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

These medals were awarded to Patricia Catherine Vines of the Australian Navy and Royal Australian Navy Nursing Service (RANNS). Extracts from Sea Power Centre website (listed in references): "Patricia Catherine Vines was born in Fairfield, Melbourne on 5 September 1925. Educated at the Catholic Ladies College, East Melbourne, on completion of her Intermediate Certificate, Vines undertook secretarial training before working at the Department of Aircraft Productions and then the Gun Turret Factory at Fairfield where she was still working when World War II ended in 1945. It was while she was working in the X-Ray Department at St Vincent’s Hospital that she decided to become a nurse, beginning her training in December 1948 and becoming a Registered Nurse in 1952, and a qualified midwife two years later. In 1959, in search of something different, Vines applied for a civilian nursing role at HMAS Cerberus, Flinders Naval Depot where she was employed until leaving to travel to New Zealand, Canada and the United States in 1962." "Commander Vines was presented with a Royal Red Cross in early 1972. The medal, presented by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe, was awarded for ‘exceptional competence and devotion to duty’. Also awarded were Sergeant Leslie Bending of the Naval Police (left) who received the British Empire Medal for dedicated service, and Lieutenant Commander Winston James (right) who received the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of outstanding leadership and bravery while serving as commander of the RAN Helicopter Flight in Vietnam. During that time (1971-1980) she was also appointed an Honorary Nursing Sister to Queen Elizabeth II. In 1972 Patricia was awarded a Royal Red Cross (RRC) 2nd Class in the New Year Honours List and in January 1981 this was upgraded to a Royal Red Cross 1st class. The awards officially recognised her exceptional devotion and competency in performance of nursing duties in the RAN." "Following a 16-year career in the Navy and having reached retirement age, Patricia Vines retired from the RAN in 1980 and ran her own nursing business in Melbourne until 1995. Patricia Catherine Vines passed away in Melbourne on 15 February 2010, aged 85 years." Vines was a consistent paid member of the Returned Nurses Club (Returned Nurses Sub Branch RSL Victoria) from 1989 to her passing.A mounted set of six miniature medals (approximately a quarter of the size of the medals they represent) of various coloured metals with ribbons of many colours. The Royal Red Cross miniature medal is in the "shape of a golden cross... the obverse enamelled red, with a circular medallion, bearing an effigy of the reigning monarch [Queen Elizabeth II] at its centre. The words "Faith", "Hope" and "Charity" are inscribed on the upper limbs of the cross, with the year "1883" in the lower limb. The reverse is plain except a circular medallion bearing the royal cypher of the reigning monarch" [Wikipedia - see References], on this miniature medal the initials are ER. The ribbon is a dark blue stripe between crimson edge stripes and forms a landscape oriented bow that the medal hangs from the middle. The Australian Service Medal 1945-75 is "nickel-silver with the Australian Coat of Arms surrounded by the words The Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 on the obverse. The reverse has a Federation Star... The ribbon has central stripes of yellow and green, flanked by navy blue, khaki and light blue stripes from the Australia Service Medal 1939-45. A nickel-silver clasp with the name of the theatre or action for which the award is made is presented with the medal." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] This miniature has the PNG clasp and the navy blue stripe has faded to look more purple in colour. The Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 comprises a "silver disc with, on the obverse, the words ELIZABETH II DEI GRA. REGINA FID. DEF. (Latin abbreviation for "Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith") surrounding an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, symbolising her role as fount of honour.[6] On the reverse is a crown atop a wreath that contains the words THE 25th YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II 6 February 1977 in six lines... The ribbon is white with cardinal red bands along the edges...and a... garter blue stripe down the centre, bisected by another... line of cardinal red" [Wikipedia - see References] The Defence Force Service Medal is a "cupro-nickel circular chamfered medal. The obverse has the Joint Service emblem. The reverse is inscribed For Efficient Service In The Permanent Forces around the circumference. The ribbon has 3 equal stripes of gold and azure-blue edged with azure-blue. The colours were the national colours of Australia at the time of introduction." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] the blue stripes have faded to look more purple in colour. The National Medal is "bronze. The obverse shows the Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia within a rim carrying the inscription The National Medal For Service. The reverse is plain. The ribbon has 15 alternating gold and blue stripes. The colours were the national colours of Australia at the time of introduction." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] Again, blue has faded to purple on the ribbon. The Australian Defence Medal is "cupronickel. The obverse has a stylised version of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms as used on the Australia Service Medal 1939-45. This is surrounded by the inscription The Australian Defence Medal above a sprig of wattle. The reverse has the inscription For Service below the Crown of St Edward surrounded by 2 sprays of wattle leaves and blossom. The ribbon is red with black edges, the colours of the Flanders poppy that represent the Anzac spirit of the Australian armed forces. The white stripes divide the ribbon into 3 to denote the three Services and represent service contributing to the peace of Australia." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] The miniature medals are court-mounted on a rigid backing with a long pin and the backing covered with a full size strip of ribbon in the Royal Red Cross medal colours.royal red cross, royal australian naval nursing service, royal australian navy, ranns, ran, papua new guinea, medals

