Historical information
Of the two stories the second one is the only one with significance to nursing.
'Our 60 bound for Gallipoli'
Sixty World War 1 veterans are on a historic pilgrimage to Gallipoli to take part in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. They are being flown at Government cost to Turkey, with each state and territory being represented. The group of sizty were chosen from 370 applicant. A team of twenty-six, comprising five doctors and twenty-one nurses drawn from the Royal Australian Air Force and from repatriation institutions around Australia are accompanying the group.
Physical description
A large newspaper clipping that comprises of two stories with the top story having a black and white photo of three soldiers in a trench and seven columns of text and the bottom story having five columns of text.
Subjects
- wwii,
- world war one,
- first world war,
- raaf,
- albert matthews,
- florida,
- sydney,
- diggers,
- qantas,
- singapore,
- istanbul,
- gallipoli peninsula,
- australia,
- new zealand,
- turkish memorial,
- eski hissorlik,
- lone pine,
- hmas tobruk,
- hmas sydney,
- hmas oxley,
- prime minister,
- opposition,
- federal government,
- robert william barclay,
- victoria,
- william arthur cooper,
- james ewing douglas,
- claude augustus frankhauser,
- george henry gullerton,
- james formby kibble,
- albert roy kyle,
- roy longmore,
- thomas phillip meagher,
- john thomas neal,
- walter edwin parker,
- robert leslie ponsford,
- stanley charles quinn,
- edmund john thompson,
- new south wales,
- george abraham,
- andrew agnew,
- arthur thomas beezley,
- leslie rundle brooks,
- charles cambridge,
- ernest george guest,
- leslie browett hayes hales,
- robert harris,
- cecil jack hazlitt,
- thomas harold hutchinson,
- sydney robert morrison,
- harry newhouse,
- john daniel robinson,
- john joseph ryan,
- samuel wilfred thompson,
- queensland,
- harold raymond edwards,
- sterling fritz blacket,
- robert shirley horton,
- james alexander mitchell,
- allan melrose salveson,
- ambrose sheppard,
- henry william smith,
- george svenson,
- australian capital territory,
- arthur thomas hansen,
- albert edward matthews,
- tasmania,
- alec william campbell,
- max drake,
- ralph stanley dyer,
- george john edward freeman,
- reginald edward gardner,
- erie james josph,
- william ernest kiel,
- south australia,
- kathleen avery,
- edgar william bartlett,
- thomas william epps,
- walter john hewitt,
- john ross,
- george mitchell,
- william daniel bevis,
- alfred william brooks,
- western australia,
- walter fletcher,
- leonard francis hall,
- john malcolm mccleery,
- john henry norris,
- declan deasey,
- david taylor,
- michelle hall,
- stephen haynes,
- samantha falcomer,
- naomi byles,
- bradford
