Historical information

The letter to editor is written from L. D. Emerson-Elliot. The writer commends Australian nurses who shared in the danger of air and ground attacks in Singapore by the Japanese in 1942. They go on to detail the a particular incident when the ship they were on was under heavy air attack. The captain sent them to check on the nurses and their charges. Through the horror of blasted metal, blood and shattered bodies the nurses were quietly and steadfastly continuing their work. The writer states that Sister Anderson received the George Medal for that day, but that they believe that all nurses who have served in wars deserve a memorial. They had heard that a submission was made for a memorial for military nurses on Anzac Parade, Canberra, but that for almost a year nothing had happened.

Physical description

Photocopied news paper clipping of a letter to the editor consisting of three columns of text under a title

Inscriptions & markings

'009/04 '96 11:00 [phone symbol] 06 266 4982 DGAFHS [symbol] 002' [typed/printed before photocopied, along top]
'THE CANBERRA TIMES 9 APR 96' [written before photocpied, centre top]
'Page 8' [blue ink top, following photocopied writing'
[paragraph at the end of the second column and beginning of the third column is highlighted, yellow ink]
'Sign letter, give your full address and . / phone number. Not more than 250 words' [blue ink, centre below clipping]
'Address' [underlined, blue ink, bottom left]
'Letters to the Editor / The Canberra Times / PO Box 7155 / Canberra Mail Centre / ACT' [blue ink, bottom left]