This card was sent to the Returned Nurses Club along with a newspaper clipping about a hostel wing being named after Ethel Jessie Bowe. The card and clipping were sent by 'Fergie' [?] Ferguson.A card with a picture of colorful flowers, framed by stripes, sitting to the right of a newspaper clipping with a headline and single column of text'H76' [blue ink on back] 'Bellhaven Hoste / 547 Bell Street / Preston 3072 / Dear Katie / The enclosed paper / cutting from the Maldon / Times, may be of some / interest to the Club members. / I understand the new / Hostel Wing is very nice, / most comfortable & very / modern. / With all good wishes & / kindest regards / "Fergie" / [?] Ferguson' [blue ink, inside left]fergie, ferguson, ethel jessie bowe, maldon, victoria

Brief article announcing the naming of a hostel wing at Maldon's hospital (Jessie Bowe house), describing the facility and giving brief biographical details of the namesake Ethel Jessie Bowe.A card with a picture of colorful flowers, framed by stripes, sitting to the right of a newspaper clipping with a headline and single column of textethel jessie bowe, maldon, victoria, royal australian army nursing corps

Gardening apprentices, including Leslie Hill, have created a new flower bed opposite Victoria Barracks with The Nursing Corps badge in the centre for the 80th anniversary of the Royal Australian Nursing Corps. Mrs Trigellis-Smith, MBE, 90, who served as a nurse in WW1 posed for a picture with Leslie.A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo above two small columns of text. The photo is of a young man and an older woman standing in front of a flower garden.'1983' [blue ink, top left] 'H34138[crossed out]' [blue ink, top right]melbourne, beryl randall trigellis-smith, beryl sampson, wwi, world war 1

The Victorian Returned Services League(RSL) presented a Festival of Empire and Remembrance. The RSL Memoriall Band played martial airs as all branches of the services and representatives from all parts if the Empire marched down the centre aisle to take their seats on the stage. In attendance were many official guests as well as decorated personnel of three wars - Mr Roger James, who won the Victoria Cross(VC) in 1901 in the Boer War; Mr Mcarthy, awarded the VC for bravery in France in 1918; Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, Associate of the Royal Red Cross and Florence Nightingale Medal; Sister Margaret who was awarded the George Medal.A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo of two older men and two young women in nurse's uniform with a single column of text beneathmelbourne, town hall, edmund herring, mary ranken lyle, mary herring, john cain, dorothea vera marie grindrod, dorothea cain, mrs williams, gw holland, ww1, wwi, ww2, wwii

Paperback book with spine and cover in blue, mustard yellow and brick red. Cover also has a black and white photograph of a nurse holding an infant with a nurse and man looking on through a window.fictionA history of the Queen Victoria Hospital and the women who worked there.queen victorian hospital, melbourne, women's health

Tan and white paperback book with red, tan and white writing on cover and spine. Cover also has an image of women in army nursing uniforms standing in front of a field of tentsfictionA tribute to the service and sacrifice of the thirty nine nurses listed on the Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour. Also five nurses who trained at Bendigo Hospital and another four with Bendigo connections, who were not listed on the Roll of Honour.australian nurses, nursing in warfare, bendigo, victoria, world war two, wwii, ww2

