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Album of photographs taken in the Middle East in 1917. The collection begins with images of the ship 'Wiltshire' leaving from Sydney and then on to Colombo. There are photos of local points of interest and local people in Colombo, Cairo, Alexandria and Lower Jordan. The album also contains images relating to the 19th and 17th British General Hospitals, their nurses, patients, V.A.D.'s and residences. According to the inscription on the cover, the album belonged to Dorothy White. Dorothy was staying at Rhedural Hotel in Alexandria in 1917. "Rhedural" was a historical misspelling of Khedivial Hotel (Hotel Khédivial), located on Rue de la Porte de Rosette in Alexandria, Egypt. During World War I it was used to accommodate military personnel and nurses. The collection includes photos of this hotel and its surrounds.

Dark green mottled cover photo album with the word 'photographs' printed across the front cover in white print. There is a white sticker attached to the top left corner with WWI Middle East handwritten on it. The pages are cardboard with cutouts to display four 2x3 photos on each page.

'WWI / MIDDLE EAST' [Handwritten in black ink on a label attached to front cover] 'Dorothy S. White / Rhedural Hotel / Rue De Rosette / Alexandria / Egypt' [Handwritten in black ink on the inside front cover] '17.12.17' [Handwritten on the inside front cover]

middle east, wwi, ww1, world war 1914-1918, 1917, australian military nurses, british general hospitals, nurses, vad, military hospitals, alexandria, cairo, colombo, jordan

A collection of media archived by the Returned and Services Nurses relating to Australian Army nurses and nursing. The collection includes: - newspaper clippings relating to nursing, nurses and the Australian Army Nursing Service, published between 1963-1999. - Programs and menu's from commemorative ceremonies for Returned Nurses - memorabilia from memorial services -handwritten profiles of nurses such as Lieutenant Bertha Alma Hewson - a typed account and photocopies of photos from Sister Kathleen Teresia Keely's wedding at Moratai - Annual reports - photos of 113 AGH Sisters in Darwin

Dark red spiral bound photograph album with gold ornate pattern down the spine. An ornate gold triple line border on the front cover with gold handwriting and additional inscriptions in silver marker. The inside pages are paper with plastic pocket inserts across three quarters of each page, the remaining quarter of each page has lined memo sections to fill in. The album contains a variety of mixed media.

' "ARCHIVES" / RETURNED + SERVICES / NURSES. / MEDIA ALBUM. / 2nd FLOOR / ANZAC HOUSE / 1963 / Photos: NURSES MEMORIAL CANBERRA / 113 AGH. DARWIN / BCOF. 130 AGH. JAPAN.' [Hand written in gold ink on the front cover] 'SB / 9' [Hand written in silver ink on the spine] '(PHOTOS) / B.LAWSON' [handwritten in silver marker on the front cover]

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A collection of media relating to Royal Australian Army Nurses during and after the Second World War, including memorial and commemorative ceremonies, nurse biographies and experiences, book reviews, news articles, and photographs.

Blue post-bound album with triple gold lined border around the front cover and tiny gold square dots spaced out within the border. Hand-written in gold ink across the front is 'media album 2000'. There is gold writing down the spine. The album contains a large collection of photographs and mixed media items ranging from magazine and newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, colour and black and white photos in a range of sizes, menu cards, ceremony programs.

'MEDIA / ALBUM / 2000' [Hand written in gold ink on the front cover, the 2000 is quite smudged] 'RAANCA MEDIA 2000' [Hand written in gold ink down the spine] ' "M" ' [Hand written in black ink at the top of the spine]

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A large collection of photographs, photo negatives, and postcards relating to the Returned Nurses Club, World War II and post WWII. Included in this collection are photos of.... - Singapore Cemetary - War memorial windows in St.Peter's Church, Maroochydore, Qld. - Dr. Rupert Goodman - Returned Nurses 1988 Christmas Lunch - "Teddy" Doig's Medallion - black and white photos of Nurses in WWII - 50th Commemoration of the sinking of "Centaur", 14th May 1993. - ANZAC Day 1991, Melbourne march - 50th reunion P.O.W. girls 13th AGH 1991 (including Betty Jeffries, Sylvia Muir, Vivian Bullwinkel, Wilma Oram - ANZAC Day, Perth 1992 - 90th R.A.A.N.C. Anniversary 1992 - various other colour photos of Returned Nurses and black and white WWII photos, as well as personal memorabilia postcards

