Historical information
Article about Perditta Marjorie McCarthy's Army nursing career from 1941 until her retirement in 1972, the first female Brigadier in the Australian Army.
Physical description
Newspaper clipping with a headline, four columns of text and a black and white portrait photograph of a woman in Australian Army Nurses uniform.
Inscriptions & markings
'WWII' [blue ink in the top right hand corner]
'Sunday Telegraph 25 Apr 1982' [blue ink across the lower border]