Magazine - Photocopy of a magazine clipping, The Australian Women's Weekly Pictorial, Nurses sailing with the A.I.F, February 3 1940

Historical information

One hundred and fifty-three nurses and masseuses will fo abroad with the 2nd A.I.F.
The two main captions say:
'Matron C. A. Fall, an Englishwoman who has been here 19 years, and has nursed in N.S.W. hospitals, will be in charge of 1st Australian Base Hospital...Her mother was a war nurse.'
'Matron Safe, of Victoria, will be in charge of 2nd Australian Base Hospital, ranks equally with Matron Fall.'
The remainder of page have headshots of 141 of the nurses and masseuses.

Physical description

A photocopy of a magazine page showing mostly headshot photos of young women in nurses uniforms. On the first page the largest photo shows a woman in nurse's uniform sitting at a table. The other larger photo is a headshot of a young woman, possibly in civilian dress. All the photos are black and white.

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