Three ring binder, royal blue, photograph album. Five sets of three horizontal gold lines spaced out down the spine. Triple gold line border around the front cover with the word photographs printed in gold across the cover. Large number of plastic covered, white self-adhesive pages inside that are hole punched and attached to the binder rings. Page layout and contents varies on each page.

[Most pages have captions handwritten in blue ink directly on the self-adhesive card]

royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ceremonies, returned nurses club, anzac day march, anniversaries, wwii, second world war, ww2, rupert goodman, sister vivian bullwinkel, betty jeffrey, sylvia muir, wilma elizabeth forster oram

Seven colour 6x4 photographs taken at the ceremony for the Royal Australian Army Nurses Corps (RAANC) Badged Door Dedication in Kapooka on Saturday October 15th, 1994. Six 6x4 coloured photographs from the ANZAC March in 1994. Three undated sepia coloured photographs of inside the office of the Returned Nurses Club. A variety of coloured photos of Returned Nurses Club members at memorials and events [1994?] A copy of a printed article regarding the Vietnam Women's Memorial (titled: Women of the war by Jeanne Wong). A souvenir card with a photo of Queen Elizabeth. Six photos of the floral garden opposite Victoria Barracks taken in 1983. A 6.5x10 black and white photo of a post war ANZAC Day March.

Three ring binder photograph album. The cover is mottled dark blue and black. There are five sets of three gold horizontal lines spaced out down the spine. At the top of the spine is a large white sticker with PA54 in red marker. The top right corner of the front cover has a label with the title handwritten on it in black ink. Inside there are 40 double-sided black self-adhesive pages with plastic covers.

[Most pages of photographs have a caption handwritten in blue ink on a white label at the top of the page, some pages have the label further down the page and the caption is typed] 'PA54' [Hand written in red marker on a white label on the spine] 'POST WWII / CORPS AND RNC' [Hand written in black ink on a label attached to the front cover]

royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ceremonies, kapooka, returned nurses club, anzac day march, floral garden - victoria barracks, vietnam women's memorial, betty morton, matron johns, mrs. shippen, jean poulter, betty lawson, billie lindsay, eve graham

Black hard-cover book with green dust-jacket cover and black spine. Title printed in gold print down spine and spine label attached at the base. Front cover shows a photographic image of two soldiers sitting in the jungle. Above the image the series information is printed in white beneath the Australian emblem, beneath that the title is printed in gold.

non-fiction

The history of the Australian Army as an institution.

australian army, australia military history, australia - armed forces - history, army personnel

Paperback book. Black and white image of soldiers in uniform standing in front of and on top of a tank, wraps around the full cover. Title is overlaid in white print on the front and on the spine.

non-fiction

Australia's contribution to the Great War has become part of the core of its national identity, and this work from the Australian War Memorial's Peter Burness offers a compact, thoroughly-illustrated and authoritative survey of the founding of the ANZAC tradition. From the shores of Gallipoli, through the trenches of France and Belgium, to the Light Horse in the Middle East, Australians at the Great War: 1914-1918 showcases photographs, artworks, posters, maps and artefacts from the War Memorial's comprehensive archive, along with detailed historical and anecdotal passages. Both as a testament to the courage of Australians at war, and as a guide to Australia's cultural legacy, Australians at the Great War: 1914-1918 is the perfect introduction. - taken from Trove.

