[Saturday 17 April 1999, Herald Sun, page unknown] article about the creation of the first national memorial to wartime nurses.Three columns of print, titled 'New campaign for war nurses', text and photograph. In the photograph is a woman wearing a hat and holding a poppy.betty lawson, bernadette nash

Article about the dedication of a memorial stained glass window in the Coast Chapel of the Prince Henry Hospital in Sydney, dedicated to nurses from all hospitals who served in the army, navy and airforce.Clipping of article with a large black and white photograph of two women and a man standing in front of a stained glass window. Article has two columns of text and the details of the publication are sticky taped to the top of the clipping.'Our local Randwick / Newspaper' [blue ink top right hand corner]war nurses, army nurses, airforce nurses, navy nurses, memorial, bill hayden, maylean cordia, sydney

Faye Threllfall and Jenny Baker reenact World War One nurses at Bacchus Marsh to commemorate 100 years since the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) undertook a recruitment drive in that town.world war, world war 1, world war one nurses, nurses, bacchus marsh, faye threllfall, jenny baker

Photograph with caption 'WAR NURSES had a happy greeting for each other when they met before the march began. Lt.-Col. E. J. Bowe (left), who served in all war theatres, smiles as she wel-comes Captain Mavis Michell (centre), who served with the British forces, and Captain Ann Swinton (right). Captain Swin-ton is one of Australia's most decorated war nurses. She wears the ribbon of the M.B.E.'Newspaper photograph with caption'25.4.??' [could be either 57 or 51]ethel jessie bowe, mavis michell, doris ann swinton

Programme for unveiling plaque at St John's Church, Canberra, in memory of Australian War Nurses, 8th November 1964. The booklet includes the address given by Archdeacon of Canberra, F.M.Hill (whose wife was an Army Sister in the Second World War).Staple-bound booklet with red card cover with title typed in black ink on the front.'Returned Sisters / Sub Branch / Melbourne' [Handwritten in blue ink on the top right corner of the front cover.wwi, ww1, world war one, royal red cross, florence nightingale medal, edith cornwell, australian army nursing service, aans

Article about unveiling of memorial for World War II nurses at the Nurses Memorial Centre by Vivian Bullwinkel. Also information on 1980 ANZAC Peace Prize and Victorian ANZAC of the year award recipients.Newspaper clipping, article across four columns including a photographvivian bullwinkel, nurses' memorial centre, world war ii, world war two

Paperback book with black spine. The cover shows eight photos of Australian War Nurses in black and white (four individual photos and four group photos). The title is overlaid in maroon lettering and the sub-heading and author details in white print.non-fictionStories of Australian War Service Nurses written by Year 9 students at Footscray City College in 2007, following research and interviews conducted at ANZAC House in Melbourne.australian army nurses, australian army nursing service

Paperback book with black spine. The cover shows eight photos of Australian War Nurses in black and white (four individual photos and four group photos). The title is overlaid in maroon lettering and the sub-heading and author details in white print.non-fictionStories of Australian War Service Nurses written by Year 9 students at Footscray City College in 2007, following research and interviews conducted at ANZAC House in Melbourne.australian army nurses, australian army nursing service

Paperback book with black spine. The cover shows eight photos of Australian War Nurses in black and white (four individual photos and four group photos). The title is overlaid in maroon lettering and the sub-heading and author details in white print.non-fictionStories of Australian War Service Nurses written by Year 9 students at Footscray City College in 2007, following research and interviews conducted at ANZAC House in Melbourne.australian army nurses, australian army nursing service

Commemorates the work of British nurses during World War II, with a detailed description of the Nurses' War Memorial Chapel in Westminster Abbey.Illustrated booklet with blue-grey cover. Title printed in white on front and a straight white line printed horizontally across the middle of the cover.non-fictionnurses' war memorial chapel (london, great britain nurses, world war 1939-1945 medical care, ww2, wwii, military nurses

