Historical information
Joan Crouch began her thirty year career as an army nurse when she signed up at Concord Hospital, May 1942, with only two years experience as a qualified nurse. Of Australia's estimated 11,oo nurses, a third served in World War II. Joan Soon found herself on a boat to Port Moresby and the 2/9 Australian General Hospital. There she cared for soldiers soldiers who were wounded or had contracted diseases on the Kokoda Track.
Physical description
A newspaper clipping consisting of two columns of text and a black and white photo of a seated older woman
Inscriptions & markings
'SYDNEY MORNING HERALD SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 15 AUG 95'[black ink, along bottom]
