Document - Obituary, Betty Lawson, Edith Lydia Shaw, 1991

Historical information

Obituary for Edith Lydia Shaw, an Australian Army Nurse, detailing her army service from 1940 and her time on the hospital ships in the Middle East. She went on to become Matron of the Alfred Hosptial in Melbourne from 1946-1952. Edith passed away on September 13th, 1991 and this obituary was given at the Afred Hospital Chapel.

Physical description

Three sheets of typed print using a typewriter.

Inscriptions & markings

'H63' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the page]
'Betty C Lawson / 2/10/91' [Signed in blue ink on the last page]
'Address - Obituary -given at Chapel / Alfred Hospital Melbourne.' [Handwritten in black ink on the final page]

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