Showing 24 items matching "returned nurses' association"
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Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Alison Barclay, Race to capture the horrific memories of our women at war, [9 August 1989]
... ...Returned Nurses' Association...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 'THE HERALD / 9 AUG 1989' [Blue ink inbetween lines of headline] 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 Race to capture the horrific memories of our women at war Newspaper Newspaper clipping Alison Barclay Nathan Richter [The Herald] ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Alison Barclay, Race to capture the horrific memories of our women at war, August 9 1989
... ...Returned Nurses' Association...WW2 WWll Wilma Young Elizabeth Lucas Catie Hewins Film Australia Returned Nurses' Association '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] 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 Race to capture the horrific memories of our women at war Newspaper Newspaper clipping Alison Barclay The Herald Nathan Richter ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Alison Barclay, Race to capture the horrific memories of our women at war, August 9 1989
... ...Returned Nurses' Association...WW2 WWll Wilma Young Elizabeth Lucas Catie Hewins Film Australia Returned Nurses' Association 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. ...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 -
Greensborough Historical SocietyDocument - Professional reference, Mothers and Babies Health Association, Adelaide, Professional reference for Marjorie Jean Burke, 21/11/1951
... Association in Adelaide as 6 months in 1951. Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned ...Professional reference for Marjorie Jean Burke, it gives her time at the Mothers and Babies Health Association in Adelaide as 6 months in 1951.Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Letter typed on cream letterhead.Signed by Medical Director.marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, mothers and babies health association -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - NDSN GRADUATES ASSOCIATION: INVITATION, 7th April 2000
... Association invite you to NDSN 50th Reunion on Saturday 20th April 2000 10a.m. - 4p.m. at the All Seasons Motor Inn McIvor Road, Bendigo.Guest Speaker: Helen Doherty Group Captain- Director of Nursing- Department of Defence. Display of Opening Memorial Service Canberra for the Nurses War Memorial.Morning tea, seated luncheon, afternoon tea and commemorative gift inclusive.Cost: Members $20.00-reunion; Non Members $25.00- reunion, Members $20.00- five year membership. R.S.V.P. 7th April 2000. Please return...Association invite you to NDSN 50th Reunion on Saturday 20th April 2000 10a.m. - 4p.m. at the All Seasons Motor Inn McIvor Road, Bendigo.Guest Speaker: Helen Doherty Group Captain- Director of Nursing- Department of Defence. Display of Opening Memorial Service Canberra for the Nurses War Memorial.Morning tea, seated luncheon, afternoon tea and commemorative gift inclusive.Cost: Members $20.00-reunion; Non Members $25.00- reunion, Members $20.00- five year membership. R.S.V.P. 7th April 2000. Please return ...Events, NDSN Graduates Association invite you to NDSN 50th Reunion on Saturday 20th April 2000 10a.m. - 4p.m. at the All Seasons Motor Inn McIvor Road, Bendigo.Guest Speaker: Helen Doherty Group Captain- Director of Nursing- Department of Defence. Display of Opening Memorial Service Canberra for the Nurses War Memorial.Morning tea, seated luncheon, afternoon tea and commemorative gift inclusive.Cost: Members $20.00-reunion; Non Members $25.00- reunion, Members $20.00- five year membership. R.S.V.P. 7th April 2000. Please return to : Maree Worme, 135 McIvor Road, Bendigo,3550., Kaye Walsh, Plante Court, Bendigo 3550. The number of the ticket is 1000.bendigo, hospital, northern district school of nursing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF VICTORIA BENDIGO BRANCH COLLECTION: FROM VISION TO REALITY
... Returned Nurses Club of Victoria Girl and Guides Association, Victoria. ...Returned Nurses Club of Victoria Girl and Guides Association, Victoria. ...Bright yellow covered book with a black tape spine and dark red printing on the front. Book contains information on different womens organisations, e.g. Returned Nurses Club of Victoria Girl and Guides Association, Victoria. Printed by Y.W.C.A. Melbourne 1987.organisation, women, national council of women, national council of women of victoria bendigo branch collection, from vision to reality-histories of the affiliates of the national council of women of victoria, y.w.c.a. melbourne -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Certificate - Certificate of General Nursing - Mary Beatrice Josephine Maggs, 1919
... When she returned to Australia in 1924 she was head nurse at a number of Hospitals, Private Hospital in Loch, Tatura Bush Nursing Home, Mooroopna. maggs mary medicine nursing thompson jean hospitals early settlers pioneers melbourne hospital The Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association / CERTIFICATE FOR GENERAL NURSING / Signed by President, Member of Council, Secretary Certificate of General Nursing 1919 of Mary B Maggs Certificate Certificate of General Nursing - Mary Beatrice Josephine Maggs Government Printer ...Mary Beatrice Josephine Maggs (1892-1960) came to Australia in 1914 and was a governess for Mr Alfred Rutter Clarke at his mansion "Merriwa" on Orrong Road, Toorak. Mary returned to England in 1919 and furthered her studies in nursing. When she returned to Australia in 1924 she was head nurse at a number of Hospitals, Private Hospital in Loch, Tatura Bush Nursing Home, Mooroopna. Certificate of General Nursing 1919 of Mary B MaggsThe Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association / CERTIFICATE FOR GENERAL NURSING / Signed by President, Member of Council, Secretarymaggs mary, medicine, nursing, thompson jean, hospitals, early settlers, pioneers, melbourne hospital -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, [Peninsula Post], It's the Annie Sage centre, [1987]