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

Hardback book with olive green, blue, red and white cover and writing. Cover has sepia image of two nurses working in a hospital ward, one talking to a patient in a bed. Has intact dust jacket.non-fictionAlfred nurses have always been at the forefront of their profession - ready and willing to meet stringent training programs, war, fire, makeshift wards for epidemics and rapidly changing developments in medical science and technology. This is their story. The strength of the camaraderie shown among Alfred nurses at the celebrations that followed the graduation of the final group of trainees from the Alfred's School of Nursing led Helen Paterson to write this book. She follows the history of the Alfred nurses from the establishment of the Alfred Hospital in 1971, and the beginning of nurse training in 1880, to reveal the hardships, pleasures and intrigues shared by Alfred nurses in the past 130 years of history. (From inside front of dust jacket) 1. Planning 2. Arriving 3. Training 4. Complaining 5. Revealing 6. Serving 7. Progressing 8. Defending 9. Uniting 10. Improving 11. Combating 12. Returning 13. Maintaining 14. Developing 15. Changingnurses in warfare, victoria

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

Dark green hardback book with faded yellow printed title.non-fictionPhotographs and biographies of prominent women in Victoria in 1930. women, australia, victoria, 1930

Hardcover book with a burgundy cover and gold writing.non-fictionA large volume that lists the individuals who received royal honours during 1952-1998 and national honours in 1997 and 1998 in Australia. This book also provides information on the national honours system with detailed descriptions on each medal, order, award and decoration. decorations of honour australia, medals, awards, order of australia

Hardcover book with a blue dust jacket. The dust jacket has an ornate black border surrounding the title and author information and in the centre is a black pen drawing of a man in an oval template. The spine has a cream coloured box at the top with 'The London' printed in black.non-fictionThis is the second volume of the history of the Voluntary Hospital System. 'In this volume the story flows on against the background of the social changes of the nineteenth and the tragic events of the twentieth centuries.' [From inside cover]hospitals, london hospital, history of hospitals

Red hardcover book with a dust jacket. The dust jacket has a red spine with the title in black writing and the sub title in gold writing. The front cover shows a close up image of a bronze statue of a soldier carrying another soldier on his back and looking very solemn At the bottom of the cover reads 'A guide to Victoria's wartime heritage' in gold, and 'Remember them' printed in cream text.non-fiction'Behind each of the thousands of war memorials in Victoria is a story of courage and sacrifice, of devotion to duty, and of a family's terrible loss. This detailed guidebook brings to life some of the stories of Victoria's soldiers, sailors, airmen and nurses, providing a unique insight into our wartime heritage, from colonial times to the present day.' [From inside dust jacket]soldiers monuments, war memorials, victoria, war and peacekeeping, wartime heritage

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

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

Hardcover book with maroon cover and 'Young ANZACS' printed across the front in gold. The book is covered with a red dust jacket with an image drawn inside a white rectangle on the front of three young children standing and waving flags.non-fiction'A collection of extracts from the Victorian readers, the School papers, the Educational gazette, and the Record of War Service. The events presented (in this book) were duly recorded in the Education Department of Victoria's publications of the time. Seventy-five years after the landing at Gallipoli, this book commemorates those events.' [From inside cover] gallipoli, anzac, great britain army, australian and new zealand army corps, ww1, wwi, world war one, 1914-1918, war work, home front, schools, turkey

Tan and white paperback book with red, tan and white writing on cover and spine. Cover also has an image of women in army nursing uniforms standing in front of a field of tentsnon-fictionA tribute to the service and sacrifice of the thirty nine nurses listed on the Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour. Also five nurses who trained at Bendigo Hospital and another four with Bendigo connections, who were not listed on the Roll of Honour.australian nurses, nursing in warfare, bendigo, victoria, world war two, wwii, ww2

Stapled booklet with black cover. Title and authors name are printed in white on the front cover along with phograph of a sculpture of two hands reaching towards each other ['hands' by Henry Moore]non-fictionThis is a short book about nurses, the enduring race of women into whose helping handsnwe all of us inevitably fall, from time to time, from birth to death. How could we do without them? (taken from the foreward, page 3)annie moriah sage, prisoners of war, australian nurses, military nursing

