Historical information
War pictorial lift out featuring 2 sailors on the first page and subsequent pages showing 141 of the 153 nurses and masseuses about to sail with the 2nd Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) for World War Two. This included C[onstance] A[my] Fall from NSW, who is to be in charge of 1st Australian Base Hospital and [Annie Moriah] Sage from Victoria, who is to be in charge of the 2nd Australian Base Hospital.
Names & states of origin of other nurses (and masseuses) as captioned under their photos:
Queensland:
Heather Stewart
Jean Dickson
Iris Hoey
E[dna] N[ell] Doig
Vera Harland
[Joan] F[lorence] E[lsie] Harvey
Lex Reid [possibly Patricia Le Roux Reid]
V Hely-Wilson [Una]
Ann Marks
Lorna Keys
Vida Knudsen
Ethel Hanrahan
Florence Peterson
Dorothy Coleman
Victoria:
Margaret Lindsay
Grace Mudge
Ros Waycott
Haidee Metzner
E[dna Florence] Sulzberger
Vera Ley
Winifred Kelly
Eleanor Logan
Helen D'Alton
Dorothy Scholes
Marjorie Farnbach
Helen A Todd
Helene Forster
Cynthia Duigan
E[llen Rose] O'Keefe
Eileen Jones
Margaret Walsh
Marjorie Vasey
Dorothy Vines
Dulcie Newing
Dorothy Mills
Beatrice Kelly
Margaret Hanna
Beryl Vary
Enid Baker
Ethel Bowe
Sheila Kirk
Anna Whiteside
Nancy Wilson
Dorothy Fahle
Margaret Hanson
Margaret Josephs
Madge Newnham
Emily McNicoll
Una A Melville
Margaret Oddie
Elizabeth Forrest
Margaret Tisdall
Margaret Cuthbert
Dora Burchill
Nora Johnson
New South Wales:
M[aud] E[laine] Kiel
M[arjorie] M[arion] Edmonds
G[wendoline] N[ellie] Cocks
M[argaret] F[rancis] Looker
K[athleen] M[ay Selwyn] Hardcastle
D[orothy Mary] Inglis
C[ecilia (Cecilie) Affleck] MacFarlane
B[eatrice] J[oan] Paige
S[arah] J[ane] Thumpston
G[race Catherine Melba] Farthing
M[arion] I[vy] Prosser
J[ean] T[urnball] F[orbes] Bromell
A[lice] M[ary] Shepherd
R[ay] A[lberta] Joseph
M[ona Olive] Wallis
C[ecily Rowell] Clark
S[ybil Jean] Fletcher
M[ona] J[osephine] Prindable
G[race] B[eatrice] Marshall
E[thne Doris] Swanson
J[essie] M[argaret] Pettigrew
E[ileen Jane (June)] Heathcote
L[orna] Guthrie
J[anet] Clancy
D[orothy] Walker
O[live] M[ay] Quin[n]
B[ertha Olive] Knight
J[oyce Margaret] Green
H[azel Mary] Harris
N[ell] C[ulmer] Hill
P[atricia Elsie(actually Jessie Elsie Patricia)] Tarrant
J[essie] I[sabel] Mudge
U[rsula] M[ary] Golden
M[argaret] O[live] Wheeler
R[ita] A[nn] Hanscombe
R[osetta] E[lizabeth] Bowen
P[hyllis] L[eeton] Simpkins
F[lorence] Thomas
D[oris] H[elen] Hughes
F[reda] M[ary] E[liza] Dowdle
C[hristina] A[nnie] McLeod
I[rene] M[argaret] B[ethel] McIntosh
M[argaret Rose] C McEntee
I[melda Brigid] Grady
R[ebecca] B[eatrice] Oldham
G K Cumming [could be Gertrude Mallaby/Malliby Cumming]
H[elen] M[ary] Smith
T[eresa] M[arian] Cunningham
S Ogilive (Masseuse)
J McLean (Masseuse)
A L McGarrity (Masseuse)
Jean Black (Masseuse)
South Australia:
Edna Scruby
Constance Roberts
Melva Brown
Ruth Treliving
Zelma Huppatz
O[live] A[da] Kestel
Mavis Riggs
Mary Male
Lesley Beddome
Elizabeth Smythe
L[illa] V[ictoria] M[ay] Garrett
Mary Dunn
Western Australia:
E[ileen] M[argaret (Bobbie)] Roberts
I[damay] L[ucy] Whitfield
R I Membery [likely Evelyn Irene (Rene) Membery]
Elsie Youd
M[aude] L[eslie] Dunman
E[lsie] M[ay] Goff
D[oris] M[ary] Burgess
K[athleen] H[ope] Barnes
R[uby] I[nez] Warner
Tasmania:
M[illicent Mary] Stephens
Susan Haines
Winifred Beckett
E[nid Edmeades] Ratcliff
Eunice Wasley
Barbara Chesterman
Marjorie Smith
A L Barnett [could be Fanny Louise Barnett?]
Physical description
A four page large lift out on paper filled with captioned photos. Front page shows two men in sailor uniforms walking towards the camera on a street with a tram in the background. Other three pages showing mostly headshot photos of young women in nurses uniforms. On the second page the largest photo shows a woman in nurse's uniform sitting at a table. The other larger photo on the same page is a headshot of a young woman, possibly in civilian dress. All the photos are black and white.
