature : reflections on travel, literature and science. There are two sections in the book: Travel notes from an Australian viewpoint, which I have put firsts; and Science notes, which I have put second; with two or three chapters that are of neither travel nor science.' [Excerpt of Foreward by the author]charles fenner

Photocopy of artefacts relating to WWI nurse Blodwyn Williams, sent to the Returned Nurses by her great neice Marjorie Drohan [?]. Article about honour board is controvertial due to it's location at All Saint's Church, Kooyong not being prestigious enough. It has since been moved to St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne. The artefacts copied on this sheet are two Christmas cards from Blodwyn Williams' service in WWI. One being from the First Australian General Hospital Egypt Jan 1915-March 1916 & France April 1916, the other being from the same hospital France 1918-1919.A3 photocopy showing newspaper clipping with two columns of text and a large black and white photograph of an honour board listing WWI nurses, two WWI Christmas cards & two handwritten notes. Also includes a handwritten letter regarding the donation of the document to the Returned Nurses Club. 'SENT TO RSL NURSES CLUB / BY MARJORIE DROHAN, / GREAT NIECE OF / BLODWYN WILLIAMS / (of BALLARAT) / invalided back to Aust 1919 / died 24/5/1920' [Handwriiten in blue ink in the lower left hand corner]australian army nurses, world war 1914-1918, wwi, ww1, honour roll, blodwyn williams, first australian general hospital (1 agh), christmas cards

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

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

A speech entitled "war memorials" given by Mrs Trigellis Smith at a guest luncheon on the 8th June, 1994. The speech details the survey conducted on war memorials in Victoria and the book that will be published as ar result of the findings. It goes on to discuss the numbers and types of war memorials in Australia, how they differed between wars and between communities. A large part of the speech discusses the issues behind representations of women in memorials in Australia. Four pages of typed text on A4 paper.'SPEECH BY / Mr S. TRIGELLIS. SMITH AT GUEST LUNCHEON / ON 8/6/94 TITLE "WAR MEMORIALS".' [Handwritten in black ink at the top of the first page] 'M81' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the first page] 'With best regards / [?] Trigellis Smith / 8.6.94' [Handwritten in black ink at the bottom of the back page]war memorials, victoria, memorial plaques, avenues of honour, honour boards, returned nurses, women in war

A speech entitled "war memorials" given by Mrs Trigellis Smith at a guest luncheon on the 8th June, 1994. The speech details the survey conducted on war memorials in Victoria and the book that will be published as ar result of the findings. It goes on to discuss the numbers and types of war memorials in Australia, how they differed between wars and between communities. A large part of the speech discusses the issues behind representations of women in memorials in Australia. Four pages of typed text on A4 paper.'SPEECH BY / Mr S. TRIGELLIS. SMITH AT GUEST LUNCHEON / ON 8/6/94 TITLE "WAR MEMORIALS".' [Handwritten in black ink at the top of the first page] 'M81' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the first page] 'With best regards / [?] Trigellis Smith / 8.6.94' [Handwritten in black ink at the bottom of the back page]war memorials, victoria, memorial plaques, avenues of honour, honour boards, returned nurses, women in war

Somerville's new child-care centre has been named the Annie Sage Child-Care centre. Annie embarked on her nursing career by training at the old Melbourne Hospital, later becoming matron of the Baby Heath Centre Association Training School in Carlton. In World War 2 she was appointed matron-in-chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps and saw service in the Middle East and Pacific areas. Colonel Sage was awarded the CBE, the Red Cross Medal and the Florence Nightingale Medal. Later she appointed lady superintendent of the Women's Hospital. After retirement Annie returned to Somerville.A newspaper clipping of a story with a large title above three columns of text'Peninsula Post (Our local paper) 9-12-87' [blue ink, along top]melbourne, valda cole, hastings historical society, benjamin baxter, baxter, carrup-carrup, carlton, new guinea, borneo, singapore, australian victory contingent, england, london, returned nurses club, hastings council, raanc, order of the british empire

Dr Rupert Goodman has spent three years writing his book, 'Our War Nurses', as a "memorial to some of those brave women who have helped in our war years". The book traces the history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Crorps from 1902 and the Boer War to today. Dr Goodman met with three of the women who inspired the book, Wilma Young, Betty jeffrey and Margaret O'Bryan. In Februrary 142, a ship ferrying 65 Australian nurses from Singapore to Australia was bombed by the Japanese. Twelve nurses drowned, 21 were shot and the rest were taken prisoner.A newspaper clipping of three columns of text beneath a large black and white photo of three older women and an older man looking at an open book between them.wwii, ww2, world war two, our war nurses - the history of the royal australian army nursing corps 1902-1988, world war 2, world war one, world war 1, ww1, wwi, korea, vietnam, margaret anderson, wilma oram, vyner brooke, empire star, banka, banka island, pacific, pow, prisoner of war, returned nurses club, anzac house

