https://australianwarnurses.org/fanny-tyson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/fanny-isobel-catherine-tyson.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/group-photo-1st-auxilary-hospital-1st-agh-luna-park-awm-p00173.001.jpgGroup photo, 1st Auxilary Hospital (1st AGH), Luna Park. )AWM P00173.001https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fanny-tyson-awm-d00294.jpgEither Fanny or Tess Tyson, Ward 7, No. 2 Group Clearing Hospital, Hurdcott, Wiltshire,16 Apr 1919. (AWM D00294)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/effie-garden-the-age-21-april-1984-p.-20.jpgEffie Garden, The Age, 21 April 1984, p. 20Effie Garden. (VWMA; The Age, 21 April 1984, p. 20)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/staff-nurse-tess-tyson-1st-agh-table-talk-melb-27-may-1915-p.-19.jpgTess Tyson. (Faithe Jones; Table Talk (Melb), 27 May 1915, p. 19)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2nd-casualty-clearing-station-30-nov-1917-awm-e01280.jpgAustralian nurses taking tea in their quarters at No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Steenwerk, France, 30 Nov 1917. Left to right: Sister Mildred Crocker Brown, Sister Fanny Tyson, Sister Helen Homan (centre background); Sister Louisa Stobo RRC (sister in charge, centre foreground), Sister Steward (standing); Staff Nurse Muriel Shepherd. (AWM E01280)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fanny-tyson-table-talk-17-jun-1915-p.-3.pngFanny Tyson. (Table Talk (Melbourne), 17 Jun 1915 p. 3)2026-04-02T23:25:41+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/ursula-roper/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ellen-minnie-and-their-mother.pngEllen, Minnie and their motherhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/australians-at-richmond-military-hospital.-nurses-roper-garnsey-witts-witts-and-sprent.-sydney-mail-24-may-1916-p.-19.jpg'Australians at Richmond Military Hospital.' Nurses Roper, Garnsey, Witts, Witts and Sprent. (Sydney Mail, 24 May 1916, p. 19)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/richmond-military-hospital-sydney-mail-10-jan-1917-p.-16.jpgRichmond Military Hospital, Sydney Mail, 10 Jan 1917, p. 16https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nellie-witts.jpgNellie Witts. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sister-ropers-ward-r.m.h.r.-1916.jpgSister Roper's ward, R.M.H.R. 1916'Sister Roper's ward, R.M.H.R. 1916.' Presumably one of the three nurses in the centre is Ursula Roper. (Great War Forum) https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sister-ropers-ward-r.m.h.r.-1916-square.jpgSister Roper's ward, R.M.H.R. 1916 square2026-04-02T10:27:16+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/kathleen-power/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/kate-power-square.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1st-agh-heliopolis-1.jpg1st AGH Heliopolishttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kate-power-punch-2-dec-1915-p.-894.jpgStaff Nurse Kate PowerPortrait of Kate Power. Courtesy Faithe Jones via Virtual War Memorial Australia.2026-04-02T10:14:54+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/maud-campbell/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/hugh-campbell-c.-1943.-shaun-turner-facebook.jpgHugh Campbell in RAF uniform, c. 1943. (Shaun Turner/Facebook)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/hugh-campbell-back-row-2nd-left-shaun-turner-facebook-17-dec-2015.jpgHugh Campbell (back row, second left) with crew, c. late 1943 (Shaun Turner/Facebook)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/two-members-of-princess-marys-r.a.f.-nursing-service-1944.-iwm-ch-12701.pngTwo members of the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, 1944. (IWM CH 12701)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/maud-campbell-with-two-babies.-the-west-australian-14-feb-1939-p.-6-crop-jpg.jpgMaud Campbell with two babies at the King Edward Memorial Hospital, c. late 1930s. (The West Australian, 14 Feb 1939)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/maud-campbell-square-400x400-1.jpg2026-04-01T20:45:59+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/gertrude-munro/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/aans-nurses-at-deccan-war-hospital-year-unknown.jpgAANS nurses at Deccan War Hospital, Poona, 1916-17. Gertrude appears to be in the front row, fifth from the left. (AWM P10123.003)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cumballa-war-hospital.-past-india.jpgCumballa War Hospital. (Past India)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nurses-and-sisters-at-the-base-hospital-punch-melbourne-17-feb-1916-p.-17.jpgNurses of No. 5 AGH, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne. Gertrude is in the second row (seated) on the far left. ('Nurses and Sisters at the Base Hospital,' Punch (Melbourne), 17 Feb 1916, p. 17)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mr.-george-munros-works-alfredton-ballarat-c.-1887-resized.jpgMr. George Munro’s works, Alfredton, Ballarat, c. 1887.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/gertude-munro-with-amy-christie-mrs-e.-munro-awm-h13100.jpgGertrude Munro (right) with Staff Nurse (later Acting Sister) Amy Christie (Mrs E. Munro; AWM H13100)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/gertude-munro-with-amy-christie-mrs-e.-munro-awm-h13100-square.jpgGertude Munro with Amy Christie (Mrs E. Munro; AWM H13100) square2026-04-01T06:23:13+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/cecilia-delforce/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/malacca-general-hospital-c.-1937.-cp-bok-facebook.jpgMalacca General Hospital, c. 1937. (CP Bok/Facebook)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/arrival-in-singapore-18-feb-1941.-identified-flo-trotter-and-chris-oxley.-slv-h99.200648.jpgArrival at Sembawang, Singapore, 18 Feb 1941. Identified Flo Trotter and Chris Oxley. (SLV H99.200648)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cecilia-delforce-square-crop.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/departing-brisbane-31-jan-1941.-courtesy-r.-goodman.jpgQueensland nurses of the 2/10th AGH and the 2/5th AGH departing Brisbane for Sydney, 31 January 1941. Left to right: Pearl Mittelheuser, Joyce Tweddell, Jessie Blanch, Chris Oxley, Cecilia Delforce, Ivy Machon, Daphne Tomlins, Eileen O’Keefe and Thora Skyring. (Goodman)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cecilia-delforce-with-sylvia-muir-and-veronica-clancy-in-1945-awm-via-captives-c.-kenny-crop.jpgCecilia Delforce (left), Sylvia Muir (middle) and Veronica Clancy, Oct 1945. (Kenny)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cecilia-delforce-awm-2.jpgCecilia Delforce in AANS indoor uniform, c. 1940. (AWM2026-03-31T06:22:51+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/pearl-mittelheuser/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pearl-mittelheuser-square.pngPearl Mittelheuser squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/queensland-nurses-of-2-10th-agh-with-matron-dot-paschke.jpgQueensland nurses of 2-10th AGH with Matron Dot PaschkeQueensland nurses of 2/10th AGH with Matron Dot Paschke. Nell Calnan front row right. Courtesy Rupert Goodman, 'Queensland Nurses Boer War to Afghanistan,' Boolarong Publications, (1985, p. 167)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2-10th-agh-on-queen-mary-5-feb-1941-awm-005506-lifeboat-drill.jpgOfficers and nurses of 2/10th AGH undergoing lifeboat drill on Queen Mary, 5 Feb 1941. Identified: Pearl Mittelheuser, Nesta James, Florence Trotter, Monica Adams, Jessie Blanch, Marjorie Schuman, Dot Freeman, Irene Singleton, Joyce Tweddell, Chris Oxley, Mavis Clough. (AWM 005506)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/museum-of-nursing-history-brisbane.jpgMuseum of Nursing History BrisbaneQueensland AANS nurses of the 2/10th AGH and the 2/15th AGH departing Brisbane for Sydney, 31 January 1941. Left to right: Pearl Mittelheuser, Joyce Tweddell, Jessie Blanch, Chris Oxley, Cecilia Delforce, Ivy Machon, Daphne Tomlins, Eileen O’Keefe and Thora Skyring. Courtesy Museum of Nursing History, Brisbanehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pearl-mittelheuser-paybook-photos-taken-upon-enlistment.pngPearl Mittelheuser paybook photos taken upon enlistmentPearl Mittelheuser paybook photos taken upon enlistment. Courtesy Australian National Archives2026-03-31T05:51:35+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/lily-smith/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lillian-winifred-smith-square.pngLillian Winifred Smith squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/lillian-winifred-smith-crop.jpgLillian Winifred Smith cropLillian Smith in nursing uniform, late 1930s/early 1940s. (Robyn Smith via Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/lillian-smith-enlistment-photo-1941.pngLillian Smith enlistment photo 1941Lillian Smith paybook photo taken upon enlistment, c. 1941. (National Archives of Australia)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/lillian-winifred-smith.pngLillian Winifred SmithLillian Smith in nursing uniform, late 1930s/early 1940s. (Robyn Smith via Ancestry)2026-03-31T04:15:07+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/gwladys-thomas/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gwladys-thomas-square.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gwladys-thomas-c.-1940.-victorian-collections-202601.010-1.jpgGwladys Thomas, c. 1940. (Victorian Collections 202601.010)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gwladys-thomas-square.pngGwladys Thomas squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/courtesy-military-historian-posted-on-findagrave-on-29-jul-2022.jpegCourtesy 'Military Historian' posted on FindAGrave on 29 Jul 2022Kantara War Memorial Cemetery is situated at Kantara East Courtesy 'Military Historian,' Find a Grave, 29 Jul 2022https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2-4th-agh-nurses-and-physiotherapists-and-2-2nd-ccs-nurses-aboard-the-vita-apr-1941.-goodman-r.-1983-e28098a-hospital-at-war-boolarong-publications-p.-25.jpg2/4th AGH nurses and physiotherapists and 2/2nd CCS nurses aboard the Vita, Apr 1941. (Goodman, R. (1983), ‘A Hospital at War,’ Boolarong Publications, p. 25)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gwladys-thomas-paybook-photo.pngGwladys Thomas paybook photoPaybook photos of Gwladys Thomas taken upon enlistment. Courtesy National Archives of Australia2026-03-31T04:09:54+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/bernie-mcmahon/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bernie-mcmahon-square.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lieutenant_bernadine_theresa_mcmahon.jpgLieutenant Bernie McMahon. (Source unknown)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bernadine-theresa-mcmahon-copy.jpgBernie McMahon. (NAA)2026-03-31T04:05:46+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/florence-salmon/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/memorial-windows-jeanie-morgan-wing-waverley-war-memorial-hospital.jpgMemorial Windows, Jeanie Morgan Wing, Waverley War Memorial Hospital. (Betty Green)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-10th-agh-malacca-sent-home-by-florence-salmon.-ancestry.jpg2/10th AGH, Malacca, 1941, photo sent home by Florence Salmon. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/vickery-building-edina-war-memorial-hospital-early-1960s.-waverley-council.jpgVickery Building (originally the grand home 'Edina'), War Memorial Hospital, early 1960s. (Waverley Council)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/florence-salmon-in-nursing-uniform-c.-1940.-ancestry.jpgFlorence Salmon in nursing uniform, c. late 1930s. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/florence-salmon-in-aans-outdoor-uniform-c.-1941.-ancestry-1.jpgFlorence Salmon in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/florence-salmon-in-nursing-uniform-c.-late-1930s.-ancestry.jpgFlorence Salmon in nursing uniform, c. late 1930s. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/florence-salmon-with-nursing-certificate-c.-1938.-ancestry.jpgFlorence Salmon with nursing certificate, c. 1938. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/aans-and-2-10th-field-ambulance-prepare-to-disembark-from-johan-van-oldenbarnevelt-15-aug.-awm009249-20.jpgAANS and 2/10th Field Ambulance staff prepare to disembark from Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, Singapore, 15 Aug 1941. (AWM009249-20)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/florence-salmon-aboard-johan-van-oldenbarneveldt-aug-1941.-ancestry-1.jpgFlorence Salmon aboard Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, Aug 1941. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/poppy-to-baby-ruth-malaya-27-aug-1941-p.-2.jpg'Poppy' to Baby Ruth, Malaya, 27 Aug 1941, p. 2'Poppy' to Baby Ruth, Malaya, 27 Aug 1941, p. 22026-03-26T09:48:27+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/10/02/the-empire-star-nurses/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/home-again-the-australian-womens-weekly-28-mar-1942-p.-7.png‘Home Again – A.I.F. Nurses from Malaya,’ (The Australian Women’s Weekly, 28 Mar 1942, p. 7)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hildyard-brewer-gunton-rayner-melb-railway-stn-after-empire-star.jpgStaff Nurses Hilda Hildyard, Harley Brewer, Mollie Gunton and May Rayner, all Tasmanian and all from the 2/13th AGH, at Spencer Street Station (Melbourne) in late February 1942 after escaping from Singapore on the Empire Star. (Photo credit Mollie Gunton via Peter Henning (2013) in 'Veils and Tin Hats,' p. 128).https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/disembarking-from-the-empire-star-awm-p03315.015.jpgQueensland AANS nurses from the Empire Star arriving home at the interstate railway station in South Brisbane on Saturday 14 March 1942. Left to right: Sister Monica Adams (2/10th AGH); Sister Margaret Selwood (2/13th AGH); Sister Sheila Daley (2/10th AGH); Sister Julia Powell (2/13th AGH); Sister Dorothy Ralston (2/10th AGH); Sister Phyllis Pugh (2/13th AGH). (AWM P03315.015)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/awm-p09909.032.jpgMaster Selwyn Norman Capon with (left to right) Staff Nurses Elvin Wittwer, Sara Baldwin-Wiseman and Hilda Hildyard (all 2/13th AGH). (AWM P09909.032)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/empire-star-nurses-square.jpgEmpire Star nurses squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/awm-p09909.005.jpgAANS nurses aboard the Empire Star after arriving at Fremantle. Left to right: Sister Kathleen McMillan (2/10th AGH); unidentified; Sister Dorothy Ralston (2/10th AGH); Sister Betty Pump (2/10th AGH); Sister Joy Bell (2/10th AGH); Sister Dorothy Sturgess (2/13th AGH); Masseuse Bonnie Howgate (2/10th AGH); unidentified; Sister Mavis Clough (2/10th AGH); Sister Ida Morse (2/10th AGH); Masseuse Thelma Gibson (2/10th AGH); Sister Betty Pyman (2/10th AGH); Masseuse Merrilie Higgs (2/10th AGH); unidentified; unidentified; and Sister Jean Floyd. (AWM P09909.005)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/staff-nurses-margaret-anderson-left-and-vera-torney-on-leave-in-melbourne-20-sept-1942.