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne 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. ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchJournal - Illustrated paperback booklet/journal, Mary G Armstrong, UNA nursing journal : jubilee issue Royal Victorian College of Nursing 1901-1951, [1951]
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Follows history of nursing regulation in Victoria through 1901-1951 and includes WWI and WWII Australian Nurses Victorian Nurses 'It is now fifty years since the Victorian Trained Nurses' Association was formed, for the advancement of the nursing profession both professionally and economically. ...'It is now fifty years since the Victorian Trained Nurses' Association was formed, for the advancement of the nursing profession both professionally and economically. It transformed the nursing scheme from chaos into order, and its work has not diminished since.' (Excerpt from Preface written by author)Plastic and sticky tape covered journal. Cover of journal is dark blue with gold and white logo and writing. Journal held together with staples and plastic twine threaded through middle. There is much sticky tape used on front and back covers. Inside front cover are two added photographs, one of a man, other of a woman. Captions name them as: Dr J[?] W Springthorpe and Miss L. Crocker. There are small red dot stickers marking various parts of text throughout the journal and page 207 has a glued in double sided page (13 & 14) from same journal December/January 1969. non-fiction'It is now fifty years since the Victorian Trained Nurses' Association was formed, for the advancement of the nursing profession both professionally and economically. It transformed the nursing scheme from chaos into order, and its work has not diminished since.' (Excerpt from Preface written by author)australian nurses, victorian nurses -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook, Catherine McCullagh, Willingly into the fray: one hundred years of Australian Army Nursing, 2010
... nurses, their voices preserved and their words, often fraught with emotion and mired in distress at what they have seen, endured and railed against, carefully retained. Many of these stories are told for the first time, particularly those of the recent campaigns, peacekeeping operations, disaster relief and humanitarian missions. [From Trove record] 'To the RAANC Association (Victoria), In appreciation. Paul Syme. Deputy Chief of Army.' [Handwritten in blue pen at the top of the title page] 'Judith Spence' [Handwritten on title page] Hardcover book with dustjacket. The front cover depicts the sisters of the 21st AGH on their return ...Willingly into the Fray comprises the personal stories of sixty-five individual nurses, their voices preserved and their words, often fraught with emotion and mired in distress at what they have seen, endured and railed against, carefully retained. Many of these stories are told for the first time, particularly those of the recent campaigns, peacekeeping operations, disaster relief and humanitarian missions. [From Trove record]Hardcover book with dustjacket. The front cover depicts the sisters of the 21st AGH on their return from the Middle East in 1942.non-fictionWillingly into the Fray comprises the personal stories of sixty-five individual nurses, their voices preserved and their words, often fraught with emotion and mired in distress at what they have seen, endured and railed against, carefully retained. Many of these stories are told for the first time, particularly those of the recent campaigns, peacekeeping operations, disaster relief and humanitarian missions. [From Trove record]australian army nurses, nursing, australian army nursing history, boer war, korean war, world war one, ww1, wwi, ww2, wwii, world war two, malaya, vietnam war, gulf war, cambodia, rwanda -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Hardback book, Richard Trembarth and Donna Hellier, All care and responsibility: a history of nursing in Victoria 1850-1934, 1987
