Historical information

A handwritten letter addressed to Mrs C [Havins] the secretary of the Returned Nurses Club (RNC) of Victoria from Irene Fenton. The letter is dated 15/6/1985. The letter and clipping were sent in response to the RNC's request for information on nurses during the wars.

The newspaper clipping is dated February 17, 1940. It speaks of a party held as a farewell for Alfred Hospital Sisters who were going abroad with the 2nd AIF. Sisters listed were D [Dulcie Lela] Newing, G [Grace Isobel] Mudge, Dorothy Scholes, Mary [Dorothy] Fahle, [Margaret] Jean Hanna, [Margaret] Jean Hanson, Norah [Nona?] Johnson, [Emily] Alice McNicol, [Margaret] Jean Oddie, Margaret [Alison] Tisdall, Margaret [Marjorie Hope?] Vasey, Dorothy [Alexander or Gertrude?] Vines, Nancy Wilson, Nan [Anna Elizabeth] Whiteside, Eileen Lindsay, Una [Alison] Melville

Physical description

A doublesided handwritten letter with a newspaper clipping attached, glued to a separate sheet of paper.

Inscriptions & markings

'H.20' [blue ink, top left of page newspaper clipping is glued to]
'SENDER. / Miss I.E.FENTON / R.M.B. 351. / BEAUFORT / 3373.' [Blue ink, top right, reverse of page newspaper clipping is glued to]