-awm-136836.jpgSister Margaret Anderson (left) and Sister Vera Torney on leave in Melbourne, 20 Sept 1942. (AWM 136836)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/members-of-the-aans-in-the-hold-of-the-empire-star-12-feb-1942.jpgAANS nurses in hold of cargo vessel Empire Star, off Singapore, 12 Feb 1942. From left to right, back row: unidentified; Thelma Gibson, masseuse (2/10th AGH); Staff Nurse Frances Cullen (2/13th AGH); unidentified; Bonnie Howgate, masseuse (2/10th AGH); unidentified man; Sister Marie Hurley (2/13th AGH); unidentified. Front row: Staff Nurse May Setchell (2/13th AGH); Staff Nurse Gethla Forsyth (2/13th AGH); Staff Nurse Bettie Garrood (2/13th AGH); Staff Nurse Nellie Bentley (2/13th AGH). (R. Sayers/AWM P01117.005).https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/empire-star-1935-1942.jpgMV Empire Star. (Tom Rayner; Blue Star Line)2026-03-26T09:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/3190-2/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/edith-blake.jpgEdith BlakeStudio portrait of Edith Blake in QAIMNSR uniform (hand coloured). (AWM P11193.004)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/edith-blake-studio-portrait.jpgStudio portrait of Edith Blake in QAIMNSR uniform. (AWM P11193.005)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hmhs-glenart-castle.-wikimedia.jpgHMHS Glenart Castle. (Wikimedia)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/charles-and-catherine-blake-with-daughters-edith-and-grace.-ancestry.jpgCharles and Catherine Blake with daughters Edith and Grace. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/charles-and-catherine-blake-with-baby-edie-and-unknown-man.-ancestry.jpgCharles and Catherine Blake with baby Edie (and unknown man). (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/catherine-blake-nee-canham-with-daughters-grace-and-edith-right.-ancestry.jpgCatherine Blake, nee Canham, with daughters Grace and Edith (right). (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/evelyn-ellen-swannell.-k.-vane-tempest-r.-atherton.jpgEvelyn Ellen Swannell. (K. Vane-Tempest; R. Atherton)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/coast-hospital-little-bay-pre-war_-edie-middle-row-in-her-coast-hospital-uniform-resized-e1655087401559.jpegEdith Blake (middle row, left) with other Coast Hospital nurses at Little Bay, pre 1915.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/edith-blake-with-medical-staff-in-front-of-hospital-possibly-no.-17-gh-in-alexandria.-awm-p11193.001.jpgEdith Blake with medical staff in front of hospital, possibly No. 17 GH in Alexandria,. (AWM P11193.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/sister-edith-blake-pours-medicine-for-a-patient-in-a-ward-at-the-no-17-general-hospital-c.-1915.jpgEdith Blake pouring medicine at No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 1915/16. (AWM P11193.006)2026-03-23T10:50:53+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/pat-gunther/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pat-in-2003-courtesy-australians-at-war-film-archive-unsw.jpgPat during her Australians at War Film Archive interview, 2003. (UNSW)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/4.-rpah-staff-at-2-10th-agh-malacca-1941.jpgFormer Royal Prince Alfred Hospital staff at 2/10th AGH, Malacca, 1941. Front row, left to right: Pat Gunther, Pat Blake, unknown, unknown, Kath Neuss, unknown. ('Portrait of a Nurse')https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1.-pat-gunther-in-aans-outdoor-uniform-c.-1940-from-portrait-of-a-nurse-resized.jpgPat Gunther in AANS outdoor uniform c. 1940. ('Portrait of a Nurse')https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/l-r-sybil-pam-pat-mary-possibly-at-wedding-of-brother-arthur-1955.-ancestry.jpgPat and her sisters, possibly at the wedding of their brother Arthur, 1955. (L-R) Sybil, Pam, Pat and Mary. (Ancestry) https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pat-gunther-square-resized.jpg2026-03-23T05:35:49+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/rose-shappere/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ss-hero-watercolour-painting-by-c.-dickson-gregory-1946.-state-library-sa-prg422-39.jpgSS Hero, watercolour painting by C. Dickson Gregory, 1946. (State Library SA PRG422-39)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/town-hall-ladysmith-1899-1900.-wellcome-collection-resized.jpgTown Hall, Ladysmith, 1899-1900. (Wellcome Collection RAMC10112)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/hospital-ward-inside-town-hall-ladysmith-c.-1899.-wellcome-collection-crop.jpgHospital ward inside Town Hall, Ladysmith, c. Nov 1899. (Wellcome Collection RAMC10112)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/intombi-camp-nov-1899-feb-1900.-wellcome-collection-ramc10112.jpgIntombi Camp, Nov 1899-Feb 1900. (Wellcome Collection RAMC10112)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/intombi-camp-hospital-nov-1899-feb-1900.-wellcome-collection-ramc10112.jpgPart of Intombi Camp Hospital, Nov 1899-Feb 1900. (Wellcome Collection RAMC10112)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/hmt-assaye.-queens-royal-surreys.jpgHMT Assaye. (Queen's Royal Surreys)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/troops-embarking-hmt-orient-bound-for-boer-war-town-pier-port-melbourne-15-feb-1901.-melbourne-museum-29320.jpgTroops embarking HMT Orient bound for Boer War, Town Pier, Port Melbourne, 15 Feb 1901. (Sharyn Glance Collection/Melbourne Museum 29320)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ladysmith-gold-brooch-given-to-the-nurses-by-the-imperial_light_horse_and-sent-by-lady-white-angloboerwar.com-resized.jpgGold brooch given to the nurses of the Siege of Ladysmith by the Imperial Light Horse and sent to Rose by Lady White in the second half of 1900. (DNW/AngloBoerWardotcom)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rose-shappere-date-place-unknown.-vwma.jpgRose Shappere, date and place unknown. (VWMA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rose-with-pcansr-badge-ladysmith-brooch-and-rvm-sydney-jun-1902.-the-sydney-mail-and-new-south-wales-advertiser-28-jun-1902-p.-1622-resized.jpgRose Shappere with her Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve badge (on her right) and her Ladysmith brooch and Royal Victorian Medal (on her left), Sydney, Jun 1902. (The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 28 Jun 1902, p. 1622)2026-03-23T02:12:45+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/winifred-starling/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/no.-2-nzgh-mount-felix-walton-on-thames-nz-high-commission.pngNo. 2 NZGH, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames (NZ High Commission)No. 2 NZGH, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames. (NZ High Commission)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cambridge-hospital-c.-1900-friends-of-aldershot-museum.jpgCambridge Hospital c. 1900 (Friends of Aldershot Museum)Cambridge Military Hospital, c. 1900. (Friends of Aldershot Museum)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/five-sisters-window-york-minster-resized.jpgFive Sisters Window (York Minster) resizedFive Sisters Window. (York Minster) https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wentworth-falls-wwi-memorial-plaque-peter-f.-williams-places-of-pride-resized.jpgWentworth Falls WWI Memorial Plaque (Peter F. Williams, Places of Pride) resizedWentworth Falls WWI Memorial Plaque. (Places of Pride, Peter F. Williams)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rms-leinster-c.-1897.-wikipedia.jpgRMS Leinster, c. 1897. (Wikipedia)RMS Leinster, 1897. Postcard from 1910. (Wikipedia)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/matron-fanny-wilson-and-nursing-staff-at-walton-on-thames-hospital-england-c.-1918-nlnz-12-014124-g.jpgMatron Fanny Wilson and nursing staff at Walton-on-Thames Hospital, England, c. 1918 (NLNZ 12-014124-G)Matron Fanny Wilson and nursing staff at Walton-on-Thames Hospital, England, c. 1918 (NLNZ 12-014124-G)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cambridge-military-hospital-grey-scarlet.pngCambridge Military Hospital (Grey & Scarlet)Cambridge Military Hospital (Grey & Scarlet)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mary-vaughan-jenkins-the-sydney-morning-herald-15-nov-1934-p.-10-resized.pngMary Vaughan Jenkins, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Nov 1934, p. 10 (resized)Mary Vaughan Jenkins, c. 1934. (The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Nov 1934, p. 10)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wentworth-falls-wwi-memorial-plaque-peter-f.-williams-square.jpgWentworth Falls WWI Memorial Plaque (Peter F. Williams) squareWentworth Falls WWI Memorial Plaque. (Peter F. Williams)2026-03-09T05:11:32+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/mattie-ward/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/british_malaya_circa_1922-600x600-1.pngBritish Malaya c. 1922. (Source unknown)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/air-raid-chulia-street-singapore-dec-1941-feb-1942.-still-from-don-featherstone-singapore-1942-e28093-end-of-empire-2012.jpgAir raid on Chulia Street, Singapore, Dec 1941-Feb 1942. (Still from Don Featherstone, Singapore 1942 – End of Empire, 2012)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mattie-ward-on-her-wedding-day-may-1942-ancestry.jpgMattie Ward on her wedding day, May 1942. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/the-daily-telegraph-sydney-17-jul-1931-p.-8-1.jpgSister Mattie Ward (left) at the Masonic Hospital, 1931. (The Daily Telegraph, 17 Jul 1931)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/maitland-mercury-nsw-23-apr-1942-p.-4-crop.jpgSister Mattie Ward, date unknown. (Maitland Mercury, 23 Apr 1942)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/maitland-mercury-nsw-23-apr-1942-p.-4-square.jpgMaitland Mercury (NSW), 23 Apr 1942, p. 4 square2026-02-23T07:20:23+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/10/03/escape-on-the-wusueh/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/christelijk-lyceum-dagoweg-bandung.-diana-dien-pinterest-2.jpgChristelijk Lyceum, Dagoweg, Bandung. (Diana Dien; Pinterest)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/princess-juliana-school-batavia.jpgPrincess Juliana School, Batavia. (Bintoro Hoepoedio; Pinterest)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wusueh-undated-2.jpgWusueh (undated)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wusueh-in-calcutta-on-vj-day.-alistair-thomson-wikiswire-square.jpgWusueh in Calcutta on VJ Day. (Alistair Thomson, WikiSwire) squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/remembering-the-wah-sui-nurses.pngRemembering the Wah Sui nurseshttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wusueh-in-calcutta-on-vj-day.-alistair-thomson-wikiswire-1.jpgThe Wusueh in Calcutta on VJ Day. (Alistair Thomson; WikiSwire)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hmt-orcades-birtwistlewiki.pngHMT Orcades. (BirtwistleWiki)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/violet-haig.pngViolet HaigStaff Nurse Violet Haighttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/veronica-dwyer.pngVeronica Dwyerhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/thelma-bell-crop.pngThelma Bell cropStaff Nurse Thelma Bell2026-02-22T21:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/margaret-de-mestre/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ahs-manunda-being-guided-into-port-melbourne-c.-apr-1941.-clifford-bottomley-awm-006727.jpgAHS Manunda being guided into Port Melbourne, c. Apr 1941. (Clifford Bottomley; AWM 006727)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/nursing-staff-aboard-ahs-manunda-pyrmont-1940.-margaret-de-mestre-standing-far-left-cropped.-samuel-j.-hood-anmm-22399.jpgNursing staff aboard AHS Manunda, Pyrmont, 1940. Margaret de Mestre standing far left (cropped). (Samuel J. Hood; ANMM 22399)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/margaret-augusta-de-mestre-square.jpgMargaret Augusta de Mestre squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/margaret-de-mestre-second-right-with-manunda-colleagues.-awm-p01081.005.jpgMargaret de Mestre (second right) with Manunda colleagues. (AWM P01081.005)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ahs-manunda-aug-1940.-samuel-j.-hood-anmm-00021306-e1762130412934.jpgAHS Manunda, Aug 1940. (Samuel J. Hood; ANMM 00021306)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/zoom_margaret04.jpgMargaret de Mestre in AANS outdoor uniform.2026-02-17T03:06:16+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/jean-gay/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/aans-nurses-of-the-25th-agh-location-and-date-unknown.-jean-gay-is-on-the-right.-captain-enid-skippen25-agh-association.jpgAANS nurses of the 25th AGH, location and date unknown. Jean Gay is on the right. (Captain Enid Skippen / 2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/funeral-of-staff-nurse-jean-gay-gaza-war-cemetery-14-feb-1941-006.-2-5-agh-association.jpgFuneral of Staff Nurse Jean Gay, Gaza War Cemetery, 14 Feb 1941 (006). (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/funeral-of-staff-nurse-jean-gay-gaza-war-cemetery-14-feb-1941-005.-2-5-agh-association.jpgFuneral of Staff Nurse Jean Gay, Gaza War Cemetery, 14 Feb 1941 (005). (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/funeral-of-staff-nurse-jean-gay-gaza-war-cemetery-14-feb-1941-004.-2-5-agh-association.jpgFuneral of Staff Nurse Jean Gay, Gaza War Cemetery, 14 Feb 1941 (004). (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/funeral-of-staff-nurse-jean-gay-gaza-war-cemetery-14-feb-1941-003.-2-5-agh-association.jpgFuneral of Staff Nurse Jean Gay, Gaza War Cemetery, 14 Feb 1941 (003). (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/funeral-of-staff-nurse-jean-gay-gaza-war-cemetery-14-feb-1941-002.-2-5-agh-association.jpgFuneral of Staff Nurse Jean Gay, Gaza War Cemetery, 14 Feb 1941 (002). (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/funeral-of-staff-nurse-jean-gay-gaza-war-cemetery-14-feb-1941-001.-awm-p03725.006.jpgFuneral of Staff Nurse Jean Gay, Gaza War Cemetery, 14 Feb 1941 (001). (AWM P03725.006)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gay-jean.jpg2026-02-12T23:59:10+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/blanche-atkinson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/staff-nurse-blanche-atkinson-observer-adelaide-16-sept-1916-p.-30.jpgStaff Nurse Blanche Atkinson. (Observer, Adelaide, 16 Sept 1916, p. 30)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/blanche-in-bed-receiving-the-royal-red-cross-award-while-at-queen-victoria-hospital-netley-stirling-historical-society.jpgBlanche Atkinson (in bed) receiving her Associate Royal Red Cross medal, Queen Victoria Hospital, Netley. (Stirling Historical Society)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/main-entrance-to-the-lady-hardinge-hospital-for-wounded-indian-soldiers-brockenhurst-c.-1914.-new-forest-knowledge.jpgMain entrance to the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers, Brockenhurst, c. 1914. (New Forest Knowledge)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/blanche-atkinson-stirling-historical-society.pngBlanche Atkinson in nurse's uniform, date unknown. (Stirling Historical Society)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/staff-nurse-blanche-atkinson-observer-adelaide-16-sept-1916-p.-30-square.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2026-02-11T04:19:01+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/10/02/the-bangka-island-nurses/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-nurses-of-the-bangka-island-massacre.pngThe nurses of the Bangka Island MassacreTop row (left to right): Elaine Balfour Ogilvy, Alma Beard, Joyce Bridge. Second top row: Florence Casson, Beth Cuthbertson, Irene Drummond, ‘Buddy’ Elmes, Lorna Fairweather. Middle row: Peggy Farmaner, Clarice Halligan, Nancy Harris, Minnie Hodgson, Nell Keats. Second bottom row: Jenny Kerr, Ellie McGlade, Kath Neuss, Florence Salmon, Jean Stewart. Bottom row: Mona Tait, Joan Wight, Bessie Wilmott2026-02-11T03:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/2025/10/02/the-sinking-of-the-vyner-brooke/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-sinking.jpgThe Sinking'The Sinking of the Vyner Brooke, February 14, 1942.' (Geoff Tyson; Elizabeth Simons)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-sinking-of-the-vyner-brooke-14-feb-1942.