Wilma Young and Betty Jeffery were at Anzac House to launch 'Our War Nurses', by Rupert Goodman. Together they survived three years in a POW camp during World War 2, after surviving the sinking of the Vyner Brooke in 1942. Of the 65 nurses on board only 24 made it home to Australia. Betty said while nursing discipline and friendship helped her survive the camp, life after they came home wasn't easy either. She spent two years in hospital to "get right again', then wrote her book, 'White Coolies' about her experiences. A newspaper clipping consisting of four columns of text and a title under a large black and white photo cropped close in on two older women's smiling faces.wwii, ww2, world war two, our war nurses - the history of the royal australian army nursing corps 1902-1988, world war 2, wilma oram, vyner brooke, empire star, banka island, prisoner of war, returned nurses club, anzac house, indonesia, collins st

Article calls attention to the experience of Wilma Jones [Oram Young] as a Japanese POW on Sumatra Island during WWII in relation to the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations who were trying to gather funds to make a documentary of stories and experiences such as this before they are lost.Newspaper clipping with four columns of text, headed by a large black and white photograph of an elderly woman sitting at a table looking at documents'THE HERALD / 9 AUG 1989' [Blue ink inbetween lines of headline]japan, sumatra island, wilma jones [oram young], council of ex-servicewomen's associations, elizabeth lucas, catie hewins, returned nurses' association, wwii, world war two, wwll, ww2

This article is about Wilma Jones (nee Oram), her time as a WW2 Japanese POW and the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations who are trying to make a film covering the experiences of surviving ex-servicewomen before it is too late.Newspaper article of four columns of text under a large black and white photo of an older woman looking at a document, clipped from a larger page and stuck to an a4, lined sheet of paper'Young' [blue ink, middle left side of page] 'Young' [blue ink, written above a name (Jones) also crossed out in blue ink, lower left side of page]ww2, wwll, wilma young, elizabeth lucas, catie hewins, film australia, returned nurses' association

This article is about Wilma Jones (nee Oram), her time as a WW2 Japanese POW and the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations who are trying to make a film covering the experiences of surviving ex-servicewomen before it is too late.Newspaper article of four columns of text under a large black and white photo of an older woman looking at a document, clipped from a larger page.ww2, wwll, wilma young, elizabeth lucas, catie hewins, film australia, returned nurses' association

'In the Service of Mankind' is the mottos of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, and has stuck to that ideal for seventy years. The corps was born just after Federation, though Australian nurses had already served in the Boer War. Since then, whenever Australia has fought, the nurses have been there to treat the wounded. The Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve, the original title of the Corps, got underway in 1902 as a voluntary body supplying trained nurses in times of emergency. Since 1949 the corps has been part of the regular army.A photocopy and the original newspaper clipping that includes a title, captions, three columns of text and four black and white photos. The first photo depicts an older woman with a large photo of women in nurse's uniforms. The second photo is of tents in a field. The third photo is of a younger woman in nurse's uniform next to a picture on the wall. The final photo is of two women in nurse's uniforms.'NC 11' [blue ink (on original), top left]irene woodward, victorian returned nurses' club, aans, ranc, aarnr, australian army nursing service, france world war one, world war 1, wwi, ww1, korea, malaya, vietnam, citizens' military forces, new south wales, anzac house, collins st, salonika

Paperback book with a white cover showing a basic outline of a nurse wearing a red cape. The title and author details are printed in black and in the background is a faded photo of a hospital building.non-fictionWW1 is the backdrop for this book, and the centenary of ANZAC, its catalyst. It is a collection of vignettes of 47 women who volunteered for service abroad to look after 'our boys'. Broken in health, they were invalided home recuperate at Osborne House, Geelong, Victoria's first Red Cross Rest Home for war worn nurses. Some never fully recovered while others went on to lead full and productive lives. Here are their inspirational stories.--Back cover. world war one, ww1, wwi, australian nurses, osborne house geelong, military nursing

Cloth bound, dark red, hardcover book. Along the spine is an image pf a single flower, above which is a gold square template with "Florence Nightingale' printed in red. At the base of the spine is a sticker, attached with a piece of tape and the number B54 is handwritten in red texta ink. The cover shows a hand drawn image of a nurse attending a patient by candlelight with the author's name printed beneath in black ink. The title is in gold print in the top right corner, and in the left corner is a gold image of Florence Nightingale.non-fictionThe life story of Florence Nightingale. florence nightingale, military nursing, nurses-great britain

Hardback book with torn dust jacket. Dust jacket has colour illustrations of women wearing various clothing or uniforms associated with wartime.non-fictionAustralian women at war is a history of how women have responded to war, from 1900, when the first nurses sailed to the Boer War, to 1945 and its aftermath. ... Patsy Adam-Smith enlisted as a VAD and served in orthopaedic hospitals in northern Australia. She knew thr comradeship and the heartbreak of war, and has spoken to enlisted and civilian women: the AWAS, WAAAF, WRANS, VADs, the nursing services, the Red Cross and all the women who worked, laughed, worried and prayed while Australia was at war. (excerpts from inside dustjacket)australian nurses, patsy adam-smith, boer war, world war one, wwi, ww1, world war two, wwii, ww2, women in war

Maroon coloured paperback book with title and author printed in gold print in the centre of the front cover and along the spine. There is a white sticker label at the base of the spine with B69 in red marker.non-fictionDetails of the Whipham family history collected by Sheila Kirk. Sheila (Constance Sheila) was an Australian Army Nurse in the Second World War (VFX371) in Queensland.whipham family, family history, sheila kirk, constance sheila kirk