Historical information

Gethla Forsyth, Alfred trainee, served with the Australian Army Nursing Serviceduring World War II. After enlisting in July 1941, she was sent to Singapore as part of reinforcements for the 2/13th Australian General Hospital in January 1992. On February 12 1942 she was one of the nurses evacuated by the cargo vessel Empire Star. This ship suffered bomb damage, but after emergency repairs in Batavia (Jakarta) arrived in Freemantle on February 23 1942. Prior to discharge in 1946 she also woked at Duntroon Hospital
Gethla also helped establish the Nurses Memorial Centre in St Kilda Rd Melbourne

Significance

Of significance to the AHNL, as Gethla Forsyth was an Alfred Hospital Nursing graduate (1936)

Physical description

Black and white photocopy of a photograph of Gethla Forsyth in the uniform of the Austaralian Army Nursing Service. Gethla is wearing a coat, hat, tie and gloves and is standing in a brick archway. A4 piece of white paper has four other aricles copied onto it

Inscriptions & markings

Previous catalogue number written at left