-elizabeth-simons.jpgThe Sinking of the Vyner Brooke, 14 Feb 1942. (Elizabeth Simons)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/vyner-brooke-lost-at-sea.pngVyner Brooke Lost at Seahttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/vima-bates.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/myrtle-mcdonald.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mona-wilton.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/millie-dorsch.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mary-clarke.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/marjorie-schuman.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/kathleen-kinsella.jpg2026-02-11T02:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/gethla-forsyth/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gethla-forsyth.-returned-nurses-rsl-sub-branch-1.jpgGethla Forsyth. (Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/peg-foley-nan-muldoon-gethla-forsyth-the-argus-melb-3-jul-1952-p.-14-war-nursing-service-celebrates-its-founding-50-years-ago.jpgPeg Foley, Nan Muldoon, Gethla Forsyth, The Argus (Melb) 3 Jul 1952, p. 14, 'War nursing service celebrates its founding 50 years ago'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/awm-p01117.012.jpgOn the Empire Star, Feb 1942. Left to right, back row: Staff Nurses Annie (Nan) Muldoon (2/13th AGH), Bess Taylor (2/13th AGH) and Bonnie Gordon (2/13th AGH). Front row: Staff Nurses Dorothy Sturgess (2/10th AGH), Gethla Forsyth (2/13th AGH) and Bennos Atwood (2/10th AGH). (R. Sayers/AWM P01117.012)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/the-argus-melb-24-apr-1954-p.-15-war-nurses-anzac-reunions.jpgThe Argus (Melb) 24 Apr 1954, p. 15) 'War nurses' Anzac reunions'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/hildyard-brewer-gunton-rayner-melb-railway-stn-after-empire-star.jpgStaff Nurses Hilda Hildyard, Harley Brewer, Mollie Gunton and Maisie Rayner, all Tasmanian and all from the 2/13th AGH, at Spencer Street Station, Melbourne on 12 Mar 1942 after escaping from Singapore on the Empire Star. (Mollie Gunton; Peter Henning)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gethla-forsyths-army-helmet.-victorian-collections-202601.012.jpgGethla Forsyth's army helmet. (Victorian Collections 202601.012)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/staff-nurses-margaret-anderson-left-and-vera-torney-on-leave-in-melbourne-20-sept-1942.-awm-136836.jpgSister Margaret Anderson (left) and Sister Vera Torney on leave in Melbourne, 20 Sept 1942. (AWM 136836)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/awm-p01117.006.jpgIn the meat hold of the Empire Star. (AWM P01117.006)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gethla-forsyth-in-ward-3-possibly-a-surgical-ward-alfred-hospital-1936.-victorian-collections-202601.020-resized.jpgGethla Forsyth in Ward 3 (possibly a surgical ward), Alfred Hospital, 1936. (Victorian Collections 202601.020)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/empire-star.jpgEmpire Star2026-02-11T01:44:52+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/jean-floyd/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/corporal-leslie-allen-2-5th-battalion-mount-tambu-new-guinea-30-jul-1943.-gordon-herbert-short-awm-015515.jpgCorporal Leslie Allen, 2-5th Battalion, Mount Tambu, New Guinea, 30 Jul 1943. (Gordon Herbert Short/AWM 015515)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/staffn2.jpgSister Jean Floyd upon arrival back in Australia in March 1942 is welcomed home by Lieut. Commissioner Harewood and Major Cugley. (Salvation Army Australia Museum)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/annie-sage-and-jean-floyd-sumatra-sept-1945-slv-h99.201793-600-x-687.jpgColonel Annie Sage and Lieutenant Jean Floyd, Lahat Sumatra, 16 Sept 1945 (SLV H99.201793)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-14th-agh-st.-patricks-school-singapore-sept-oct-1945.-awm-305364.jpgNurses and patients of the 2/14th AGH, St. Patrick's School, Singapore, Sept-Oct 1945. (AWM 305364)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-6th_agh_rocky_creek-awm.jpg2/6th AGH, Rocky Creek, Queensland. (AWMhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/floyd-jean.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/heidelberg-military-hospital-date-unknown.-slv-h32492-2613.jpgHeidelberg Military Hospital, Melbourne, date unknown. (SLV H32492/2613)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/hmat-zealandia-place-and-date-unknown.-allan-green-collection-slv-h91.1082511.jpgHMAT Zealandia, place and date unknown. (Allan Green Collection/SLV H91.1082511)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/staff-nurse-jean-floyd.jpgStaff Nurse Jean Floyd in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (Source unknown)2026-02-11T01:41:07+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/09/15/the-rescue-of-the-vyner-brooke-nurses/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/arrival-from-lahat-in-singapore-16-sept-1945-square.jpgArrival from Lahat in Singapore, 16 Sept 1945 squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/arrival-from-lahat-in-singapore-16-sept-1945-resized.jpgArrival of the 24 nurses at Singapore, 16 September 1945. Left to right, back row: Jessie Blanch, Florence Trotter, Eileen Short, Cecilia Delforce, Ada Syer, Violet McElnea, Pat Blake, Pat Gunther. Middle row: Sylvia Muir, Chris Oxley, Veronica Clancy, Beryl Woodbridge, Jess Doyle, Jean Ashton, Valrie Smith, Wilma Oram. Front row: Nesta James, Mavis Hannah, Elizabeth Simons, Iole Harper, Betty Jeffrey. Not in Photograph: Vivian Bullwinkel, Joyce Tweddell, Jenny Greer. (Sydney Morning Herald Photograph, J. E. Simons).2026-02-10T03:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/merle-trenerry/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/group-photo-of-2-13th-agh-nurses-st.-patricks-school-singapore-c.-oct-nov-1941.-courtesy-awm-p01344.001.jpgGroup portrait of some of the nursing staff of the 2/13th AGH, St. Patrick’s School, Singapore, c. Oct/Nov 1941. Left to right, back row: Gladys Hughes (VIC), Merle Trenerry (SA), Lorna Fairweather (SA), Jean Ashton (SA), Annie Muldoon (VIC), Vivian Bullwinkel (SA-VIC), Irene Drummond (SA), Maude Spehr (SA), Bessie Taylor (VIC), unknown, Marie Hurley (NSW), Ellie McGlade (NSW), Flo Casson (SA), Veronica Clancy (SA-VIC), Harley Brewer (TAS). Front row: May Rayner (TAS), Joyce Bridge (NSW), Minnie Hodgson (WA), Nellie Bentley (SA), Bettie Garrood (SA), Loris Seebohm (SA), Jenny Kerr (NSW), Elvin Wittwer (SA). (AWM P01344.001.)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/merle-trenerry-left-and-lorna-fairweather.-courtesy-awm-p09909.004.jpgMerle Trenerry (left) with Staff Nurse Lorna Fairweather. (AWM P09909.004)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lorna-fairweather-left-and-merle-trenerry.-courtesy-awm-p09957.001.jpgMerle Trenerry (right) with fellow South Australian Staff Nurse Lorna Fairweather, also of the 2/13th AGH. (AWM P09957.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/l-r-annie-vincent-trenerry-merle-trenerry-edward-joseph-trenerry-mary-trenerry.-courtesy-ancestry.jpgMerle Trenerry with (left to right) Annie Vincent Trenerry, Edward Joseph Trenerry, Mary Trenerry. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/annie-merle-trenerry-awm-p02783.028.jpgMerle Trenerry paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (AWM P02783.028)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/annie-merle-trenerry-1.jpgAnnie Merle Trenerry2026-02-09T09:38:37+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/10/03/remembering-the-rabaul-nurses/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/parker-whyte-culleen-keast-at-mascot-13-sept-1945-awm115952.jpgParker, Whyte, Culleen, Keast at Mascot, 13 Sept 1945. (AWM 115952)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rabaul-nurses-4-sept-1945-in-manila-awm019148.jpgRabaul nurses 4 Sept 1945 in Manila AWM019148Rabaul nurses 4 Sept 1945 in Manila. (AWM 019148)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lieutenant-lt-daisy-tootie-keast-and-lt-marjory-j.-jean-anderson.jpgLieutenant (Lt) Daisy (Tootie) Keast and Lt Marjory J. (Jean) Andersonhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6.-lt.-lorna-whyte.jpgLt. Lorna Whytehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5.-cap.-kay-parker.jpgCap. Kay Parkerhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4.-lt.-daisy-keast.jpgLt. Daisy Keasthttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3.-lt.-mavis-cullen.jpgLt. Mavis Cullenhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2.-lt.-eileen-callaghan.pngLt. Eileen Callaghanhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1.-lt.-marjory-anderson.jpgLt. Marjory Andersonhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/17-of-the-rabaul-nurses-manila-philippines-4-sept-1945.-awm-019146.jpgManila, Philippines. 4 September 1945. A group of nurses and civilians in Manila, after release from internment at Yokohama, at a prisoner of war (POW) processing unit on their way home. The group is made up of Australian Army nurses, civilian nurses from the Rabaul Government Hospital, Methodist Missionary nurses and a civilian, Mrs Bignell, all captured at Rabaul, and Mrs E. Jones, an American school teacher captured in the Aleutian Islands. Left to right: civilian nurse Grace Kruger; civilian nurse A. Beaumont; civilian nurse Joyce McGahan (back); civilian nurse Jean McLellan (front); Dorothy Beale, Methodist nurse (back); Jean Christopher, Methodist nurse (front); Dora Wilson, Methodist nurse (back); civilian nurse Dorothy Maye (front); Matron of the Rabaul Government Hospital, Joyce Oldroyd-Harris; Mrs E. Jones, an American school teacher; civilian nurse Mary Goss; Mavis Green, Methodist nurse; Mrs Kathleen Bignell, civilian housewife; Lieutenant (Lt) Lorna Whyte, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS); Lt Mavis Cullen, AANS; Lt Daisy (Tootie) Keast, AANS; Captain Kay Parker, AANS, Manila, Philippines, 4 Sept 1945. (AWM 019146)2026-02-09T02:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/marie-craig/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marie-craig-by-nora-heysen-morotai-12-aug-1945.jpgMarie Craig by Nora Heysen, Morotai, 12 Aug 1945Portrait of Sister Marie Craig by Nora Heysen, Morotai, 12 Aug 1945. (AWM ART24278)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marie-craig-changing-attitudes-stories-of-australian-air-force-women-the-australian-air-campaign-series-9.pngMarie Craig, 'Changing Attitudes - Stories of Australian Air Force Women' THE AUSTRALIAN AIR CAMPAIGN SERIES 9Marie Craig with patients on an evacuation flight. ('Changing Attitudes - Stories of Australian Air Force Women,' The Australian Air Campaign Series 9)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/maxine-dahl-p.-148.pngMaxine Dahl p. 148Nurses of No. 2 MAETU during training. Left to right, back row: Blanche Due, Patricia Howard, Hilda Davis, Helen Cleary, Jean Rodwell. Middle row: Teresa Du Moulin, Marie Craig. Front row: Jean Menzies, Betty Stafford, Gwen Schache. (M. Dahl, original photo Tess Du Moulin)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marie-craig-third-from-left-awm-og2798.jpgMarie Craig third from left, AWM OG2798No 2 MAETU nurses at Morotai. Left to right: Sister Alice Budd (VIC), Senior Sister Margaret Braid (WA), Sister Marie Craig (NSW), Sister Joan Rodwell (QLD), Sister Gwen Schache (VIC) and Betty Stafford (NSW). (AWM OG2798)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marie-craig-raaf-news-1-jan-1971-p.-6-resized.pngMarie Craig, RAAF News, 1 Jan 1971, p. 6 resizedMarie Craig. (RAAF News, 1 Jan 1971, p. 6)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marie-craig-raaf-news-1-jan-1971-p.-6.pngMarie Craig, RAAF News, 1 Jan 1971, p. 6Marie Craig. (RAAF News, 1 Jan 1971, p. 6)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marie-craig-raaf-news-1-jan-1971-p.-6-square.pngMarie Craig, RAAF News, 1 Jan 1971, p. 6 square2026-02-09T02:14:43+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/vivian-bullwinkel/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/white-coolies-original.jpgThe original edition of White Coolies. (Angus & Robertson)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/while-history-passed.jpgThe original edition of While History Passed. (William Heinemann)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/march-1993-bangka-island-2.pngDedication of the nurses' memorial, Bangka Island, Indonesia, Mar 1993. Seated, left to right: Mavis Hannah Allgrove, Vivian Bullwinkel Statham, Wilma Oram Young, Joyce Tweddell. Standing: unknown, unknown, Jean Ashton, Florence Trotter Syer, Pat Gunther Darling, Colonel Jim Molan.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/p04585.006.jpgDedication of a memorial to the nurses who died in the internment camps of Bangka Island and Sumatra, National Prisoner of War Memorial (also known as Changi Chapel), Royal Military College Duntroon, 11 Nov 1991. Left to right: 'Weary' Dunlop, Vivian Statham, unknown, Mavis Hannah. (AWM P04585.006)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sculpture-of-vivian-bullwinkel-awm-2023.-charles-robb-awm.jpg‘Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED FNM FRCNA’ by Charles Robb. Unveiled at the Australian War Memorial in Aug 2023. (AWM)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vb-square.jpg2026-01-30T00:49:47+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/cynthia-thiedeke/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cynthia-thiedeke-crop.jpgCynthia Thiedekehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nurses-of-the-2-12th-agh-telegraph-brisbane-29-oct-1941-p.-9.jpgNurses of the 2-12th AGH Telegraph (Brisbane), 29 Oct 1941, p. 9Nurses of the 2-12th AGH (Telegraph (Brisbane), 29 Oct 1941, p. 9)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cynthia-thiedeke-2.jpgCynthia Thiedeke 22026-01-30T00:43:26+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/elizabeth-simons/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/staff-nurses-h.-r.-brewer-h.-m.-hildyard-sister-j.-e.-simons-staff-nurses-m.-rayner-m.-m.-gunton-tas-1941.-slv-h99.201-863-800x569-1.jpgTasmanian nurses chosen for service with the 2nd AIF. Left to right: Staff Nurses Harley Brewer, Hilda Hildyard, Sister Elizabeth Simons, and Staff Nurses Maisie Rayner and Mollie Gunton, Tas, 1941. (SLV H99.201-863)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/l-r-at-front-beryl-woodbridge-jessie-simons-veronica-clancy-courtesy-awm.jpgRescued AANS nurses at a Gracie Fields concert held at the former residence of Japanese General Saito for Australian ex-POWs, Changi area, Singapore, 1 Oct 1945. Left to right: Vivian Bullwinkel (obscured), Beryl Woodbridge, Iole Harper, Elizabeth Simons, Eileen Short, Veronica Clancy, Mavis Hannah. (AWM 118809)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/jessie-elizabeth-simons-by-van-diemen-studio-launceston-1954-400x690-1.jpgElizabeth Simons in AANS uniform (with captain's pips), Launceston, 1954. (Simons)2026-01-25T09:59:23+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/shirley-gardam/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/permai-hospital-male-ward.jpgPermai Hospital male wardhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/permai-hospital-1937.jpgPermai Hospital 1937.