Magazine - Photocopy of a magazine clipping, The Australian Women's Weekly Pictorial, A smile and a wave as they said good-bye, June 1 1940

Historical information

The captions beneath the photos say:
'Victorian and South Australian nurses who sailed with the second contingent wave a cheery farewell as the stood on deck.'
'One nurse had a ukulele and a book of instructions.'
Four South Australian staff-nurses try their hands at Chines Checkers.'

Physical description

A photo copy of a newspaper page showing three large black and white photos with captions. The photos all depict young women in nurse's uniforms. In the top photo six nurses are standing at a railing, waving. The left photo shows three nurses looking at a book, with one holding a ukulele. The right photo shows four nurses around a Chinese Checkers board.

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