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne This book pays tribute to the dedication and selfless nature of the first generation of nurses in Victoria [From inside dust jacket] The book should be of interest to past and present nurses as well as those observers concerned with the future of nursing. [From inside dust jacket] Nurses in warfare Victoria nurses history of nursing Trained Nurses Association ...The history of nursing and the Victorian Trained Nurses Association in Victoria from the mid 19th century until 1934. The book explores the history of nurse training, registration and examination, as well as the effects on nursing throughout the First World War and the Great Depression.Illustrated hardcover book with dustjacket. Book has a maroon cover with abbreviated title, authors names and illustration of a nurse in gold print on spine. Dust jacket is pink with white panels at top and bottom. Title is printed in maroon and black ink on front top panel, and authors names printed in blue ink on bottom front panel. Four portrait sketches of various nurses in small white ovals appear on the pink area of both front and back covers. Abbreviated title and authors names are printed in black ink on spine, along with coloured illustration of nurse.non-fictionThe history of nursing and the Victorian Trained Nurses Association in Victoria from the mid 19th century until 1934. The book explores the history of nurse training, registration and examination, as well as the effects on nursing throughout the First World War and the Great Depression. nurses in warfare, victoria, nurses, history of nursing, trained nurses association -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Hardback book, Ramsey Publishing, Who's who in the world of women: activities and interests, social, philanthropic, historic, scholastic, sport and travel ; Victoria, Australia, volume 1, 1930
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne women Australia Victoria 1930 Photographs and biographies of prominent women in Victoria in 1930. 'Florence. G. Greg Sn 122 Wellington Pde East Melbourne [handwritten in black ink in the middle of the first page] 'B098' [handwritten in pencil in the top right corner of the first page] Dark green hardback book with faded yellow printed title. Who's who in the world of women: activities and interests, social, philanthropic, historic, scholastic, sport and travel ; Victoria, Australia, volume 1 Book Hardback book Ramsey Publishing Reference Press Association ...Photographs and biographies of prominent women in Victoria in 1930.Dark green hardback book with faded yellow printed title.non-fictionPhotographs and biographies of prominent women in Victoria in 1930. women, australia, victoria, 1930 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Paperback book, Cheryl Scott et al, War worn & weary: the convalescent nurses of Osborne House Geelong, 1917-1919, 2018
... Returned Nurses Sub / Branch / Cheryl Scott' [Handwritten in black ink on the title page] 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. War worn & weary: the convalescent nurses of Osborne House Geelong, 1917-1919 Book Paperback book Cheryl Scott Margaret Phelan Osborne Park Association ...WW1 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.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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBooklet, 2/7th Australian General Hospital Assiciation, Silver Jubilee : 1965, 1965
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Contains a unit history (including anecdotes, but very precise about the order of events as the unit assembled), extracts from what appears to be the official unit diary (1/7/1940 - 24/12/1945), statistics for the 2/7th (May 1941- August 1945), List of hospitals on active service (including casualty clearing stations, camp hospitals 46 and 66, field ambulances and hospital ships).The booklet also contains a list of members of the 2/7th AGH Association, notes regarding AANS and AAMWS, and a list of appointmenta available in the AAMC (medical offices, pharmacists, etc.). 2/7th Australian General Hospital World War II medical care WW2 WWII 2/7th '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.' ...Contains a unit history (including anecdotes, but very precise about the order of events as the unit assembled), extracts from what appears to be the official unit diary (1/7/1940 - 24/12/1945), statistics for the 2/7th (May 1941- August 1945), List of hospitals on active service (including casualty clearing stations, camp hospitals 46 and 66, field ambulances and hospital ships).The booklet also contains a list of members of the 2/7th AGH Association, notes regarding AANS and AAMWS, and a list of appointmenta available in the AAMC (medical offices, pharmacists, etc.).Cream coloured booklet with two staples. The title and author are typed in black ink on the cover.non-fiction'B88' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page] 2/7th australian general hospital, world war ii medical care, ww2, wwii, 2/7th -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Hardcover book, Gay Halstead, Story of the RAAF Nursing Service 1940-1990, 1994
... RETURNED & SERVICES NURSES' / CLUB AND R.S.L. SUB-BRANCH / 4 COLLINS ST, MELBOURNE 3000' [Stamped in black ink on the inside back and front covers and on the contents page] 'B135' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page] 'Presented / To / The Returned and Services Nurses' Club / Of Victoria / by / The Ex Royal Australian Air Force Nursing / Service Association / Members.' ...RETURNED & SERVICES NURSES' / CLUB AND R.S.L. SUB-BRANCH / 4 COLLINS ST, MELBOURNE 3000' [Stamped in black ink on the inside back and front covers and on the contents page] 'B135' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page] 'Presented / To / The Returned and Services Nurses' Club / Of Victoria / by / The Ex Royal Australian Air Force Nursing / Service Association / Members.' ...A history of the Royal australian Air Force Nursing Service from 1940 unitil 1990. This volume includes chapters on: the history; Medical units, Hospitals and RAAF establishments; Service overseas, World War II; Service overseas, 1946-70; Special duties and resuce missions and RAAFNS personnel.Royal blue hardcover book with white printed title on the spine. The front cover has a