Commemorates the work of British nurses during World War II, with a detailed description of the Nurses' War Memorial Chapel in Westminster Abbey.Illustrated booklet with blue-grey cover. Title printed in white on front and a straight white line printed horizontally across the middle of the cover.great britain nurses, world war 1939-1945 medical care, ww2, wwii, military nurses, nurses war memorial chapel (london)

Black and white photographic image sisters of the 60th General Hospital, near Solonika, doing their washing in front of a number of tents.world war one, nurses, sisters, solonika, washing, washing day

Hat worn by Faith Hollow in Second World War. VFX58370World War 2 Nurses Army Felt HatRetailer Ball & Welch, Melbourne. Name attached to inside hat band hand written Faith Hollow Catalogue Number 275-28

Soft covered book, Remember our World War 2 Nurses, the service and sacrifice of Bendigo nurses in World War Two, 150 pages with black and white photographs & maps, researched and written by Murray Poustie, published by the Northern District School of Nursing Graduates Association Inc, printed in Bendigo by Bendigo Modern Press.Murray Poustiebooks, military, nursing, bendigo-nursing-ww2

Hardcover book with red heading and an image of three nurses wearing red capes on the cover.non-fictionThis book covers the history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps from 1902 to 1988. australian nurses, royal australian army nursing corps, military nursing

Hardcover book with red heading and an image of three nurses wearing red capes on the cover.non-fictionThis book covers the history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps from 1902 to 1988. australian nurses, royal australian army nursing corps, military nursing

Paperback book with the title written across the lower part of the cover in white and cream text, above that is a white flag with a red cross. There is a red panel across the top with the subtitle printed inside. The rest of the cover shows a blurred green and black image of soldiers.non-fiction'In World War One over two thousand six hundred nurses served in all theatres of war, with reinforcements later. Thirteen were killed, others died of wounds and diseases. Many came home suffering from illness and wounds and were physical wrecks for the rest of their lives. They paid a big price! The first book to profile the seven nurses who were awarded medals for bravery under fire.' [From back cover]australian army nurses, australian army nursing service, world war 1, ww1, wwi, world war one

Paperback book with the title written across the lower part of the cover in white and cream text, above that is a white flag with a red cross. There is a red panel across the top with the subtitle printed inside. The rest of the cover shows a blurred green and black image of soldiers.non-fiction'In World War One over two thousand six hundred nurses served in all theatres of war, with reinforcements later. Thirteen were killed, others died of wounds and diseases. Many came home suffering from illness and wounds and were physical wrecks for the rest of their lives. They paid a big price! The first book to profile the seven nurses who were awarded medals for bravery under fire.' [From back cover]australian army nurses, australian army nursing service, world war 1, ww1, wwi, world war one

Betty Lawson will be traveling to Canberra to celebrate the creation of the first national memorial to wartime nurses.A newspaper clipping consisting of a title, three columns of text and a large black and white photo of an older woman in a hat, holding a poppy.nurses in warfare, vfx38754

Front page - Governor, Sir Dallas Brooks, opens the War Nurses' Memorial Centre on St Kilda Road. The centre is a memorial to the 75 Australian nurses who lost their lives in the war. The centre will offer various rooms for use and house the the headquarters of the Australian College of Nursing. General Sir Thomas Blamey, chairman of the Centre Committee said there was hardly a fighting soldier who had not at some time experienced the care and devotion to duty of the service sisters. Back page - Left hand clipping - About 500 people, including more than 100 service and civilian nurses attended the ceremony that opened the War Nurses Memorial Centre. The centre is a refurbished and converted house. The crowd also included former POWs and relatives of the 75 nursing sisters who lost their lives in the 1939-45 war. Dr Garnet Leary gave 100 pounds towards the establishment of a nurses' library in the centre. Back page - Right hand clippings - top - The author heard a service broadcasted from St Paul's Cathedral and felt overwhelming gratitude towards nurses. bottom - After the dedication of the War Nurses Memorial Centre, the author was reminded of two instances of senseless loss of nurses' live during the war. May 1943, the Australian hospital ship, the Centaur, was torpedoed by the Japanese, resulting in 299 dead, eleven of them nurses, and only 64 survivors. Also the Banka massacre, where 22 nurses were shot by the Japanese, after surviving the sinking of their ship. Only one nurse survived the massacre. Three newspaper clippings have been glued to either side of a lined sheet of paper. Front of page - A newspaper clipping of two black and white photos and a short story in two columns. the larger photo is of two men in military uniform walking through women in nurses uniforms lined up on either side of a path. The smaller photo is of three women, all wearing nurse's uniforms, one woman holding a tray with cups. Back of page -Two newspaper clippings have been glued to a lined sheet of paper. The left hand clipping consists of a large black and white photo of a crowd of people and nurses outside a nice house, and a column of text. The right hand clipping is of two separate paragraphs of text, both appear to be letters to the editor.'Feb 19 50.' [blue ink, front of page, top right]melbourne, wwii, ww2, st kilda road, muriel violet turner laing, thomas blamey, annie moriah sage, muriel brooks, queensland, vivian bullwinkel, heidelberg military hospital

