Historical information

Nurses with the Australian General Hospital (AGH) have returned to New Guinea, after twice being withdrawn as the military situation became serious. The images depict:
Top left - four nurses in the foreground washing up in the mess.
Top right - a nurse tending to a patient in a New Guinea military hospital
Middle left - a large group of nurses, mostly seated, at the location of their jungle hospital, with the construction of the mess buildings in the background
Middle right - the matron in charge of the AGH in New Guinea standing in front of a ship.
Bottom left - a large group of nurses, seated and standing, on the edge of the jungle, waiting for the transport to their hospital
Bottom right - nurses disembarking down a gangplank from a ship, being helped by men in army uniforms. Above the nurses there are people leaning on the ship's railing.

Physical description

Large newspaper page with six large black and white photos with captions underneath. All the photos depict nurses in uniform in various activities and situations, including washing up, tending to a patient, in a jungle hospital, in front of a ship, waiting for their transport and disembarking a ship.