Historical information

Anzac Day will commemorate not only the soldiers who gave their life for thei country but a changed attitude to life. This is the view of Ivy Clyne, 91, Sunbury.
At forty Ivy was too old to serve overseas when World War Two broke out, so she as appointed by the Department of Defence to the Heidelberg Military Hospital. There she organised training for the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) and orderlies.
Soldiers were shipped back to Australia from the Somme, North Africa and Italy as soon as they were fit enough to travel and the brand new 400 bed hospital had a constant turnover of patients.
Ivy was also sent to Bendigo to set up a 1000 bed army hospital for Americans who had suffered injury or malaria on their way to Guadalcanal.
She was also sent to Broadmeadows Camp Hospital to set up a similar recuperative hospital.

Physical description

A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo above the title and four columns of text. The photo is of an older woman standing next to a display mannequin and in front of a wall display.

Inscriptions & markings

'Regional News Tues 24 Apr 1990' [blue ink, along top]