Light brown cover and spine. The title is printed diagonally near the top of the cover in red print, with the author's name above that in white print. At the bottom of the cover is the sub-title in black print. The background of the entire cover is a close-up image of the fabric of a soldier's uniform with a bullet wound and a silver medallion that reads 'Tobruk siege 1941'.non-fictionThe story of 2/4 Australian General Hospital during World War II. Over 6 years some 43,000 casualties were treated at Tobruk, Redbank, Jerusalem, Colombo and Labuan. [From Trove]wwii, world war ii, 2/4th australian general hospital, ww2, military hospitals

Title is printed across the middle of the cover in large white text, followed by the sub title in smaller green print below. There is a photo of Sister Betty Jeffrey in the top left corner and the bottom half of the page shows an image of a group of ten nurses posing for a photo. The background of the cover is dense green jungle.non-fictionThe incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely successful book and radio serial: White Coolies. She would often write of the powerful sisterhood that evolved as the prisoners of war took strength from each other, even forming a vocal orchestra. White Coolies was a major inspiration for the 1997 film Paradise Road. Sisters in Captivity builds on those diaries to not only re-live the years the nurses spent as POWs but also recounts the early life and influences that encouraged Betty Jeffrey into the field of nursing as a lifelong endeavour. A tireless advocate for returned nurses, she co-founded the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre with sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, fellow POW, and her longtime friend Vivian Bullwinkel. Featuring 32 pages of photos including personal mementos of Betty Jeffrey, courtesy of her family, and her drawings from the prison camps, this is a powerful account of women's resilience amidst the devastating brutality of war.--Back cover. military nursing, military history, betty jeffrey, royal australian army nursing corps

Hardcover book with dustjacket. It has a green spine with black writing. The front shows a photographic image of a re-enactment of "The coming of light" (an annual commemoration of the arrival of the first missionaries on Thursday Island). The title is printed in large yellow letters across the top.non-fictionNovelised account of the experiences of a nurse in the Torres Straits.elizabeth burchill, history of nursing, thursday island, , missionaries, australian army nursing service

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

Green hardcover book with cream coloured dustjacket. There is a black and white photo that wraps around the whole dustjacket depicting a crowd at a Memorial Service in Toronto, New South Wales. On the front section of the dustjacket the title is printed above the photo and the author is printed below, both in black print.non-fictionThis book presents a pictorial record of ANZAC Day seventy years after the Australians stormed the cliffs of Gallipoli to establish their enduring reputation. - from inside the dustjacket. anzac day, war memorials, anzac day history

Dark blue hardcover book with a grey dustjacket. The title and author details are printed along the spine in black text. The cover has the author's name acrsoo the top in purple print, followed by a black line and then the title in large black print and another balck line. Beneath this are two oval templates with photographs of a nurse in each one and the subtitle is written between the two. At the bottom of the cover is a drawing of the Ballarat Hospital from the early 1900s.non-fictionHere is the story of the public hospital at Ballarat - from its uncertain beginnings in the goldrush era to its emergence as one of Victoria's major regional health centres....This book celebrates an institution whose long history is intricately entwined with that of its city and its country. - from inside dustjacket. ballarat base hospital, hospital history, public hospitals australia

Worn paperback book with several pieces of old tape stuck across the cover. Yellow and white cover with an illustrated portrait of Florence Nightingale in a square frame in the centre. The title and author are printed in black at the top of the cover.non-fictionThe biography of Florence Nightingale. florence nightingale, crimean war, military nursing history, great britain army nurses

Blue hardcover book with extremely faded spine and cover. Australian War Memorial is printed in gold print across the front, followed by a gold sword symbol and 'CANBERRA' is printed across the bottom.non-fictionVisitor guide to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, including two plans showing the best route for the visitor to follow. australian war memorial, war memorials, military museums, exhibitions

Book with a red cardboard front and back cover, but a bare spine showing the page binding. The cover is faded and has the title and author printed in black text across the top.non-fictionHistory of the Victorian division of the Australian Red Cross Society. australian red cross, australian red cross society victorian division

Faded blue clothbound hardcover book. The title is printed in black along the spine and there is a white sticker with B55 written in red ink taped to the bottom of the spine.non-fictionA history of the employment of women in Great Britain during the years of World War II; including their role in the Services, on the Homefront, in the Land Army and in Industry. Includes 49 colour photographs.women in war, great britain, women - employment, world war 1939-1945, wwii, ww2