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/shirley-gardam-malaya-1941-awm-p00781.002-donor-r.-gardam.jpgShirley Gardam of the 2/4th CCS with members of the 22nd or 27th Brigade, Malaya. (R. Gardam; AWM P00781.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2-4th-ccs-at-brighton-tas-23-jan-1941-bevan-warland-browne-australians-at-war-film-archive-uninsw-canberra-bw.jpg2/4th CCS at Brighton, Tasmania, 23 Jan 1941. Lt. Col. Tom Hamilton is front middle, flanked by Shirley Gardam (left) and Mina Raymont (right). (Bevan Warland-Browne, Australians at War Film Archive, UniNSW Canberra)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2-4th-ccs-awm-044526.jpg2/4th CCS nurses (probably) at Port Dickson late Feb–early May 1941. Back row (left to right): Staff Nurse Bessie Wilmott, Staff Nurse Mina Raymont, Staff Nurse Shirley Gardam, Staff Nurse Elaine Balfour Ogilvie. Front row (left to right): Staff Nurse Peggy Farmaner, Sister Mavis Hannah, Sister Irene Drummond (later Matron Drummond of the 2/13th AGH), Staff Nurse Millie Dorsch. (AWM 044526)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/shirley-gardam-in-aans-outdoor-uniform-awm-p00781.001.jpgShirley Gardam in AANS outdoor uniform. (AWM P00781.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/shirley-gardam-square.jpgShirley Gardam2026-01-24T02:14:55+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/fanny-hines-2/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/childrens-hospital-carlton-1895-possibly-fanny-hines-on-right-600x840-1.jpg(Possibly) Fanny Hines (standing on the right), Children's Hospital, Carlton, 1895. (RCH Archives)2026-01-22T13:25:41+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2026/01/20/nurses-who-died-on-active-service-or-as-a-result-of-their-service/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/collage-crop.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/collage-final.jpgCollage FINAL2026-01-22T07:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/mary-morton/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-5th-agh-staff-c.-1940.-norma-jolly-2-5-agh-association.jpg2/5th AGH staff, c. 1940, location unknown. (Norma Jolly/2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/staff-of-the-2-5th-agh-c.-1940.-2-5-agh-association.jpgStaff of the 2/5th AGH, location unknown, c. 1940. (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sister-lillian-grace-schaefer-staff-nurse-eileen-grace-beaven-staff-nurse-enid-sylvia-himmelhoch-staff-nurse-mina-margaret-back-staff-nurse-edith-mary-morton-600x400-1.jpgAANS nurses of the 2/5th AGH, location unknown, c. 1940. Left to right: Sister Lillian Grace Schaefer, Staff Nurse Eileen Grace Beaven, Staff Nurse Enid Sylvia Himmelhoch, Staff Nurse Mina Margaret Back, Staff Nurse Edith Mary Morton. (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/matron-kathleen-best-and-nurses-of-25th-agh-on-parade-in-camp-near-rehovot-awm006924-f-hurley.jpgNurses of the 2/5th AGH on parade at Kafr Balu, near Rehovot in Mandatory Palestine, c. Apr 1941. (James Francis Hurley/AWM 006924)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nurses-of-the-2-5th-agh-on-parade-in-palestine-awaiting-inspection-by-matron-later-lieutenant-colonel-kathleen-best.-awm-p03725.008.jpgNurses of the 2/5th AGH on parade at Kafr Balu, near Rehovot in Mandatory Palestine, c. Apr 1941. (James Francis Hurley/AWM P03725.008)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nurses-of-the-2-5th-agh.-mary-font-3rd-from-right.-2-5th-agh-assoc.jpgNurses of the 2/5th AGH, possibly in Egypt or Greece, c. 1941. Mary is in the front row, third from the right. (2/5 AGH Associationhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/descending-a-pass-in-eritrea-c.-1941.-2-5-agh-association-.jpgDescending from a pass in Eritrea, c. 1941. (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-5th-agh-edith-2nd-row-2nd-left-sydney-showground-1940.jpgAANS nurses of 2/5th AGH at Sydney Showground, 18 Oct 1940. (2/5 AGH Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-5th-agh-sydney-showground-18-oct-1940-awm-004796.jpgAANS nurses of 2/5th AGH at Sydney Showground, 18 Oct 1940. (AWM 004796)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2_5-australian-general-hospital.jpg2_5 australian general hospitalAANS nurses of 2/5th AGH at Sydney Showground, 18 Oct 1940. (AWM)2026-01-21T05:15:50+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/nancy-harris/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nancy-harris-crop.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nancy-harris-in-aans-indoor-uniform-c.-1941.-pymble-ladies-college-crop.jpgNancy Harris in AANS indoor uniform, c. 1941. (Pymble Ladies’ College)2026-01-20T07:21:32+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/norma-mowbray/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/luna-park-skating-rink-heliopolis-egypt-1915.-postcard-flickr.jpgLuna Park Skating Rink, Heliopolis, Egypt, 1915. (Flickr)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/the-grave-of-norma-mowbray-old-cairo-cemetery-25-apr-1916.-awm-c01794.jpgThe grave of Norma Mowbray, Old Cairo Cemetery, 25 Apr 1916. (AWM C01794)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hospital-train-arriving-no.-1-agh-heliopolis-1915.-constance-keys-collection-item-3-30674-slq.jpgHospital train arriving No. 1 AGH, Heliopolis, 1915. (Constance Keys Collection, Item 3, 30674, SLQ)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/luna-park-heliopolis-egypt-c.-1915.-awm-h18510.jpgThe skating rink at Luna Park, Heliopolis, Egypt, c. 1915. (AWM H18510)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/heliopolis-palace-hotel-egypt-c.-1915.-awm-h02266.jpgHeliopolis Palace Hotel, Egypt, c. 1915. (AWM H02266)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hmahs-kyarra-date-unknown.-green-collection-slv-h91.325-1009.jpgHMAHS Kyarra, date unknown. (Green Collection, SLV H91.325-1009)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/norma-mowbray-date-unknown.-iwm-400x600-1.jpgNorma Mowbray, date unknown. (IWM)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hmat-wiltshire-c.-1915.-awm-a04186.jpgHMAT Wiltshire, c. 1915. (AWM A04186)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/troops-waiting-to-embark-hmat-ulysses-in-view-taken-from-hmat-euripides-port-melbourne-date-unknown.-denver-wood-wansey-awm-p08286.011.jpgTroops waiting to embark, HMAT Ulysses in view, taken from HMAT Euripides, Port Melbourne, date unknown. (Denver Wood Wansey; AWM P08286.011)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mowbray-norma.jpgMOWBRAY Norma2026-01-20T01:17:19+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/mary-stafford/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mary-florence-stafford.pngMary Florence StaffordMary Stafford in AANS uniform. (Faithe Jones; VWMA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/funeral-of-sister-mary-stafford-courtesy-slsa-prg-280-1-31-7.jpegThe firing party at the funeral of Mary Stafford, Mitcham Cemetery, Adelaide, 21 March 1919. (SLSA PRG 280-1-31-7)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/funeral-of-mary-florence-stafford-courtesy-slsa-prg-280-1-28-53.jpegBurial of Mary Stafford, Mitcham Cemetery, Adelaide, 21 March 1919. (SLSA PRG-280-1-28-53)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/funeral-of-mary-florence-stafford-courtesy-slsa-prg-280-1-18-420.jpegFuneral cortege of Mary Stafford, Mitcham Cemetery, Adelaide, 21 March 1919. (SLSA PRG-280-1-18-420)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/e28098south-australians-at-luna-park.-south-australian-nurses-other-staff-and-patients-of-1st-agh-at-luna-park-1st-auxiliary-hospital-heliopolis-1915.jpg‘South Australians at Luna Park.’ South Australian nurses, other staff and patients of 1st AGH at Luna Park (1st Auxiliary Hospital), Heliopolis, 1915.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1st-aah-1st-agh-luna-park-heliopolis-1915.-courtesy-awm-p00173.001.jpgNurses (and some medical officers) of 1st Australian General Hospital at Luna Park (1st Auxiliary Hospital), Heliopolis, Cairo, c. 1915. Mary Stafford front row, second from the right. (AWM P00173.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mary-florence-stafford-square.pngMary Florence Stafford square2026-01-19T07:35:57+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/pearl-goodman/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pearl-goodman-square.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pearl-goodman.jpgPearl Goodman in AANS uniform. (Faithe Jones; VWMA)2026-01-18T20:08:31+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/katherine-porter/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1st-aah-1st-agh-luna-park-heliopolis-1915.-courtesy-awm-p00173.001.jpg1st AAH (1st AGH), Luna Park, Heliopolis, 1915. Courtesy AWM P00173.001No. 1 Auxiliary Hospital (Luna Park), Heliopolis, Egypt, 1915. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P00173.001https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/welcome-home-to-kitty-porter-jun-1919-milton.-meet-the-pioneers-by-joanne-ewin-1991-p.-178-without-caption.jpgWelcome home to Kitty Porter, Jun 1919, Milton. 'Meet the Pioneers' by Joanne Ewin (1991) p. 178 (without caption)Welcome home to Kitty Porter, Jun 1919, Milton. 'Meet the Pioneers' by Joanne Ewin (1991), p. 178.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-porter-from-angels-of-the-battlefield-02.pngKitty Porter from 'Angels of the Battlefield' (02)Kitty Porter. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-in-aswan-assouan-1915-16.-courtesy-angels-of-the-battlefield-03.pngKitty in Aswan (Assouan) 1915-16. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield' (03)Kitty Porter in Assouan (Aswan) 1915-16. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-porter-right-with-colleague.-courtesy-angels-of-the-battlefield-cropped.pngKitty Porter (right) with colleague. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield' croppedKitty Porter (right) with colleague, Egypt. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-porter-from-angels-of-the-battlefield-03.pngKitty Porter from 'Angels of the Battlefield' (03)Kitty Porter. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/katherine-agnes-porter-bw.jpgKatherine Agnes Porter (BW)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-porter-in-aans-indoor-uniform-c.-1915-courtesy-angels-of-the-battlefield-02-1.pngKitty Porter in AANS indoor uniform c. 1915 courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield' 02Kitty Porter in AANS indoor uniform c. 1915. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield'https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-porter-from-angels-of-the-battlefield-01.pngKitty Porter from 'Angels of the Battlefield' (01)Kitty Porter. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield' https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kitty-porter-in-aans-indoor-uniform-c.-1915-courtesy-angels-of-the-battlefield-02.pngKitty Porter in AANS indoor uniform c. 1915 courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield' 02Kitty Porter in AANS indoor uniform c. 1915. Courtesy 'Angels of the Battlefield' 2026-01-15T20:23:01+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/beatrice-watson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/beatrice-watsons-grave-at-the-ismailia-cemetery-egypt-1916.-awm-c02303.jpgBeatrice Watson's grave at the Ismailia Cemetery, Egypt, 1916. (AWM C02303)Beatrice Watson's grave at the Ismailia Cemetery, Egypt, 1916. (AWM C02303)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/beatrice-middleton-watson-courtesy-iwm.pngBeatrice Middleton Watson courtesy IWMBeatrice Watson in AANS indoor uniform (Imperial War Museum)2026-01-13T19:46:54+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/vima-bates/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/smoke-haze-over-the-city-from-burning-buildings-after-bomb-attacks-by-the-japanese-singapore-3-feb-1942.-clifford-bottomley-awm-011529.07.jpgSmoke over Singapore city from burning buildings, 3 Feb 1942. (Clifford Bottomley/AWM 011529/07)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/smoke-drift-over-singapore-city-from-burning-buildings-after-bomb-attacks-by-the-japanese-3-feb-1942.-clifford-bottomley-awm-011529.04.jpgSmoke over Singapore city from burning buildings, 3 Feb 1942. (Clifford Bottomley/AWM 011529/04)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/permai-hospital-1937.jpgPermai Hospital 1937.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/malacca-general-hospital-c.-1941.jpgMalacca General Hospital, c. 1941. (AWM P09909.013)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/nurses-of-the-2-13th-agh-at-a-concert-party-at-st.-patricks-school-katong.-margaret-front-row-second-right.-awm-p03315.004.jpgNurses of the 2/13th AGH at a concert party at St. Patrick's School, Katong, Singapore Island. Front row, left to right: Sister Eloise Bales, Sister Louvima Bates, Sister Jean Ashton, Staff Nurse May Setchell, Staff Nurse Veronica Clancy, Sister Julia Powell, Staff Nurse Margaret Selwood, Sister Florence Casson. Second row, left to right: Staff Nurse May Rayner, Staff Nurse Hilda Hildyard, Staff Nurse Mollie Gunton, Staff Nurse Joan Wight, Staff Nurse Harley Brewer, unknown. (AWM P03315.004)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/louvima-mary-isabella-bates.jpgVima Bates, paybook photograph taken on enlistment, c. 1941. (AWM P02783.008)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vima-bates-c.-1940.-collections-wa-cwa-org-32-p1900.2516-400x635-1.jpgVima Bates in AANS outdoor uniform, 1941. (Collections WA CWA-ORG-32-P1900.2516)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vima-square-1.jpg2026-01-02T06:17:15+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/betty-crocker/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/betty-crocker-in-nursing-uniform-100-x-400-1.jpgBetty Crocker in RAANC indoor uniform, date unknown.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lawrence-b.-e28098a-good-life-a-country-practice-chiron-journal-of-the-university-of-melbourne-medical-society-vol.-3-no.-2-apr-1994-pp.-59e2809361.jpgLawrence, B., ‘A Good Life, A Country Practice,’ Chiron, Journal of the University of Melbourne Medical Society (Vol. 3, No. 2, Apr 1994, pp. 59–61)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/helen-mcintyre-rcanc-left-and-betty-crocker-in-operating-theatre-annexe-at-bcgh-preparing-dressings-japan-1952.-awm-p02044.004.jpgHelen McIntyre, RCANC (left) and Betty Crocker in operating theatre annexe at BCGH preparing dressings, Japan, 1952. (AWM P02044.004)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/myeongdong-seoul-oct-1950.-lee-kyung-mo-seoul-museum-of-art-800x619-1.jpgMyeongdong, Seoul, Oct 1950. (Lee Kyung-mo; Seoul Museum of Art)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/betty-crocker-front-right-with-shirley-mcewen-front-left-and-three-other-raanc-other-ranks-and-matron-bowe-prior-to-departure-for-japan-c.-mar-1952.-s.-mcewen-r.-fleming-2.jpgBetty Crocker (front right) with Shirley McEwen (front left) and three other RAANC other ranks and Matron Bowe prior to departure for Japan, c. Mar 1952. (S. McEwen; R. Fleming)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lieut.-natalie-oldham-raafns-right-and-lieut.-betty-crocker-c.-jan-feb-1953.