Historical information
Article is related to the dedication of the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial in October 1999. Twenty attendees are presented with headshot photographs, identifying information and a brief quote about their service. This includes down the centre of the spread is a brief chronology of ‘A century of nursing service’ from May 1899 to 1999.
People interviewed:
- [Janet] Pat[teson] Darling [neé Gunther], Former Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) WWII
- Eve[lyn Edith] Bidstrup [neé Blacker], Former AANS WWII
- Flight Lieutenant Kathleen Pyne, Current (at printing) Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) Rwanda
- Lorna [Margaret (Skeet)] Johnston [neé Whyte], Former AANS
- Shirley Rolfe, Former RAAFNS Korea
- Pam Campbell, Former RAAFNS Korea
- David Werda, Former Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Somalia
- Wilma [Elizabeth Forster] Young [neé Oram] Former AANS WWII
- Wing Commander Geoff Robinson, Royal Australian Air Force Gulf War
- Lieutenant Commander Allan Barratt, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS) Gulf War
- Major Nick Massotti, RAANC Gulf War
- Florence [Elizabeth] Syer [neé Trotter] AANS WWII
- Margaret Mills, RAANC Korea
- Major Anne Blundell, RAANC Cambodia
- Brigadier Perditta [Marjorie] McCarthy, Former RANNC WWII
- Barbara McKewon, Former RAAFNS Malayan Emergency & Vietnam
- Judith Robson, Former RAAFNS Vietnam
- Edith [Dorothy Kate] Eadie [neé Butler], Former AANS WWII
- Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Wright, RAANC Rwanda
- Captain Judith Spencer, RAANC Rwanda
Physical description
Centre newspaper spread with twenty colour headshot captioned photographs and a large central box with text as a chronology and blue background. Spread has a red border at the top of the page underneath publication information.
