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Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Photocopy of a newspaper clipping, The Australasian, The pin, March 17, 1900
... ...Victorian Nurses - South Africa...The large photo is of seven Victorian nurses bound for South Africa (Sister Ivy, Sister Langlands, Sister Walker, Sister Rawson, Sister Bernhard Smith, Sister Dorothy Smith, Sister Thompson). ...The large photo is of seven Victorian nurses bound for South Africa (Sister Ivy, Sister Langlands, Sister Walker, Sister Rawson, Sister Bernhard Smith, Sister Dorothy Smith, Sister Thompson). ...The large photo is of seven Victorian nurses bound for South Africa (Sister Ivy, Sister Langlands, Sister Walker, Sister Rawson, Sister Bernhard Smith, Sister Dorothy Smith, Sister Thompson). The article discusses the history of the pin, introduced in Britain in the fifteenth century as personal fasteners used in the dressing process. It explains the materials used for 'pins' and the connection to the phrase 'pin-money'. The second photo was taken at Victoria Barracks, it shows a well-dressed lady pinning on favours to a soldier in uniform, beside them stands another lady arm-in-arm with another soldier.Photocopy of a newspaper article. The article is in the top right corner and there is some white space on the left hand side and below. The article consists of a large photo of a group of women and a Captain boarding a ship. To the right of the image is a smaller photo of two men and two women at Victoria Barracks, above and below this picture are two small columns of text.'NC17' [Handwritten in blue ink on the top of the page]australian army nurses, victorian nurses - south africa, pins - history -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook, Sheila Gray, The South African war 1899 - 1902 : Service records of British and colonial women, 1993
... Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Represents a period that has little information about Australian Nurses in warfare South African War Boer war UK Nurses Australian Nurses Canadian Nurses New Zealand Nurses 'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnel 'Royal Australian Army Nursing / Corps Association / Victorian Branch' [top left of title page] 'Mrs Phyllis Wilson's / property' [towards the top right of title page] 'With best wishes - / Sheila Gray' [towards the bottom of title page] Red A4 thin book with black type on front cover and no text on spine or back cover. ...'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelRed A4 thin book with black type on front cover and no text on spine or back cover. Has a plastic slip cover. Piece of paper sticky taped to the inside of the front cover.non-fiction'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelsouth african war, boer war, uk nurses, australian nurses, canadian nurses, new zealand nurses