-awm-p02044.007.jpgLieut. Betty Crocker and Sister Natalie Oldham, RAAFNS (right), c. Jan-Feb 1953. (AWM P02044.007)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lieut.-marjorie-haynes-left-and-lieut.-betty-crocker-in-their-winter-uniforms.-seoul-jan-feb-1953.-awm-p02044.008.jpgLieut. Betty Crocker and Lieut. Marjorie Haynes (left) in their winter uniforms. Seoul, Jan-Feb 1953. (AWM P02044.008)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/betty-crocker-lawrence-1.jpgBetty Crocker in dress uniform with Korea Medal (left) and UN Service Medal, date unknown. (State Library SA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/betty-crocker.jpgBetty Crocker modelling RAANC uniform, Melbourne, Dec 1951. (AWM P02044.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/wo1-g.r.-gardiner-instructs-betty-crocker-left-maxine-lakin-middle-and-unknown-woodside-dec-1951.-awm-p02044.001-1400-x-984.jpgWO1 G.R. Gardiner instructs Betty Crocker (left), Maxine Lakin (middle) and unknown, Woodside, Dec 1951. (AWM P02044.001)2025-12-31T11:56:05+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/kathleen-kinsella/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2-4th-ccs-tampoi-awm-p01701.005.jpg2/4th CCS Tampoi (AWM P01701.005)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/kathleen-kinsella-2.jpgKathleen Kinsella in her paybook photo taken on enlistment. (AWMhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/kathleen-kinsella-1.jpgKathleen Kinsella2025-12-29T01:33:18+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/irene-drummond/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/irene-drummond-in-aabns-outdoor-uniform-square.jpgIrene Drummond in AABNS outdoor uniform squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-drummond-in-aabns-outdoor-uniform.jpgIrene Drummond in AANS outdoor uniformIrene Drummond in AANS outdoor uniformhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-with-vivian-bullwinkel-m-anderson-and-m-selwood.jpgAANS nurses of the 2/13th AGH at their hospital in Tampoi, Dec 1941/Jan 1942. Left to right: Staff Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, Matron Irene Drummond (pouring tea), Staff Nurse Margaret Anderson, Staff Nurse Margaret Selwood. The wearing of the Red Cross brassard on the left arm became mandatory on 12 Dec 1941. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P01344008https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2nd13th-agh-vwma.jpgGroup portrait of some of the nursing staff of the 2/13th AGH, St. Patrick’s School, Singapore, c. Oct/Nov 1941. Left to right, back row: Gladys Hughes (VIC), Merle Trenerry (SA), Lorna Fairweather (SA), Jean Ashton (SA), Annie Muldoon (VIC), Vivian Bullwinkel (SA-VIC), Irene Drummond (NSW-SA), Maude Spehr (SA), Bessie Taylor (VIC), unknown, Marie Hurley (NSW), Ellie McGlade (NSW), Flo Casson (SA), Veronica Clancy (SA-VIC), Harley Brewer (TAS). Front row: May Rayner (TAS), Joyce Bridge (NSW), Minnie Hodgson (WA), Nellie Bentley (SA), Bettie Garrood (SA), Loris Seebohm (SA), Jenny Kerr (NSW), Elvin Wittwer (SA). Courtesy Australian War Memorial P01344.001https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_1957.jpgGroup portrait of some of the nursing staff of the 2/13th AGH, St. Patrick’s School, Singapore, c. Oct/Nov 1941https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/staff-members-of-2-4th-casualty-clearing-station-malaya-1941.-awm-p01691.002.jpgGroup portrait of staff of the 2/4th CCS, Kajang, Malaya, c. Aug/Sept 1941. AANS nurses left to right: Millie Dorsch, Peggy Farmaner, Irene Drummond (front), Bessie Wilmott (back), Mavis Hannah, Shirley Gardam. Missing of the eight 2/4th CCS nurses are Elaine Balfour Ogilvie and Mina Raymont. (AWM P01691.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/malaya-1941.-group-portrait-of-aans-nurses-and-other-staff-members-of-2-4th-ccs.-awm-p01691.001.jpgAANS nurses and officers of the 2/4th CCS, possibly Kajang, Malaya, July or August 1941. Back row (standing), left to right: Staff Nurse Shirley Gardam, unknown, Staff Nurse Mina Raymont, Staff Nurse Millie Dorsch. Front row (seated), left to right: Sister Irene Drummond, Staff Nurse Elaine Balfour Ogilvie, Lieut. Col. Thomas Hamilton, Sister Mavis Hannah, unknown. (AWM P01691.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-drummond.jpgIrene Drummond paybook photograph taken upon enlistment. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P02783.001https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-drummond-queens-home.pngMembers of the staff of Queen's Home, Rose Park, Adelaide, c. 1929/1930. Standing (left to right): Sister D. Steward, Dr. K. D. Gray (Resident Surgeon), Sister I. Drummond. Seated: Matron E. C. Sketheway. Observer (Adelaide), 15 Feb 1930, p. 31https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-drummond-womens-weekly.pngIrene Drummond (seated left) with Mavis Hannah, Millie Dorsch, Elaine Balfour Ogilvy, and Matron E. Sexton (seated right) at a farewell party in Adelaide, Jan 1941. Courtesy Australian Women's Weekly, 21 Feb 1942, p. 72025-12-29T01:23:52+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/minnie-hodgson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1.-minnie-hogson-in-aans-outdoor-uniform.jpgMinnie Hodgsonhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/whiteaways-at-fullerton-square-singapore-1941-harrison-forman-collection.jpgWhiteaways at Fullerton Square, Singapore, 1941 (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-meeting-of-pickering-church-and-synagogue-streets-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection.jpgThe meeting of Pickering, Church and Synagogue Streets, Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/south-bridge-road-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection.jpgSouth Bridge Road, Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/raffles-place-towards-the-mercantile-bank-malacca-street-end-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection.jpgRaffles Place towards the Mercantile Bank (Malacca Street end), Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/north-bridge-road-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection.jpgNorth Bridge Road, Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/north-bridge-road-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection-2.jpgNorth Bridge Road, Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/middle-road-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection.jpgMiddle Road, Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/capitol-singapore-1941.-harrison-forman-collection.jpgCapitol, Singapore, 1941. (Harrison Forman Collection)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ward-g-2-13th-agh-tampoi-dec-jan-1941-42.-awm-p09909.024.jpgWard G, 2/13th AGH, Tampoi, Dec/Jan 1941/42. (AWM P09909.024)2025-12-28T22:19:28+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/alma-beard/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/alma-paybook-photo-awm-crop.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/toodyay-state-school-duke-st-1926.-alma-beard-second-row-from-back-far-left.-cwa-37-2001.1306.jpgToodyay State School, Duke St, 1926. Alma Beard second row from back, far left. (CWA 37-2001.1306)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/alma-may-beard.-cwa-32-p1900.2519-430-x-548.jpgAlma Beard in nursing uniform. (CWA 32-P1900.2519)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/alma-beard-in-nursing-uniform.-cwa-37-2001.990-430-x-597.jpgAlma Beard in nursing uniform. (CWA 37-2001.990)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/alma-paybook-photo-awm.jpgAlma Beard, paybook photo taken upon enlistment, 1941. (AWM2025-12-27T10:15:46+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/mona-wilton/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mona-wilton-in-aans-outdoor-uniform.-awm-p00431.004.jpgMona Wilton in AANS outdoor uniform. AWM P00431.004Mona Wilton in AANS outdoor uniform, c. early 1941. (AWM P00431.004)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mona-wilton.jpgMona Wilton2025-12-27T09:38:15+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/12/22/centaur-war-nurses-memorial-trust/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/centaur-house.-slq-omeg-102.jpgCentaur House. (SLQ OMEG-102)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/awm-artv09088.jpg2025-12-22T05:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wilma-oram/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ladies-auxiliary-function-adelaide-1946.-b.-angell.jpgLadies Auxiliary function, Adelaide, 1946. (B. Angell)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilma-and-alan-young-1947.-b.-angell.jpgWilma and Alan Young, 1947. (B. Angell)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tiger-balm-gardens-and-villa-singapore-sept-1941.-melmer-frank-nichols-awm-009916.jpgTiger Balm Gardens and villa, Singapore, Sept 1941. (Melmer Frank Nichols; AWM 009916)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilma-oram-in-aans-outdoor-uniform-c.-1941.-b.-angell.jpgWilma Oram in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (B. Angell)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilma-oram-at-royal-womens-melbourne-c.-1939.-b.-angell-1.jpgWilma Oram at Women's Hospital, Melbourne, c. 1939. (B. Angell)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilma-and-lance-1941.-b.-angell.jpgWilma and Lance, 1941. (B. Angell)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilma-oram-300-x-300.jpg2025-12-19T21:49:31+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/caroline-ennis/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/singapore-street-3-feb-1042.-clifford-bottomley-awm-011529.21.jpgSingapore street, 3 Feb 1042. (Clifford Bottomley; AWM 011529.21)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1.-caroline-mary-ennis.jpgCaroline Ennis pre-enlistment, date unknown. https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/caroline-ennis-and-jessie-blanch-r-at-frazers-hill-2.jpgCaroline Ennis and Jessie Blanch (right) at Fraser's Hillhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/caroline-mary-ennis-courtesy-awm.jpgCaroline Ennis in her paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (AWMhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/caroline-ennis-paybook-photo-taken-upon-enlistment.jpgCaroline Ennis paybook photo taken upon enlistment2025-12-19T20:29:23+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/rosa-okane/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/no.-2-ward-no.-6-agh-kangaroo-point-brisbane-c.-1917.-awm.jpgNo. 2 Ward, No. 6 AGH, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, c. 1917. (AWM H02260)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/okane-rosa.jpg2025-11-26T19:44:07+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/ada-thompson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/woodman-point-quarantine-station-date-unknown.-vwma.jpgWoodman Point Quarantine Station, date unknown. (VWMA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/nurses-pose-for-a-photo-onboard-the-wyreema-as-it-sets-sail-for-south-africa-in-1918.-state-library-of-western-australia.jpgNurses pose for a photo onboard the Wyreema as it sets sail for South Africa in 1918. (SLWA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hmat-boonah-departing-brisbane-1916.-wikimedia.jpgHMAT Boonah departing Brisbane, 1916. (Wikimedia)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/nurses-hilda-williams-and-ada-thompson-at-woodmans-point-quarantine-station-late-dec-1918-awm.jpgNurses Hilda Williams and Ada Thompson at Woodman's Point Quarantine Station, late Dec 1918. (Source unknown)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ada-m.-thompson-450.jpgAda Thompson as a young woman, date unknown. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ada-thompson-resized.jpgAda Thompson in AANS uniform. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ada-thompson-square.jpg2025-11-26T04:52:03+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/doris-ridgway/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/staff-nurse-doris-alice-ridgway.jpgStaff Nurse Doris Alice RidgwayStaff Nurse Doris Alice Ridgway2025-11-25T23:23:24+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/myrtle-wilson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/australian-nurses-of-the-qaimnsr-outside-no.-7-general-hospital-france-july-1915-awm-p09900.002.jpgAustralian QAIMNSR nurses outside No. 7 General Hospital, La Malassise, Saint-Omer, July 1915. (AWM P09900.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/no.-7-bgh-la-malassise-st.-omer-c.-sept-1915.-na-wo-9540781-05.jpgNo. 7 GH, La Malassise, Saint-Omer, c. Sept 1915. (No. 7 GH War Diary, National Archives WO 9540781)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilson-myrtle.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/la-malassise-date-unknown.jpgLa Malassise, date unknown. (Médecins de la Grande Guerre) https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rms-orontes-c.-1902.-auckland-libraries-heritage-collections-awns-19021113-08-03.jpgRMS Orontes, c. 1902. (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19021113-08-03)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/myrtle-elizabeth-wilson.jpgMyrtle Wilson. (Imperial War Museum)2025-11-25T05:04:32+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/florence-cox/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cox-florence.jpghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/florence-adelaide-cox.jpgFlorence Cox, paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/florence-adelaide-cox-30-jul-1943-susan-watkins-camera-portraits-awm-p06230.001.jpgFlorence Cox, 30 Jul 1943. (Susan Watkins Camera Portraits, AWM P06230.001)2025-11-24T20:32:40+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/joan-mcewin/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/joan-emily-mcewin-in-vad-uniform.-marlene-pitman-find-a-grave-400-x-613.jpgJoan McEwin in VAD outdoor uniform. (Marlene Pitman; Find a Grave)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/joan-mcewin-square.jpegJoan McEwin square2025-11-24T07:13:45+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/adele-brennan/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/fowrcl-edited-1.jpgMr and Mrs A. T. Sharp visiting the graves of Adele Brennan and six other Australians, Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, c. late 1918. (Friends of Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester. The AWM holds a darker print of this photograph, accession no. J00731)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/western-australian-heroes-western-mail-perth-6-oct-1916-p.-24-3.jpg'Western Australian Heroes' (Western Mail, Perth, 6 Oct 1916, p. 24)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-cross-nurses-will-work-in-england-the-herald-melbourne-19-sept-1916-p.-5-02.jpg'Red Cross Nurses Will Work In England' (The Herald, Melbourne, 19 Sept 1916, p. 5)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-cross-nurses-will-work-in-england-the-herald-melbourne-19-sept-1916-p.-5-01.jpg'Red Cross Nurses Will Work in England.' (The Herald, Melbourne, 19 Sept 1916, p. 5)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-cross-probationary-nurses-the-sydney-morning-herald-25-sept-1916-p.-5-1.jpg'Red Cross Probationary Nurses' (The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 Sept 1916, p. 5)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rms-osterley-being-pulled-from-the-wharf-by-a-tug-port-melbourne-14-feb-1917.