rectangle template covering most of the cover, inside which is an image of a nurse with aplane on the runaway behind her. The title is printed across the top of the image in blue text. The author's name is printed in white at the bottom of the cover, below the rectangle image.non-fictionA history of the Royal australian Air Force Nursing Service from 1940 unitil 1990. This volume includes chapters on: the history; Medical units, Hospitals and RAAF establishments; Service overseas, World War II; Service overseas, 1946-70; Special duties and resuce missions and RAAFNS personnel. military nursing, australian army general hospital 119th, royal australian air force, world war ii medical care -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Hardcover book, Helen Gregory, A tradition of care: a history of nursing at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, 1988
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Nursing History of nursing Royal Brisbane Hospital The history of nursing at the Royal Brisbane Hospital "produced on behalf of the Graduate Nurses Association, Incorporated, Royal Brisbane Hospital.. " - from title page. ...The history of nursing at the Royal Brisbane Hospital "produced on behalf of the Graduate Nurses Association, Incorporated, Royal Brisbane Hospital.. " - from title page.Light green hardcover book. Title and author are printed along the spine in black. The title is at the top of the cover, followed by a black and white photo of a group of nurses posing on the steps of a building. At the bottom is a coloured emblem of the Royal Brisbane Hospital. There are duplicate emblems in green print, in lines of three across the cover.non-fictionThe history of nursing at the Royal Brisbane Hospital "produced on behalf of the Graduate Nurses Association, Incorporated, Royal Brisbane Hospital.. " - from title page. nursing, history of nursing, royal brisbane hospital -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History CollectionBook - Illustrated book, Barbara Angell 1935, A woman's war; the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young, AM, 2003
... nurse experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also experienced humankind at its best. Following her return to Australia, Wilma was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL. At the bottom right of the front page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association ...This is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a prisoner of war for three and a half years during World War II, Wilma Oram, a young Australian nurse experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also experienced humankind at its best. Following her return to Australia, Wilma was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL.Illustrated book, with three black and white photographs of Wilma Oram Young (as student nurse, in army uniform and in older age). There is a mid-brown band above this photo on which the title is printed in black and white, below the photos there is a black band on which the author's name is printed in light brown. Spine has mid brown background with title printed in black, author's name in light brown, and publisher's mark in white. The back cover has a summary of the book printed in black ink on a light brown background.non-fictionThis is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a prisoner of war for three and a half years during World War II, Wilma Oram, a young Australian nurse experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also experienced humankind at its best. Following her return to Australia, Wilma was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL.wilma oram young, nurses-australia-biography, world ward 1939-1945-prisoners and prisons-japaneses -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Jenny Gibson, A beautiful life : surprises every day for Mary, Monday, November 12, 2007
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Article celebrating Mary Gibson from Nanneella who was a WWII nurse and was given a life membership to the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association and her story is featured in the book 'Caped crusaders' written by Footscray City College year 9 students. ...Article celebrating Mary Gibson from Nanneella who was a WWII nurse and was given a life membership to the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association and her story is featured in the book 'Caped crusaders' written by Footscray City College year 9 students.Newspaper clipping with colour heading and photo of an elderly woman holding a book titled 'Caped crusaders' with two columns of text.world war two, wwll, ww2, army nurse, royal australian army nursing corps association, caped crusaders, mary gibson, footscray city college -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, The Age, Violets regain centre stage, Saturday, April 22-23 2011