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White spine with title printed in red and author in black. Front cover is a black and white photographic image of a group of smiling female volunteers, title and author details are overlaid in red print.

non-fiction

Australians have always volunteered to help in emergencies, especially when the nation has been at war. During the Boer War, World War I and World War II, volunteers from all walks of life raised money, assisted with nursing and rehabilitation, and provided food and clothing. Servicemen and women were helped both at home and in the field. The main wartime volunteer organisations were the Australian Red Cross, the Australian Comforts Funds, the Salvation Army, and the YMCA with the YWCA. Their story and the stories of countless wartime civilian volunteers is told for the first time, revealing important aspects of Australian social and political life. For example, it was the pressure of the volunteers that forced governments to act on essential matters like repatriation benefits for returning soldiers and for the welfare of their dependents - from Trove record.

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Blue hardback book. Title printed down the spine. Cover has two gold lines across the front, above the top line is the title in white; below the bottom line is the author's name, between the two lines in the middle are a row of six military ribbons and medals.

non-fiction

A record of experiences in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service during and after World War II.

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Brown hard-cover book with a light brown dust-jacket displaying a large illustration of a soldier aiming a rifle, sitting on horseback beside another horse in open fields. The title is printed in black across the top and down the spine. There is a spine label at the base of the spine.

non-fiction

Australians at war in Southern Africa.

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Faded green hardcover book. The front cover has a doulble-line black border with the R.S.L. emblem and title printed below in black text.

non-fiction

The origin, history, achievements and ideals of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia between 1916-1926.

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Black dust-jacket over black hard-cover book. Spine shows the gold Australian Army emblem at the top and then the title in white, there is a spine label at the base. Front cover has VD in large white letters at the top, followed by the sub-title and an image of three men in surgical gowns in a surgical room. The page has translucent red bubble images over it.

non-fiction

Sexually transmitted diseases, for centuries lumped together as 'Venereal Disease', or 'VD' for short, have always marched in lock-step with soldiers from all armies wherever they have served. During the twentieth century at least 125,000 Australian soldiers contracted VD while serving in overseas deployments - the equivalent of six World War I infantry divisions. No one has previously told this alarming story in its entirety, and few authors could tell it as frankly or objectively as Ian Howie-Willis. As readers will soon realise, Dr Howie-Willis has dealt with this confronting subject candidly but sensitively. His scholarship in this carefully researched book is immaculate, but the book's great strength is its fairness to and compassion for the tens of thousands of people who succumbed to sexually transmitted diseases as a result of Australia's military involvements across a century of overseas deployments. - from Trove.

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Worn, maroon hard-cover book with maroon dust-jacket Title printed in cream across the spine. Spine label taped to base of spine. Series title printed in black at the top of front cover, title and author printed beneath in cream text.

non-fiction

The third volume in series 5 (medical) of the 'Australia in the War of 1939-1945' series. This volume focuses on medical problems that arose in the second half of World war II; as well as the struggles dealing with tropical diseases whilst fighting on the wet coasts and mountain regions in New Guinea, the Solomon islands and Borneo.

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Worn, red hard-cover book. Title printed in gold across the spine. Spine label taped to base of spine.

non-fiction

The first volume in series 5 (medical) of the 'Australia in the War of 1939-1945' series. This volume is divided into sections on: infectious diseases, systematic and constitutional affections, and disturbances due to nutritional and physical causes. It also looks at medicine and surgery in captivity, dental, rehabilitation, psychiatry, pathology, etc.

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Brown hard-cover book with a yellow dust-jacket. Title printed in black down the spine. Front cover shows title printed in black at the top, author printed at the bottom. In the middle is a square outlined with a thin black line, inside is a large red cross, in each corner of the cross is a drawing. The top left drawing is of a nurse, top right is an airforce member, bottom left is a navy person, and bottom right are two army men.

non-fiction

'The 1939-45 story of a Special Detachment of Australian Army Nursing Sisters, fondly known as the 'Angels in Grey', and their fate in War and Captivity. This is the 1939-45 World War II story of adventures and trials of a contingent of Australian Army Nurses during service duties in various battle zones, and ranks with other absorbing accounts of courage and suffering coming out of those traumatic years.' - from Trove record.