-josiah-barnes-awm-pb0793.jpgRMS Osterley being pulled from the wharf by a tug, Port Melbourne, 14 Feb 1917. (Josiah Barnes; AWM PB0793)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mid_17842845.jpgAdele Brennan in her VA outdoor uniform, date unknown. (AWM P05074.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/kathleen-adele-brennan.jpgAdele Brennan in her VA ward uniform, date unknown. (AWM P05074.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/lady-helen-munro-ferguson.-h.-walter-barnett-slv-h82.123-2-resized.jpgLady Helen Munro Ferguson. (H. Walter Barnett; SLV H82.123-2)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/brennan-kathleen.jpg2025-11-24T07:12:26+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/hilary-glazebrook/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/kantara-war-memorial-cemetery-commonwealth-war-graves-commission.jpgKantara War Memorial Cemetery. (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hourly-nurses-service-1-feb-1939.-historic-england-med01010215-2.jpgNurses of the Hourly Nurses' Service, 1 Feb 1939. (Historic England MED01010215)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ss-bendigo-sydney-harbour-c.-1928-1934.-powerhouse-851286-1906.jpgSS Bendigo, Sydney Harbour, c. 1928-1934. (Powerhouse 851286-1906)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bendigo.pngBendigohttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/railways-in-sudan-and-eritrea-c.-1941.-red-dot-gebeit-blue-dot-kassala.-wikiwand.jpgRailways in Sudan and Eritrea c. 1941. Red dot Gebeit, blue dot Kassala. (Wikiwand)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ministry-of-information-iwm-d-2239-wikipedia.jpgNeville Chamberlain with Anglo-German Declaration on his return from Munich, Heston Aerodrome, London, 30 Sept 1938. (Ministry of Information; IWM D 2239; Wikipedia)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/win-hawkins.-western-mail-perth-22-aug-1946-p.-4-1.jpgWin Hawkins. (Western Mail, Perth, 22 Aug 1946, p. 4)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/lal-hawkins.-western-mail-perth-22-aug-1946-p.-4.jpgLal Hawkins. (Western Mail, Perth, 22 Aug 1946, p. 4)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maffie-turpin-the-daily-news-perth-8-apr-1937-p.-8-hepzibahs-gossip-1.jpgMaffie Turpin. (The Daily News, Perth, 8 Apr 1937, p. 8)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hilary-glazebrook.-museum-of-the-great-southern-400-x-648.jpgHilary Glazebrook. (Museum of the Great Southern).2025-11-18T07:03:05+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/bessie-wilmott/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bessie-wilmott-and-anne-metzke-in-their-aans-indoor-uniforms-lucknow-hospital-claremont-1940.-ancestry.jpgBessie Wilmott and Anne Metzke in their AANS indoor uniforms, Lucknow Hospital, Claremont, 1940. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bessie-wilmott-in-aans-outdoor-uniform-c.-early-1941.-collections-wa-6676-amwa48039.jpgBessie Wilmott in AANS outdoor uniform, c. early 1941. (Collections WA 6676-AMWA48039)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bessie-wilmott-in-nursing-uniform-c.-late-1930s.-ancestry.jpgBessie Wilmott in nursing uniform, c. late 1930s. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/22.-bessie-wilmott.jpg22. Bessie Wilmotthttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-2-4th-ccs-awm-accession-number-120518-20-jan-1942-emmett.jpgNursing staff of the 2/4th CCS at Kajang High School, Malaya, photographed by Sergeant Major J. D. Emmett of Devonport, Tasmania. Left to right, standing: Staff Nurse Millie Dorsch, Staff Nurse Bessie Wilmott, Staff Nurse Mina Raymont, Staff Nurse Elaine Balfour Ogilvie, Staff Nurse Peggy Farmaner. Sitting: Staff Nurse Shirley Gardam, Sister Irene Drummond, Sister Mavis Hannah. (AWM 120518)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sisters-of-the-australian-army-nursing-service-in-malaya-1941-courtesy-awm-4083761.jpgAANS nurses of the 2/4th CCS, likely Tampoi, Malaya, Oct or Nov 1941. Back row (standing), left to right: Staff Nurse Shirley Gardam, Staff Nurse Bessie Wilmott, Sister Mavis Hannah, Sister Kath Kinsella, Staff Nurse Elaine Balfour Ogilvie, Staff Nurse Mina Raymont. Front row (kneeling), left to right: Staff Nurse Millie Dorsch, Staff Nurse Peggy Farmaner. (AWM 044527)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/malaya-1941.-group-portrait-of-aans-nurses-and-other-staff-members-of-2-4th-ccs.-awm-p01691.001.jpgAANS nurses and officers of the 2/4th CCS, possibly Kajang, Malaya, July or August 1941. Back row (standing), left to right: Staff Nurse Shirley Gardam, unknown, Staff Nurse Mina Raymont, Staff Nurse Millie Dorsch. Front row (seated), left to right: Sister Irene Drummond, Staff Nurse Elaine Balfour Ogilvie, Lt. Col. Thomas Hamilton, Sister Mavis Hannah, unknown. (AWM P01691.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/zoom_4128789.jpgPortrait of four 2/4th CCS nurses with locals, Malaya, 1941. Left to right: Millie Dorsch, Bessie Wilmott, unknown, Mavis Hannah, unknown, Elaine Balfour Ogilvie. (AWM P01691.010)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2-4th-ccs-awm-p01691.003.jpgAANS nurses of the 2/4th CCS and on detachment to 2/4th CCS. (L–R): Mavis Hannah, Millie Dorsch, Elaine Balfour Ogilvy, Jean Ashton (2/13th AGH), Alma Beard (2/13th AGH), Kathleen Kinsella, Iole Harper (2/13th AGH), hidden (perhaps Shirley Gardam), Peggy Farmaner, Bessie Wilmott. Tampoi, Malaya, Oct/Nov 1941. (AWM P01691.003)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2-4th-ccs-awm-044526.jpg2/4th CCS nurses (probably) at Port Dickson late Feb–early May 1941. Back row (left to right): Staff Nurse Bessie Wilmott, Staff Nurse Mina Raymont, Staff Nurse Shirley Gardam, Staff Nurse Elaine Balfour Ogilvie. Front row (left to right): Staff Nurse Peggy Farmaner, Sister Mavis Hannah, Sister Irene Drummond (later Matron Drummond of the 2/13th AGH), Staff Nurse Millie Dorsch. (AWM 044526)2025-11-09T01:24:21+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/mina-raymont/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/aerial-view-of-bukit-panjang-school-22-sept-1958.-nas-20120000763-0063.jpgAerial view of Bukit Panjang School, 22 Sept 1958. (NAS 20120000763-0063)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/kajang-high-school-c.1956.-cebisan-sejarah-bangi.jpgKajang High School, c.1956. (Cebisan Sejarah Bangi)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/they-met-in-malaya-the-mercury-hobart-2-mar-1942-p.-3.jpg'They Met in Malaya,' The Mercury (Hobart), 2 Mar 1942, p. 3.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2.-wilhelmina-mina-raymont-2-4th-ccs-awm-p01691.005.jpgMina Raymont of the 2/4th CCS with two Tasmanian members of the unit, Lance Corporal Joseph Arthur Barrow (left) and Private Benjamin Brooks, Kajang, Aug/Sept 1941. L. Cpl. Barrow became a POW of the Japanese and died at sea on 13 Sept 1944 when the Rakuyō Maru was torpedoed. Pte. Brooks became a POW in Thailand and returned to Australia in early Nov 1945. (AWM P01691.005)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/zoom_4128789-1.jpgNurses of the 2/4th CCS with locals, location and date unknown. Left to right: Millie Dorsch, Bessie Wilmott, Mavis Hannah, Elaine Balfour Ogilvie. (AWM P01691.010)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wilhelmina-mina-raymont-2-4th-ccs-awm-p01691.009.jpgMina Raymont. (AWM P01691.009)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tasmanian-nurses-of-aif.jpg'Tasmanian Nurses for A.I.F. Service,' The Mercury (Hobart), 4 Dec 1940, p. 6.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mina-raymont-awm-p00805.001.jpgMina Raymont in AANS outdoor uniform. (AWM P00805.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mina-raymont.jpgMina RaymontMina Raymont in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (AWM P00805.001)2025-11-09T01:15:19+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/ellie-mcglade/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ellie-mcglade-square-1.jpgEllie McGlade squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ellie-mcglade-square.jpgEllie McGlade squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/16.-ellie-mcglade.jpg16. Ellie McGladehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ellie-mcglade.jpgEllie McGladeEllie McGlade, paybook photos taken upon enlistment in the 2nd AIF, 19 Aug 1941. (AWM P02785.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ellie-and-rex-at-the-armidale-ursuline-convent-c.-1905.jpgEllie and Rex at the Armidale Ursuline Convent c. 1905Ellie and Rex at the Armidale Ursuline Convent, c. 1905. (Australian Ursulines)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2-13th-agh-nurses-at-st.-patricks-college-singapore-c.-sept-oct-1941.jpg2-13th AGH nurses at St. Patrick's College, Singapore, c. Sept-Oct 1941Group portrait of some of the nursing staff of the 2/13th AGH, St. Patrick’s School, Singapore, c. Oct/Nov 1941. Left to right, back row: Gladys Hughes (VIC), Merle Trenerry (SA), Lorna Fairweather (SA), Jean Ashton (SA), Annie Muldoon (VIC), Vivian Bullwinkel (SA-VIC), Irene Drummond (SA), Maude Spehr (SA), Bessie Taylor (VIC), unknown, Marie Hurley (NSW), Ellie McGlade (NSW), Flo Casson (SA), Veronica Clancy (SA-VIC), Harley Brewer (TAS). Front row: May Rayner (TAS), Joyce Bridge (NSW), Minnie Hodgson (WA), Nellie Bentley (SA), Bettie Garrood (SA), Loris Seebohm (SA), Jenny Kerr (NSW), Elvin Wittwer (SA). (AWM P01344.001)2025-11-07T23:57:24+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/myrtle-mcdonald/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/gladys-myrtle-mcdonald-square.jpgMyrtle McDonaldhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/myrtle-mcdonald-1.jpgMyrtle McDonald. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/myrtle-mcdonald-awm-p03315.010.jpgMyrtle McDonald AWM P03315.010Four Queensland nurses of the 2/13th AGH in Malaya, 1941. Left to right: Julia Powell, Myrtle McDonald, Vi McElnea and Eileen Short. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P03315.010https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gladys-myrtle-mcdonald-awmp02783.021-retouched.jpgGladys Myrtle McDonald AWMP02783.021 (retouched)Myrtle McDonald, paybook photo taken upon enlistment, 1941. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P02783.021https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/nurse-ivy-baker-with-colleagues-at-rockhampton-hospital-1927-myrtle-on-right.jpgNurse Ivy Baker with colleagues at Rockhampton Hospital, 1927 (Myrtle on right)Myrtle McDonald (right) with colleagues at Rockhampton Hospital, 1927. Left to right: Ivy H. M. Baker, Myrtle Daniels, Lyla Best, Margaret Venton, Myrtle McDonald. Courtesy Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.2025-11-07T22:41:35+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/1077-2/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/14.-nell-keats.jpg14. Nell Keatshttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/0.-ellen-nell-louisa-keats-nursing-1941.jpg0. Ellen Nell Louisa Keats nursing 1941Nell Keats in nursing uniform typical of staff nurses at hospitals other than the Adelaide Hospital. (Health Museum of South Australia 4.2.101)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/3.-nell-keats-and-betty-pyman-malaya.jpg3. Nell Keats and Betty Pyman MalayaNell Keats (standing) and Betty Pyman on leave at Fraser’s Hill, 1941. (Health Museum of South Australia 4.3.11)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2.-sister-ellen-nell-keats-l-pyman10896-amwa49011.jpg2. Sister Ellen 'Nell' Keats (l), Pyman10896-AMWA49011Nell Keats (left) and Betty Pyman in AANS outdoor uniform, c. May 1941. (AWM P00824.005)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-nell-keats-crop-1.jpg1. Nell Keats cropNell Keats in AANS outdoor uniform, May 1941. (Health Museum of South Australia 4.3.5)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nell-keats-and-betty-pyman-1940.jpgNell Keats and Betty Pyman 1940Nell Keats and Betty Pyman 1940https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-nell-keats-crop.jpg1. Nell Keats cropPortrait of Nell Keats in AANS outdoor uniform c. early 19412025-11-07T21:49:30+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/dot-freeman/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dot-freeman-square.jpgDot Freeman squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ruby-sitting-2nd-left.jpgDot Freeman and other AANS nurses at unknown event with officers of the 2nd AIF. Back row, left to right (nurses only): probably Cecilia Delforce (2/10th AGH), possibly Alma Beard (2/13th AGH), unknown, unknown. Front row (sitting), left to right: Dot Freeman (2/10th AGH), probably Valrie Smith (2/13th AGH), Rene Singleton (2/10th AGH). The event must have taken place after the arrival of the 2/13th AGH in mid-September 1941. (Attribution unknown)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nurses-in-uniform-marching-on-the-deck-of-a-ship-wearing-life-jackets.-slv-h99.201-914.jpgNurses of the 2/10th AGH during lifeboat evacuation exercises on the Queen Mary en route to Singapore, 5 Feb 1941. Left to right, front row: Marjorie Schuman, Irene Singleton, Chris Oxley, Joyce Tweddell. Second row: 'Buddy' Elmes, Helen Jacob, Dot Freeman, Jessie Blanch, (possibly) Iva Grigg, unidentified, Mavis Clough. Also identified: Florence Trotter. (SLV H99.201-914)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/rubina-dorothy-freeman-paybook-photo-taken-upon-enlistment-awm-p02783.030.jpgRubina Dorothy Freeman paybook photo taken upon enlistment AWM P02783.030Rubina Dorothy Freeman, paybook photo taken upon enlistment. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P02783.0302025-11-07T21:41:53+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/gwendoline-buddy-elmes/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ss-vyner-brooke-at-anchor-kuching-sarawak-1932.jpgSS Vyner Brooke at anchor, Kuching, Sarawak, 1932.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/shuey-and-buddy-at-goldmine-when-on-leave.-awm.pngShuey and Buddy, at goldmine when on leave. AWMhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/schuey-and-buddy-c.-jul-1941-courtesy-awm.pngSchuey and Buddy c. Jul 1941. (AWM)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/colonial-service-hospital-malacca-c.-early-1941.-awm-p03315.002.jpgColonial Service Hospital, Malacca c. early 1941. (AWM P03315.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/oldham-hall-1900s-national-archives-of-singapore.jpgOldham Hall, 1900s. (National Archives of Singapore)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/karouda-cheshunt-undated-chomley-album-slv-fl22778806.jpg'Karouda,' Cheshunt, undated, Chomley Album. (SLV FL22778806)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/queen-mary-in-sydney-harbour-20-oct-1940.-awm-004298.jpgQueen Mary in Sydney Harbour with 7th Division troops, 2/5th AGH staff, and other personnel, 20 Oct 1940. (AWM 004298)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/buddy-elmes.jpgStudio portrait of Buddy Elmes in AANS outdoor uniform, c. late 1940. (AWM P01180.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/02.-buddy-outside-corowa-hospital-c.-1940-courtesy-g.-banks-cropped.pngBuddy outside Corowa Hospital c. 1940. Courtesy G. Banks, 'Bhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/buddy-elmes-studio-portrait-undated-courtesy-g.