Historical information

'Blitz-worn angel' is a poem written by Private "X" who was a patient at 2/5 Australian General Hospital (A.G.H.).It was first printed in "Guinea Gold", a daily newspaper published for Allied troops in the South Pacific during WWII, the newspaper was made in Port Moresby, New Guinea between 1942-1946. The poem was dedicated to 'the Nursing Sisters of 2/5 A.G.H., veterans of Palestine, Greece, Crete, and New Guinea'.

Physical description

Poem typed in black ink on an A4 page with some small annotations in blue biro ink. There are crease marks where the page has been folded in four and a small tear on the centre right side edge.

Inscriptions & markings

'H89' [Handwritten in blue ink towards the top right corner of the front side and at the top of the reverse side]
[Four small handwritten ink marks correcting errors in the type and three words whited out and retyped over]
'from Helen / McCallum / for P.Wilson' [Handwritten in black ink on the back of the paper]