Historical information

The Weekend Australian lift out from ANZAC Day 1999.
Contains article titles as follows:
'The Sisters' story' by Katie Holmes - p1 - Beginning of an article talking about the circumstances of nurses in warfare, duties, conditions, etc. Continued on p8

'Private battles' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Article gives a brief overview of how armed forces nursing services were formed, why and how they developed, including major players such as Nellie Gould and Grace Wilson.

'100 years of service, dedication' - p2 - Timeline of armed forces nursing services.

'Wild dogs and 13 patients' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Edited extract from recollections of Julia Anderson who served as a nurse in the Boer War.

'A pioneer called Nellie' by Jan Bassett - p2 - Brief biographical article on Nellie Gould.

'Into the mess' by Jan Bassett - p3 - Article on the conditions faced by WWI nurses serving overseas including memories of various nurses.

'Tragedy made more personal' by Jan Bassett - p3 - Brief biographical article on Grace Wilson.

'The old ship is heaven after the peninsula' - p3 - Edited excerpt from WWI diary of Ella Jane Tucker.

'In Memoriam' - p4-5 - Names of nurses who have died as a result of war service from Boer war to Vietnam war.

'Hell of Banka' by Catherine Kenny - p6 - Article providing basic details on the sinking of the Vyner Brooke, massacre on Banka Island, survival of Vivian Bullwinkel and later surrender to Japanese.

'A will to remember' by Catherine Kenny - p6 - Article providing overview of stories shared by surviving Japanese POW nurses including Betty Jeffrey, Wilma Young (neé Oram), Jessie Hookway (neé Simons), Pat Darling (neé Gunther), Vivian Bullwinkel, Lorna Johnson (neé Whyte), and Mavis Cation (neé Cullen). Article also discussed artistic representations of the stories on stage and screen.

'Making do to survive' by Jessie Simons - p6 - Reprinted excerpt from book by same author 'Japanese Hands Australian Nurses as POWs'.

'Grim miracles' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Article on experiences of nurses in the Vietnam war including Colleen Mealy, Anne Hall, Trish Ferguson, Jan McCarthy, Del Waterman, Terrie Roach and Anne Healy.

'Anyone's blood was welcome' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Brief article of the working conditions of civilian nurses in Vietnam during the war, including recollections of Jenny James, Fran Sardelich and Kay Collett (radiographer not nurse).

'A long day's journey' - p7 - Brief interview article with Del Waterman an RAAF Nurse who served in Malaysia during the Vietnam war.

'Attitudes changes in the face of suffering' by Siobhan McHugh - p7 - Brief interview article with Anne Hall on her time as an army nurse during the Vietnam war.

'Neglected heroes' by Ken Inglis - p8 - An article on war memorial recognition or lack of for nurses throughout history of memorials in Australia, how some were recognised and others not and how attitudes have changed over time.

'100 years of service, skill and sacrifice' by Katie Holmes - p8 - Continuation of article on p1.

'Sisters in arms' - p8 - Box insert of numbers of military nurses who served in major conflicts from Boer - Gulf wars.

Physical description

A large newspaper lift out with text in red, blue and black. Front cover has large headings and a large sepia toned photo featuring a woman in nurses uniform with men in dressing gowns around her.
The lift out is made up of two pieces of paper folded to make 8 pages of articles.