-banks.pngBuddy Elmes studio portrait undated. Courtesy G. Banks, 'B2025-11-07T21:19:05+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/mary-clarke/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mary-dorothea-clarke-square.jpgMary Dorothea Clarke squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mary-dorothea-clarke.jpgMary Clarke in her paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (AWM2025-11-07T21:08:13+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/nell-calnan/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ellenor-calnan-awmp02783.018.jpgNell Calnan in paybook photo, taken upon enlistment. (AWMP02783.018)2025-11-07T20:53:10+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/joyce-bridge/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/joyce-bridge-right-with-jenny-kerr-middle-and-possibly-mona-tait.jpgJoyce Bridge (right), with Jenny Kerr (middle) and possibly Mona TaitAt St. Patrick's School, Katong, Singapore. Left to right: Mona Tait, Jenny Kerr and Joyce Bridge, 2/13th AGH. (Joan Crouch, One Life Is Ours)2025-11-07T20:42:46+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/elaine-balfour-ogilvy/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/p02783.002.jpgElaine Balfour Ogilvie paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (AWM P02783.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2-4th-ccs-at-2-18th-bation-1st-ann.-jul-1941port-dickson.jpgMembers of the 2/4th CCS at the 2/18th Battalion first anniversary party, Jul 1941, Port Dickson.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/4.-2-4th-ccs-malaya-1941-mavis-hannah-front-left-awm-p01691.003.jpg2/4th CCS nurses with 2/13th AGH nurses on detachment to 2/4th CCS. (L–R): Mavis Hannah, Millie Dorsch, Elaine Balfour Ogilvy, Jean Ashton (2/13th AGH), Alma Beard (2/13th AGH), Kath Kinsella, Iole Harper (2/13th AGH), hidden (perhaps Shirley Gardam), Peggy Farmaner, Bessie Wilmott. Tampoi, Malaya, Oct/Nov 1941. (AWM P01691003)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2-4th-ccs-collections-wa-cwa-org-32-p1900.2524.jpg2/4th CCS nurses with 2/13th AGH nurses on detachment to 2/4th CCS. (L–R): Mavis Hannah, Millie Dorsch, Jean Ashton (2/13th AGH), Alma Beard (2/13th AGH), Kath Kinsella, hidden (perhaps Veronica Clancy, 2/13th AGH), Iole Harper (2/13th AGH), Peggy Farmaner, Bessie Wilmott. Tampoi, Malaya, Oct/Nov 1941. (Collections WA)2025-11-07T20:29:29+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/beryl-corfield/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/staff-nurse-beryl-corfield-wearing-her-qaimnsr-tippet-badge-courtesy-imperial-war-museum.jpgStaff Nurse Beryl Corfield wearing her QAIMNSR tippet badge. (Imperial War Museum)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/the-galeka-prior-to-conversion-as-a-hospital-ship.-source-unknown.webpThe Galeka prior to conversion as a hospital ship. (Source unknown)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rms-mooltan-c.-1908.-ebay.jpgRMS Mooltan, c. 1908. (eBay)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/staff-nurse-agnes-beryl-corfield-qaimnsr-courtesy-awm-p11984.001-2.jpgStaff Nurse Agnes Beryl Corfield, QAIMNSR, courtesy AWM P11984.001 (2)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/beryl-corfield-courtesy-awm-p11984.001.jpgBeryl Corfield. (AWM P11984.001)2025-11-04T11:19:35+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/3270-2/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/awm-p11462.002.jpgYoung boy in front of houses on Irenelaan in Palembang prior to Japanese occupation. The negative of this photograph, found in house no. 7, occupied by nurses of the 2/13th AGH, was safeguarded by Sylvia Muir for more than three years. (AWM P11462.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/irene-singleton-courtesy-toorak-college-archive.jpgIrene Singleton in AANS outdoor uniform, c. early 1941. (Toorak College Archive)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/irene-singleton-square.jpgIrene Singleton squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/irene-singleton-stained-glass-plaque-maffra-library-2.jpgMemorial plaque of opus sectile mosaic unveiled in honour of Irene Singleton at the Memorial Hall in Maffra (now Maffra Library) in July 1947. It was placed alongside a similar memorial to Louie Riggall, a Great War VAD.2025-11-03T10:44:24+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/winnie-davis/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2-10th-agh-awm-p01295.002.jpg2-10th AGH AWM P01295.002Nurses of the 2/10th AGH, Malacca, 1941. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P01295.002https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/winnie-may-davis-nsw-c.-1940.-courtesy-australian-war-memorial-p03769.001.jpgWinnie May Davis, NSW, c. 1940. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P03769.001Winnie May Davis in AANS outdoor uniform, NSW, c. early 1941. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P03769.001https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/paybook-photograph-taken-on-enlistment-of-winnie-may-davis.-courtesy-australian-war-memorial-p02783.022.jpgPaybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of Winnie May Davis. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P02783.022Winnie May Davis, paybook photograph, 15 Jan 1941. Courtesy Australian War Memorial P02783.0222025-11-03T06:56:49+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/jean-miles-walker/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/jean-nellie-miles-walker-2.pnghttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dieppe-seafront-c.-1910.-ebay.jpgDieppe seafront, c. 1910. (ebay)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/jean-miles-walker-at-right-possibly-1st-australia-hospital-ismailia-slsa-crop.jpegMatron Jean Miles Walker (right), possibly at No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia. (SLSA D6687/32/6)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/group-portrait-of-matron-and-nursing-staff-of-1st-ash-c.-feb-1916-awmc02305.jpgGroup portrait of Matron Jean Miles Walker (front middle) and nursing staff of No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt, c. Feb 1916. Identified left to right, back row: Florence Herbertson, Elsie Rose Grant, Emily Birkin, Cecil Imogen Keith Gordon. Third row: Mildred Brown, Gertrude McKern, Daisy Davison, Mary Winter, Eila Isabel Calvert, Helen Maud Keith, Stella Edith Pines, Muriel Helen Shepherd. Second row: Amy Walker McNulty, Jane Hall, Ethel Ridgeway Bailey, Margaret Frances Eldridge, Alberta Jean McKenzie, Lily Campbell, Elizabeth Hamilton O'Reilly, Katie Rees, Amy Jane Hazelton-Heard, R. Smith, Florence Emily MacDonald, Violet Mary Hardwick, Mabel Tilton, Ivy Agnes Ripper. Front row: Frances Mary Deere, Anne Kidd Hart RRC, Jean Miles Walker, Nellie Constance Morrice, Elizabeth Gertrude Fleming. (Henry Arthur Powell; AWM C02305)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/jean-miles-walker-awm-p10997.031.jpgMatron Jean Miles Walker with five nurses, No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt, 1916. Left to right: Staff Nurse Elizabeth Hamilton O’Reilly, Staff Nurse Edith Sommerville Thistlethwaite, Staff Nurse Annie Bell, Matron Miles Walker, Staff Nurse Katie Rees, Staff Nurse S. Allen. (AWM P10997.031)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/no.-2-agh-mena-house-giza-oct-1915.-lt.-col.-a.m.-martyn-awm-j02564.jpgNo. 2 AGH, Mena House, Giza, Oct 1915. (Lt. Col. A.M. Martyn, AWM J02564)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hmhs-gascon-c.-1914-1919.-awm-h18949.jpgHMHS Gascon, c. 1914-1919. (AWM H18949)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hmat-euripides-alexandria-c-1914-1919.-denver-wood-wansey-awm-p08286.101.jpgHMAT Euripides, Alexandria, c 1914-1919. (Denver Wood Wansey; AWM P08286.101)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/matron-jean-nellie-miles-walker.jpgJean Miles Walker in AANS uniform. (AWM H19428)2025-10-29T23:40:38+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/gladys-hughes/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gladys-laura-hughes-awm-square.jpgGladys Laura Hughes AWM squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-2nd13th-agh.-gladys-top-left.-awm.jpg1. 2nd13th AGH. Gladys top left. AWMGroup portrait of some of the nursing staff of the 2/13th AGH, St. Patrick’s School, Singapore, c. Oct/Nov 1941. Left to right, back row: Gladys Hughes (VIC), Merle Trenerry (SA), Lorna Fairweather (SA), Jean Ashton (SA), Annie Muldoon (VIC), Vivian Bullwinkel (SA-VIC), Irene Drummond (SA), Maude Spehr (SA), Bessie Taylor (VIC), Marie Hurley (NSW), Ellie McGlade (NSW), Flo Casson (SA), Veronica Clancy (SA-VIC), Harley Brewer (TAS), Jenny Kerr (NSW). Front row: May Rayner (TAS), Joyce Bridge (NSW), Minnie Hodgson (WA), Nellie Bentley (SA), Bettie Garrood (SA), Loris Seebohm (SA), Elvin Wittwer (SA). (AWM P03315.006)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2.-gladys-laura-hughes-awm.jpg2. Gladys Laura Hughes AWMGladys Hughes, Victorian paybook photograph, taken on enlistment in 2nd AIF. (AWM P02783.025)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gladys-laura-hughes-awm-crop.jpgGladys Laura Hughes AWM (crop)Gladys Laura Hughes2025-10-29T06:16:31+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/nell-savage/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nell-savage.jpgNell Savagehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-australian-womens-weekly-29-may-1943-p.-9.pngThe Australian Women's Weekly, 29 May 1943, p. 9Nell Savage in AANS outdoor uniform. (The Australian Women's Weekly, 29 May 1943)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/portrait-of-nell-sabage-by-henry-hanke-1943.-courtesy-awm-art22196.jpgPortrait of Nell Sabage by Henry Hanke, 1943. Courtesy AWM ART22196Portrait of Nell Savage by Henry Hanke, 1943. (AWM ART22196)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-australasian-melb-29-may-1943-p.-18-nurses-bravery-in-hospital-ship.pngThe Australasian (Melb), 29 May 1943, p. 18, 'Nurse's Bravery in Hospital Ship'Nell Savage in AANS outdoor uniform (The Australasian (Melbourne), 29 May 1943, p. 18)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-argus-melb-9-jun-1945-p.-28-the-heroine-of-the-centaur.pngThe Argus (Melb, 9 Jun 1945, p. 28), 'The Heroine of the Centaur''The Heroine of the Centaur.' (The Argus (Melbourne), 9 Jun 1945, p. 28)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ellen-savage-centaur-memorial-committee-1949.pngEllen Savage Centaur Memorial Committee 1949Sister Nell Savage (seated middle) with members of the Centaur Memorial Executive at Centaur House, Brisbane, 12 May 1949. (State Library Queensland)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/zoom_savage__ellen.jpgNell SavageNell Savage in AANS outdoor uniform. (AWM 061952)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ellen-savage.pngEllen SavageEllen Savage, paybook photos taken upon enlistment (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nell-savage-crop.jpgNell Savage cropNell Savage in AANS indoor uniform (Dorothy Durrant)2025-10-25T21:12:00+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/anne-jewell/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/awm-014877.jpgAWM 014877Anne Jewell with repatriated New Zealand soldiers after their arrival home on the hospital ship Oranje from the Middle East. They are being greeted by Peter Fraser, the New Zealand prime minister. (AWM 014877)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sarah-anne-jewell-2.jpgSarah Anne Jewell 2Paybook photo of Anne Jewell taken upon enlistment in 2nd AIF, Dec 1940. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sarah-anne-jewell.jpgSarah Anne JewellPaybook photo of Anne Jewell taken upon enlistment in 2nd AIF, Dec 1940. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/matron-sarah-anne-jewell-awm-p04244.001.jpgMatron Sarah Anne Jewell AWM P04244.001https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/annie-jewell-c.-1926-courtesy-robyn-jewell-3.pngAnne Jewell c. 1926. (Robyn Jewell, Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/anne-jewell.jpgAnne Jewell2025-10-25T21:10:00+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/mary-mcfarlane/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/in-the-aftermath-of-the-sinking-of-the-centaur-posters-called-on-australians-to-invest-in-war-loans-to-avenge-the-nurses.-awm-artv09088.jpg‘Work, Save, Fight and so Avenge the Nurses!’ (Bob Whitmore, c. 1943–45, AWM ARTV09088)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mary-mcfarlane-as-presented-at-court-england-1939.-c.a.d.-mcfarlane-via-wikitree-resized.jpgMary McFarlane as presented at court, England, 1939. (C.A.D. McFarlane via WikiTree) resizedMary McFarlane as presented at court, England, 1939. (C.A.D. McFarlane via WikiTree)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-daily-telegraph-sydney-10-sept-1941-p.-2-return-of-wounded.pngThe Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 10 Sept 1941, p. 2, 'Return of Wounded''Return of Wounded.' (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 10 Sept 1941)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/oranje-moored-at-glebe-island-grain-silos-having-just-been-refitted-at-cockatoo-island-dockyard-goossens-ss-maritime-1.jpgOranje moored at Glebe Island grain silos having just been refitted at Cockatoo Island dockyard (Goossens SS Maritime)Oranje moored at Glebe Island grain silos having just been refitted at Cockatoo Island dockyard (Goossens, SS Maritime)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/weekly-times-melb-27-sept-1941-p.-24-luxury-hospital-ship-arrives.pngWeekly Times (Melb, 27 Sept 1941, p. 24), 'Luxury Hospital Ship Arrives''Luxury Hospital Ship Arrives.' Mary McFarlane is pictured top right. (Weekly Times, 27 Sept 1941) https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mary-hamilton-mcfarlane.jpegMary Hamilton McFarlane2025-10-25T21:07:44+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/cynthia-haultain/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cynthia-haultain-paybook-photo-resized.jpgCynthia Haultain paybook photo resizedCynthia Haultain paybook photo, Dec 1941. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cynthia-haultain-1.jpgCynthia HaultainCynthia Haultain on board the Oranje with Allied casualties. (The Australasian, 6 Mar 1943, p. 12)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cynthia-haultain.jpgCynthia Haultain2025-10-25T21:05:35+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/margaret-adams/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/margaret-adams-colourised.jpgMargaret Adams colourisedMargaret Adams in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (Colourised and enhanced; Ancestry; The Australasian, 29 May 1943, p. 18)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/captain-margaret-lamont-adams-awm-p04320.003.jpgMargaret Lamont Adams AWM P04320.003Studio portrait of Margaret Adams in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (AWM P04320.003)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sister-adams-in-new-zealand-courtesy-paul-oaten-via-vwma-2.jpgSister Adams in New Zealand courtesy Paul Oaten via VWMA (2)Margaret Adams, New Zealand, Feb 1943. (Paul Oaten, VWMA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/margaret-in-snow-awm-014881.jpgMargaret in snow AWM 014881Margaret Adams in New Zealand, Feb 1943. At the end of Margaret's (and her colleagues') final Oranje voyage, she was invited on a three-day trip to Chateau Tongariro at the base of Mount Ruapehu provided by the New Zealand Government in appreciation of the staff of the Oranje. (AWM 014881)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/margaret-lamont-adams.jpgMargaret Lamont AdamsStaff Nurse Margaret Adams (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/margaret-adams.jpgMargaret Adams2025-10-25T21:04:05+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/blanche-hempsted/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/st.