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Article about the creation of an ex-servicewomen's memorial garden in the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance precinct and the different flowers that have been associated with the commemoration of war loss. Article also contains quotes from interview with Katherine Rekaris (landscape architect for the garden) and Jan McCarthy (President of the Ex-Servicewomen's Association ...Article about the creation of an ex-servicewomen's memorial garden in the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance precinct and the different flowers that have been associated with the commemoration of war loss. Article also contains quotes from interview with Katherine Rekaris (landscape architect for the garden) and Jan McCarthy (President of the Ex-Servicewomen's Association).Newspaper clipping with article, four columns of text, a colour photo of a woman with a park in the background on the right and a colour photo of a [badge] in the centre.remembrance, melbourne shrine of remembrance, violet day, rosemary, memorial garden, jan mccarthy, katherine rekaris, ex-servicewomen's association -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, The Chronicle, New honour for Sister Bullwinkel : one more chapter for war heroine, November 24 1987
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne The article documents Vivian Statham being recognised by the City of Melville Bicentennial Subcommittee of Ex-Service Associations. ...The article documents Vivian Statham being recognised by the City of Melville Bicentennial Subcommittee of Ex-Service Associations. Vivian was asked to deliver a requiem at the following year's Anzac service, during which a clock tower would be dedicated to those who served in the war. The article is also biographical, detailing Vivian's experiences 45 years before as, while serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service, the ship she and other nurses were being evacuated on was sunk by the Japanese. Vivian was part of a group that survived to make it shore, where they and a group of English servicemen decided to give themselves up to the Japanese. She was one of twenty-one nurses who were then shot, along with the bayoneting of the English servicemen. Vivian survived but ultimately became a POW for the next three and a half years. After returning to Australia Vivian gave evidence at the War Crime Trials in Tokyo in 1946-47. More recently Vivian a member or representative of many organisations and keeps herself busy.A newspaper clipping with six columns of text and a black and white photo of an smiling older woman centred under the title and subtitleww2, wwll, banka island, japanese, sumatra, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), 13th australian general hospital, johore bahru, singapore, vyner brooke, vyner brook -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, [Regional News], The grand old lady, [April 4 1995]
... Nurse Corps. Ivy married in early 1948, but had no children. The obituary goes on the summarise her interests in racing, politics, bowling and organisations such as Salvation Army Companions Club, Returned Servicemen's League and the Country Women's Association....Nurse Corps. Ivy married in early 1948, but had no children. The obituary goes on the summarise her interests in racing, politics, bowling and organisations such as Salvation Army Companions Club, Returned Servicemen's League and the Country Women's Association. ...The newspaper clipping is an obituary for Agnes Ivy Clyne, also known as Sunbury's grand old lady. Agnes, [known as Ivy], died at the age of 95 on March 17 [1995]. Her funeral service was attended by friends and relatives on March 22 [1995]. Born April 29 1899, Ivy began her nursing career in her late teens, being a hospital matron before the outbreak of WWII. During the war she worked at the military hospitals in Heidelberg, Broken Hill and Bendigo, being promoted to Captain of the Nurse Corps. Ivy married in early 1948, but had no children. The obituary goes on the summarise her interests in racing, politics, bowling and organisations such as Salvation Army Companions Club, Returned Servicemen's League and the Country Women's Association.A clipping from a larger sheet of newspaper of four columns of text with a centred black and white photo of an older woman holding a photo of a young woman in uniform'Obituary Notice / Old file / Regional News April 4th, 1995' [blue ink, top right]ww2, st vincent's hospital, melbourne, department of defense, agnes benson, john benson, reginald charles clyne -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchMagazine - Magazine clipping, Bowls in Victoria, On parade again but loving every minute, September 1988
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne The Victorian Ex Servicewomen's Bicentennial Bowls Tournament was also a celebration for the bowlers who, 45 years earlier were contributing to Australia's war effort. Lorna Gorman, 79, who has received the Life Member of Melbourne WAAAF Branch, Royal Australian Air Force Association ...The Victorian Ex Servicewomen's Bicentennial Bowls Tournament was also a celebration for the bowlers who, 45 years earlier were contributing to Australia's war effort. Lorna Gorman, 79, who has received the Life Member of Melbourne WAAAF Branch, Royal Australian Air Force Association, Victoria Division award for services rendered over many years. Joan Wicks, 72, was on the first ship to leave Australia, after Japan entered the war in 1941, and joined the 2/1st Australian General Hospital at Gaza. After serving throughout the war she was awarded the Florence Nightingale Scholarship and on completion took up the position of Matron of the Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne. Olive Jepson joined the Royal Australian Nursing Service in early 1942 and was attached to the 2/11th Australian General Hospital in Bonegilla. A page from a magazine consisting of two large black and white photos of women in bowls uniforms and three columns of text. The upper photo is of three women having a cup of tea and a laugh, with the lower photo depicting eight women holding the Bicentennial flag.[red ink line down the left side of a paragraph of text, left side, middle] [red ink line down the left side of a paragraph of text, middle, lower] 'Archie Webster 580 1815' [blue ink, bottom right]mckinnon bowls club, joan norton, jack smith, eileen mclean memorial plaque, jess whitehead, vi smith, may johnson, edna myers, ww2, wwii, middle east, western australia, new guinea, bouganville, heidelberg military hospital, buna, joy livingston, heather hall, betty craft, cath nimon, nance pownall, audrie webster, jeanne mathews, joan flower -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Illustrated hardcover book, Fourth Division A.M.C. Association, With the Diggers 1914-1918, 1933