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Thin hard cover book with a cream coloured dust jacket. Title and author printed down the spine and a spine label taped to the base. Front cover divided into two brown templates. The top one covers a third of the page and shows the title in cream print and subtitle in black. The bottom template is a larger square and contains examples of seven different silver buttons, with the author's name at the bottom.

non-fiction

Over 650 buttons are illustrated in this comprehensive guide to the buttons worn by the regiments of the British Army from the Crimean War up to 1970. - taken from dust-jacket.

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Article on front page: 'The world's most democratic army' speaks to the mateship and differences between the soldiers of Britain and those of Australia. Article highlights four reasons why Australia (only federated for 14 years) could raise and ship an army so quickly: 1. Already existing voluntary military training 2. William Bridges and his chief of staff Brudenall White were excellent organisers 3. Already a reserve of established military officers in Australia 4. Public response Internal two pages is the 'Roll of honor' an attempt by staff at The Age to list all "Australians and foreigners who died while serving with the Anzacs in the Gallipoli campaign." (p2 of clipping). Back page has eleven images and captions including photographs of Gallipoli landscape, soldiers, artwork, period headlines and orders document.

Large format pages cut from newspaper. Front page has large headlines with images of soldiers and medals and eight columns of text, all in black and white.

wwi, ww1, world war one, gallipoli anniversary

Article and images are for the release of two books about World War One: 'The Anzacs' by Patsy Adam-Smith and 'Light Horse : the story of Australia's mounted troops' by Elyne Mitchell and a review of the latter. Not so much a review as a brief outline of the heroic Australian soldiers of the Light Horse and their leader General Sir Harry Chauvel. There is a photo of nurses who served at Ismailia in early 1916.

A centre spread of two pages from a black and white newspaper with two headings, an article over five columns and seven images. Five are photographs, two are the covers of books. All images have captions. The spread has had most of the edges cut away, leaving the top with publication details. At some point it was attached to a piece of card and folded, part of the card is still attached. The clipping has begun to degrade in colour and sturdiness.

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Brief article with historic photographs of experiences of WWII prisoners of war. Photos include one of [Vivian] Bullwinkel and [Agnes Betty] Jeffrey with the uniform worn by Jeffrey in Singapore.

A spread from the centre of a newspaper with many black and white photographs, captions and a small article with three columns. All photographs have people in them,

wwii, ww2, world war two, prisoners of war

Article interview with historian Katie Holmes about the harsh experiences of WWI nurses she is finding in her reading of journals and diaries belonging to these nurses. Nurses mentioned in the article: Elsie [May] Tranter Nellie [Constance] Maurice [sic] [Morrice] Evelyn Davies Laura Grubb C E Harries Lydia [Kate] King Alice [Elizabeth Barrett] Kitchen [Florence Narrelle] Narelle [sic] [Jessie] Hobbes

A large black and white newspaper clipping of a single article with three inset images, two photographs and one illustration. Article has five columns of text with a large headline and brief intro paragraph. The clipping has minor tears and folds and is not cut straight.

world war one, wwi, ww1, nursing in warfare, nursing conditions

Part of a series of items related to Clare Rothwell Macintire. Clare Rothwell Macintire was born 27 July 1910 in Essendon and enlisted with the Royal Australian Airforce on 3 August 1943. Her service number was 500432.

Seventeen black and white photographs of varied sizes printed on gloss photographic paper with white borders. Scenes depicted include nurses with children, a church, army barracks, buildings, women in military uniform and nursing uniform. A newspaper clipping is included with the photographs.

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Part of a series of items related to Clare Rothwell Macintire. Clare Rothwell Macintire was born 27 July 1910 in Essendon and enlisted with the Royal Australian Airforce on 3 August 1943. Her service number was 500432.

Twenty six black and white photographs of varied sizes printed on gloss photographic paper with white borders. Scenes depicted include individuals in military uniforms at a beach and on a boat, women in nursing uniforms, buildings, and a Christmas display.