From the book cover; "Remember our World War 2 Nurses" - "The Service and Sacrifice of Bendigo Nurses in World War Two".Soft Cover Book 1. & 2. Cover - cardboard, red, black, white colour print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - front colour photograph of a group of Sisters on parade with tents in the background. Back cover - four black and white photographs. Three depicting portraits of nurses and photograph of injured soldiers disembarking from an aircraft. 150 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.publication, books, biographies, nurses, ww2, murray poustie

Interview article on the publication of 'Our war nurses' by Rupert Goodman, who is pictured with Vivian Statham [neé Bullwinkel] president of the Returned Sisters sub-branch of the RSL [presumably in Perth].A large newspaper clipping consisting of two columns of text and a large black and white photo of and old woman and man holding and book open between them.'30/5/88' [blue ink, top left corner]vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), rupert goodman, nursing in warfare

A copy of a postcard of the Australian hospital ship, Manunda. It is signed on the back by the surviving prisoner of war nurses from the 8th Division AIF.Black and white photocopied page from a book. The page is titled 'The defence of Malaya' across the top. There is an image of the front of a postcard showing a ship sailing close to land with '2/1 AUST. HOSPITAL SHIP, MANUNDA, AIF, Painting by John Allcot' printed across the bottom of the card. Underneath is an image of the reverse side of the postcard covered in signatures. At the bottom of the page are the names of all the signatues typed out.' manunda hospital ship, prisoner of war nurses, 8th division army medical corps, malaya

Timber Honour Board on display at the Ballarat Base Hospital. nurses, world war one, ballarat base hospital, quarterman, m. anderson, j. borwick, g. bennett, l. cannon, t. dunn, r. douglas, e. davidson, d. furness, l. howarth, r. just, a. brown, s. bell, m. bolton, m. butler, a. brawn, e. keane, g. larkan, r. medwell, m. morrow, m. matthews, g. munro, l. mckenzie, e. popplewell, r. pratt, d. llewellyn, l. mcdonald, e. mcleod, l. rogers, a. roberts, s. semmens, a. serjeant, m. slater, b. thompson, f. vines, v. woinarski, l. whidburn, p. wardell, b. williams, l. mcgregor, s. morris, l. poultney, i. peady, b. peady, j. reeves, r. tyers, j. thomas, a.m. westcott, b. wallace

Timber Honour Board on display at the Ballarat Base Hospital. nurses, ballarat base hospital, k. blainey, j. booth, a. buckley, a. burns, e. cuthbertson, j. douglas, j. eddy, j. hinds, m. humphries - made the supreme sacrifice, m. larkins, m. lawson, s. leonard, f. lewis, s. long, j. meiklejohn, m. methven, j. mcfarlane, jessie macphee, m. moloney, h. murnane, k. murnane, c. pearlman, l. renkin, b. rousch, m. sculley m.i.d., m. stretch, a. tallant, p. taylor, b. woodbridge, matron a. brown, world war two

World War IBook, paperback, sepia photo of Grace Wilson with an umbrella on Lemnosnonethe western front, gallipoli, the marquette (ship) aegean

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