Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Bunty Turner, The brigadier's a lady, [25 April 1982]

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]

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