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Part of a series of items related to Clare Rothwell Macintire. Clare Rothwell Macintire was born 27 July 1910 in Essendon and enlisted with the Royal Australian Airforce on 3 August 1943. Her service number was 500432.

Six variously sized printed medical forms on cream paper. The forms have not been filled out.

"115 (HEID) MEDICAL HOSP." "REQUISITION FOR DAILY RATIONS AND WARD DIET STATEMENT" Form No. 13A" "115 (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL" "REQUISITION FOR EXPENSE STORES" "Form 122" "115 (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL" "Ward Statement of DIETS for the day following on which it is rendered" "Form No. 32" "115 (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL" "No.18" "115 (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL" "It is requested that the Garrison Engineer provide the following items of maintenance or equipment- & Brand same Type" "Form No.10" "115 (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL" "REQUISITION ON DRUG STORE" "Form No. 133 200 16-11-43"

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A felted pennant flag with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps insignia and initials on, part of the RAANC Assoc Vic Collection donated by Dorothy Venosta. Pennant was originally donated to the RAANC Assoc Vic by Patricia Suhle (neé Jackson).

A red felted pennant flag with yellow edge and loops. Logo and text printed on in white and pale red. Pennant has many small holes and some tears along edges.

'Donated to / RAANC Ass. / by / Patricia Suhle / nee 1958 / Jackson 1964' [black ink written on fabric tag attached to reverse of pennant]

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Part of a series of items related to Clare Rothwell Macintire. Clare Rothwell Macintire was born 27 July 1910 in Essendon and enlisted with the Royal Australian Airforce on 3 August 1943. Her service number was 500432.

Six variously sized printed medical forms on cream paper. The forms have not been filled out.

"DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY / Repeat Prescription Form" "A.A. Form D 83" "INTERNAL REQUISITION" "A.A. Form D 86" "Occupational Therapy Prescription" "A.A.F.D. 90" "SPECIALIST REPORT" "X-RAY REPORT / LABORATORY REPORT / CONSULTATION REPORT" "Form A.A.F.D.9" "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE / CASE CONTINUATION SHEET / Station of Hospital Record" "R.A.A.F. Form P/M 41A"

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Last entry of first column, death notice for Jamieson (Marfell), Mirth Amelia, placed by President and members of the Returned and Services Nurses Club, Sub Branch of the RSL.

Large newspaper page of mostly death notices and obituaries. Seven columns of small notices all headed with names in bold, some with logos also, right hand side divided into one, two and three columns as it progresses down the page with three black and white photographs.

death notice, mirth amelia jamieson (neé marfell)

Blue paperback book. Image of red poppies across the lower half wraps around entire cover. White spine label at base of spine attached with tape. Title printed in white along spine. Top half of the front cover has title and author printed in black ink. On the centre right side is a sepia image of a man in uniform.

non-fiction

This is the life story of John McCrae, the writer of the famous First World War poem, 'In Flanders Fields'. It also describes how the poem became famous throughout the world and as a result, how the poppy flower became universally recognised as a symbol of peace and sacrifice.

ww1, wwi, first world war, john mccrae, flanders, war poem, poppy

Third column towards the bottom, death notice for Mollard, Jan (Tolman) [Joan Audrey Mollard (neé Tolman) placed by President and members of the Returned & Services Club, sub branch of the RSL.

Large newspaper page of mostly death notices and obituaries. Seven columns of small notices all headed with names in bold, some with logos also, right hand side divided into one, two and three columns as it progresses down the page with two black and white photographs.

death notice, joan audrey mollard (neé tolman)

A handwritten letter, most likely addressed to Clare Rothwell Macintire. The letter mentions Prisoner of War, Japanese Red Cross, the Red Cross in Adelaide, and is signed 'Ruth' Part of a series of items related to Clare Rothwell Macintire. Clare Rothwell Macintire was born 27 July 1910 in Essendon and enlisted with the Royal Australian Airforce on 3 August 1943. Her service number was 500432.

Single page double sided handwritten letter on unruled buff paper.

Handwritten at top left "VX 38812"

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