... Returned Nurses Club / of Victoria / with compliments from / [?]' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page] '[? signature] / 25/7/34' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page] Light brown hardcover book with a lighter brown spine. There is a handdrawn image of a soldier smelling a flower in a dark brown border. The title is printed across the bottom. With the Diggers 1914-1918 Book Illustrated hardcover book Fourth Division A.M.C. Association ...The Fourth Division Army Medical Corps comprised the 4th, 12th, and 13th Field Ambulances, but this compilation is not just a record of fallen comrades, but "a remarkably rich work, not just an anthology of digger verse, song, and illustration but an extensive record of Australian war service, including the Anglo-Boer War. In addition to the requisite chronology of the Great War, the volume includes laboriously compiled records of the entire A.I.F. giving every unit in all divisions, the principal engagements, casualties, etc; a detailed record of the Nursing Service; a detailed record of the Australian Navy and the R.A.N.B. in the war; details of warship and mercantile marine losses; number and name of every transport requisitioned by the Australian Navy with complements of officers and men (and horses); honour rolls of the 4th, 12th, and 13th Field Ambulances; etc. The Boer War section includes details of enlistments, principal actions, casualties, as well as South African War songs and verses (and printings of these are especially elusive). The illustrations are by, among others, Hal Gye, Cecil Hartt, and Leyshon White."--Bookseller's description - from Trove record.Light brown hardcover book with a lighter brown spine. There is a handdrawn image of a soldier smelling a flower in a dark brown border. The title is printed across the bottom.non-fictionThe Fourth Division Army Medical Corps comprised the 4th, 12th, and 13th Field Ambulances, but this compilation is not just a record of fallen comrades, but "a remarkably rich work, not just an anthology of digger verse, song, and illustration but an extensive record of Australian war service, including the Anglo-Boer War. In addition to the requisite chronology of the Great War, the volume includes laboriously compiled records of the entire A.I.F. giving every unit in all divisions, the principal engagements, casualties, etc; a detailed record of the Nursing Service; a detailed record of the Australian Navy and the R.A.N.B. in the war; details of warship and mercantile marine losses; number and name of every transport requisitioned by the Australian Navy with complements of officers and men (and horses); honour rolls of the 4th, 12th, and 13th Field Ambulances; etc. The Boer War section includes details of enlistments, principal actions, casualties, as well as South African War songs and verses (and printings of these are especially elusive). The illustrations are by, among others, Hal Gye, Cecil Hartt, and Leyshon White."--Bookseller's description - from Trove record. australian imperial forces, world war 1914-1918 songs and music, world war 1914-1918, war poetry, wwi, ww1, world war one -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Paperback book, Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE, Diamond Valley Remembers 1939 to 1945: an oral history project, 1995
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne This book comprises a collection of unique and individual personal narratives of World War 2, written 50 years after the war and preserved for future generations. The collection is linked through the association ...An Oral History Project - An Australia Remembers New Work Project funded by the Department of Employment, Education and Training. Sponsored by Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE. 34 chapters include reminiscences from 34 men and women mainly from the Watsonia Returned Servicemen's League recording their memories of the war years for the benefit of the [Shire of] Diamond Valley community.Cream coloured paperback book with the title printed across the front cover in black ink. The title is also printed in black ink along the spine. There is a small orange sticker on the lower part of the spine with B143 handwritten in black ink.non-fictionAn Oral History Project - An Australia Remembers New Work Project funded by the Department of Employment, Education and Training. Sponsored by Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE. 34 chapters include reminiscences from 34 men and women mainly from the Watsonia Returned Servicemen's League recording their memories of the war years for the benefit of the [Shire of] Diamond Valley community. world war 1939-1945, wwii, ww2, oral history of world war two, australia remembers
