Historical information

Bought by the donor in 1948 in Japan PX shop . She was nursing with the Australian Nursing Service (1945-1949) on the island of Iwo Jima and then in Kure.
In early 1946, with the occupation of Japan, Australian nurses were posted to the hospital on the island of Iwo Jima to care for the Australian component of the occupation force and in February of 1949, now stationed at Kure, near Hiroshima, they became part of the British Commonwealth General Hospital.
(Australian Rural and Regional News Jan 10 2022)

Physical description

Cream silk night dress is mostly handmade with pintucks and lace finely buttonholed along the bodice edges. The hem has a buttonhole stitched scalloped edge.