-patricks-school-1950s-st.-patricks-school-facebook-page-01.jpgSt. Patrick's School in the 1950s (St. Patrick's School official Facebook page)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wanganella-31-dec-1945-green-allan-c.-slv-h91.108-2526.jpgAHS Wanganella, 31 Dec 1945. (Alan Green; SLV H91.108-2526)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/captain-pauline-blanche-hempsted.jpgBlanche Hempsted, paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (AWMhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/captain-pauline-blanche-hempsted-square.jpgBlanche Hempsted2025-10-25T03:38:27+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/alice-odonnell/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-argus-melbourne-19-may-1943-p.-12.pngThe Argus (Melbourne, 19 May 1943, p. 12)Alice O'Donnell in AANS outdoor uniform. (The Argus, 19 May 1943)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/centaur-nurses-without-annie-jewell-courtesy-2-3-centaur-assoc-1.pngCentaur nurses (without Annie Jewell) courtesy 2-3 Centaur Assoc.Centaur nurses without Matron Anne Jewell. (2/3 Centaur Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-australasian-melb-29-may-1943-p.-18-nurses-bravery-in-hospital-ship-2.pngThe Australasian (Melb, 29 May 1943, p. 18), 'Nurse's Bravery in Hospital Ship''Nurse's Bravery in Hospital Ship.' (The Australasian, 29 May 1943)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/alice-odonnell-1.jpgAlice O'Donnell2025-10-21T04:48:42+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/nellie-saw/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nellie-saw-square.jpgNellie Sawhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nellie-and-bert-saw-clearing-wattle-scrub-possibly-at-berts-property-bow-bridge.-courtesy-slwa-slwa_b5839700_1.jpgNellie and Bert Saw clearing wattle scrub, possibly at Bert's property, Bow Bridge. (SLWA 5839700-1)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nellie-saw-in-qaimnsr-uniform.jpgNellie Saw in QAIMNSR uniformhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nellie-saw.jpgNellie Saw, date unknown. (Sandra Playle; VWMA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hmahs-kanowna-farm-cove-c.-1915-18.jpgHMAHS Kanowna at Farm Cove sometime during the Great War. (Company of Master Mariners of Australia)2025-10-21T00:20:24+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/dot-paschke/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dot-paschkes-note-home-may-1941.-the-australian-womens-weekly-24-may-1941-p.-9.jpgDot Paschke's note home, May 1941. (The Australian Women's Weekly, 24 May 1941, p. 9)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dot-paschke-reading-the-womens-weekly-may-1941.-the-australian-womens-weekly-3-may-1941-p.-9-1.jpgDot Paschke reading the Women's Weekly, May 1941. (The Australian Women's Weekly, 3 May 1941, p. 9)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/adele-shelton-smith-and-bill-brindle-2-10th-agh-april-1941.the-australian-womens-weekly-3-may-1941-p.-7.jpgAdele Shelton Smith and Bill Brindle 2-10th AGH April 1941.(The Australian Women's Weekly, 3 May 1941, p. 7)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/map-of-malacca-in-1914.jpgMalacca in 1914.https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/colonial-service-hospital-malacca-c.-early-1941.-awm-p03315.002-1.jpgMalacca General Hospital, c. early 1941. (AWM P03315.002)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dot-paschke-with-other-aans-nurses-time-and-place-unknown.-ancestry.jpgDot Paschke with other AANS nurses, time and place unknown. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boolcoomatta-station-helene-lord-on-left-dot-paschke-and-dolly-marsh-resized.jpgBoolcoomatta Station. Left to right: Helene Lord, Dot Paschke and Dolly Marsh, date unknown. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dot-paschke-1.jpgDot Paschke (left) with other AANS nurses, date and place unknown. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/paschke-sisters-at-dimboola-rowing-club-annual-regatta-weekly-times-17-nov-1928-p.-40.pngPaschke sisters at Dimboola Rowing Club Annual Regatta. (Weekly Times, 17 Nov 1928, p. 40)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/boolcoomatta-station-helene-lord-on-left-dot-paschke-and-dolly-marsh-5-7.jpgBoolcoomatta Station, (l-r) Helene Lord, Dot Paschke and Dolly Marsh. Courtesy Ancestry.2025-10-21T00:07:20+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/pat-blake/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3.-leaving-sydney-on-queen-mary-4-feb-1941.jpgLeaving Sydney on Queen Mary, 4 Feb 1941. (Goodman; Western Mail, Perth, 5 Mar 1942, p. 21)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wedding-of-pat-blake-and-keith-dixon.-the-australian-womens-weekly-15-dec-1945-p.-24.jpgWedding of Pat Blake and Keith Dixon. (The Australian Women's Weekly, 15 Dec 1945, p. 24)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/aboard-manunda-18-oct-1945-fremantle.jpgAboard the Manunda after arrival in Fremantle, 18 Oct 1945. (AWMhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pat-blake-paybook-photo.pngPat Blake, paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pat-blake-2-14th-agh-singapore-sept-1945.jpgPat Blake at the 2/14th AGH, St. Patrick's School, Singapore, Sept 1945. (SLV)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2.-pat-blake-womens-weekly-6-oct-1945.pngPat Blake. (Australian Women's Weekly, 6 Oct 1945)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pat-blake-square.pngPat Blake2025-10-20T09:00:09+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/2025/10/17/the-first-australian-nurses-of-the-great-war/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-first-25-aans-nurses-bw.jpgThe First 25 AANS Nurses. Top row (L–R): Jessie McHardy White, Bertha Williams, Hilda Samsing, Janet Radcliff, Adelaide Kellett. Second-top row (L–R): Penelope Frater, Nellie Gould, Ethel Davidson, Bessie Pocock, Louise White. Middle row (L–R): Constance Keys, Alice Twynam, Margaret Graham, Eunice Paten, Evelyn Conyers. Second-bottom row (L–R): Mary Finlay, Jane Lempriere, Julia Hart, Julia Johnston, Jean Miles Walker. Bottom row (L–R): Clementina Marshall, Alice King, Tessa Rogers, Alice Kitchin, Annie Heath2025-10-18T07:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/may-hennessy/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/salonika-nurses-adelaide-14-jun-1917-awm-a01240.jpgSalonika nurses, Adelaide, 14 Jun 1917. (AWM A01240)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/may-hennessy.pngMay Hennessyhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ss-mooltan.-slnsw-fl1648580.jpgSS Mooltan. (SLNSW FL1648580)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/may-hennessy-courtesy-bendigo-roll-of-honour-square.jpgMay Hennessy courtesy Bendigo Roll of Honour square2025-10-16T23:10:59+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/emily-clare/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/emily-clare.-independent-footscray-2-nov-1918-p.-2-1.jpgEmily Clare in AANS uniform. (Independent (Footscray), 2 Nov 1918, p. 2)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/no.-34-welsh-general-hospital.-awm.jpgNo. 34 Welsh General Hospital. (AWM)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/emily-clare.-independent-footscray-2-nov-1918-p.-2-square.jpgEmily Clare. (Independent (Footscray), 2 Nov 1918, p. 2 square2025-10-16T20:36:42+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/elizabeth-rothery/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hmahs-karoola-birtwistlewiki.jpgHMAHS Karoola (BirtwistleWiki)HMAHS Karoola (BirtwistleWiki)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/elizabeth-rothery-bw.jpgElizabeth Rothery2025-10-06T04:29:21+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/may-dickson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/staff-nurse-may-dickson-qaimnsr-c.-1916-courtesy-awm-p05159.001-square.jpgStaff Nurse May Dickson, QAIMNSR, c. 1916, courtesy AWM P05159.001 squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-herald-5-oct-1917-p.-1-daughter-of-australia-makes-sacrifice-for-empire.pngThe Herald 5 Oct 1917, p. 1, 'DAUGHTER OF AUSTRALIA MAKES SACRIFICE FOR EMPIRE''Daughter of Australia Makes sacrifice for Empire.' (The Herald 5 Oct 1917, p. 1)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/staff-nurse-may-dickson-qaimnsr-c.-1916-courtesy-awm-p05159.001.jpgStaff Nurse May Dickson, QAIMNSR, c. 1916, courtesy AWM P05159.001Staff Nurse May Dickson, QAIMNSR, c. 1916. (AWM P05159.001)2025-10-04T10:10:40+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/jenny-walker/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/jenny-walker.jpgJenny Walkerhttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/oranje-moored-at-glebe-island-grain-silos-having-just-been-refitted-at-cockatoo-island-dockyard-goossens-ss-maritime.jpgOranje moored at Glebe Island grain silos having just been refitted at Cockatoo Island dockyard (Goossens SS Maritime)Oranje moored at Glebe Island grain silos having just been refitted at Cockatoo Island dockyard. (Goossens SS Maritime)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/wendy-walker.jpgWendy WalkerJenny Walker, paybook photo taken upon enlistment. (NAA)2025-09-24T10:54:10+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/joyce-wyllie/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/joyce-wyllie.jpgJoyce WyllieJoyce Wyllie (Centaur Association)2025-09-24T10:42:29+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/edna-shaw/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/edna-alice-shaw-colour-resized.jpgEdna Alice Shaw colour resizedEdna Shaw in AANS outdoor uniform. (attribution unknown)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/edna-shaw.jpgEdna Shaw2025-09-24T10:39:58+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/myrle-moston/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-centaur-sydney-1943-awm-302800.jpgThe Centaur, Sydney 1943 (AWM 302800)The Centaur, Sydney 1943. (AWM 302800)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sister-myrle-mary-eileen-moston-awm-p03730.001.jpgSister Myrle Mary Eileen Moston AWM P03730.001Myrle Moston in AANS indoor uniform. (AWM P03730.001)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/myrle-moston.jpgMyrle MostonMyrle Moston2025-09-24T10:07:12+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/eva-king/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/eva-king-resized-1.jpgEva KingEva King in AANS outdoor uniform, c. 1941. (Ancestry)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/eva-king-paybook-photo-24-nov-1941.-naa-1.jpgEva King, paybook photo, 24 Nov 1941. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/eva-king-paybook-photo-profile-24-nov-1941.-naa.jpgEva King, paybook photo, 24 Nov 1941. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/eva-king.jpgEva King2025-09-24T08:38:00+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/eileen-rutherford/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/eileen-rutherford-centaur-association.pngEileen Rutherford (Centaur Association)Eileen Rutherford (Centaur Association)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/eileen-rutherford.jpgEileen Rutherford2025-09-24T03:13:33+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/gwen-robertson/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gwendoline-hope-robertson-naa-2.jpgGwendoline Hope Robertson NAA (2)Gwen Robertson in RAAFNS uniform. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gwendoline-hope-robertson-naa-1.jpgGwendoline Hope Robertson NAA (1)Gwen Robertson in RAAFNS uniform. (NAA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gwendoline-robertson-1942-courtesy-health-museum-of-sa.jpgGwendoline Robertson 1942 courtesy Health Museum of SAGwen Robertson, 1942. (Health Museum of SA)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gwendoline-hope-robertson-naa-square.jpgGwendoline Hope Robertson NAA (square)2025-09-08T07:42:31+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/irene-mcphail/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/irene-mcphail-square.jpgIrene McPhail squarehttps://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-mcphail-from-graphic-of-australia-melb-30-nov-1917-p.-3.jpgIrene McPhail, from Graphic of Australia (Melb), 30 Nov 1917, p. 3Staff Nurse Irene McPhail (printed as ‘J. McPhail’), from The Graphic of Australia (Melbourne), 30 Nov 1917, p. 3https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/jan-1918-pune-india.-courtesy-awm-a01178.jpgJan 1918, Pune, India. Courtesy AWM A01178Irene McPhail and colleagues outside the nurses’ quarters at King George’s War Hospital, Poona, India, Jan 1918. Among the other nurses in the photo are Sisters Ethel Butler and Effie Munro, and Staff Nurses Christina Durack, Vera Flae, Ida Harris, Ada Hockings, Mary Langan, Agnes McGeoch, Doris Overell, Olive Russell, Amy Warner and Ada Wilshire. Courtesy Australian War Memorial A01178https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irene-mcphail-front-outside-king-george-war-hospital-poona-jan-1918-awm-a01179.jpgIrene McPhail (front) outside King George War Hospital, Poona, Jan 1918 AWM A01179AANS nurses outside nurses’ quarters at King George’s War Hospital, Poona, January 1918. Back row, left to right: Elizabeth Duncan, Agnes McGeoch, Mary Langan. Front row: Staff Nurse Irene McPhail. Courtesy Australian War Memorial A011792025-09-07T08:07:55+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/blodwyn-williams/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/caulfield-military-hospital-c.-1916-1919.jpgCaulfield Military Hospital c. 1919Caulfield Military Hospital c. 1919 (Rose Stereograph Co., SLV H42809/13)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1st-agh-at-sutton-veny-wiltshire-1919-awm-d00781.jpg1st AGH at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, 1919, AWM D00781Group portrait of nursing staff of 1st AGH, Sutton Veny, 1919. Back row (left to right): Staff Nurse Emily Florence Miller, Staff Nurse Estelle Marjorie Armstrong, Staff Nurse Amy Eliza Wright, Sister Ada Priscilla Smith, Sister Marjha Elleha (also known as Ethel May) Milligan, Staff Nurse Alice Blondell Tapp, Sister Margaret Nisbett. Middle row (left to right): Staff Nurse Elizabeth Smith Rogerson, Sister Annie Catherine Cameron, Sister Ruth Allan, Staff Nurse J. M. Matthews, Sister Gertrude Marion Doherty AARC, Sister Amy Holloway Matthews, Sister Mary Genevieve Dwyer, Sister Ellen McClelland. Front row (left to right): Sister Margaret Effie Looker, Sister Annie Ellen Shadforth, Sister Edith Elizabeth Simpson, Sister Constance Mabel Keys RRC ARRC, Matron Ethel Gray CBE RRC, Sister Alma Louise Bennett RRC, Sister Dorothy Madeline Robertson, Sister Blodwyn Elizabeth Williams. The Australian War Memorial dates the photo to 19 October 1919, but this cannot be so, since Blodwyn Williams was on her way back to Australia by then, and Alice Tapp and Amy Matthews had already returned. (AWM D00781)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/blodwyn-williams-courtesy-ancestry.pngBlodwyn Williams courtesy AncestryBlodwyn Williams in AANS outdoor uniform, Rouen, 1918. (Ancestry)2025-09-07T06:53:09+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/elaine-mcphail/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/aans-nurses-of-the-2-4th-agh-on-nieuw-holland-15-sept-1940-awm003062-photographer-clifford-bottomley.jpgAANS nurses of the 2/4th AGH standing by the rail on the Christiaan Huygens, 15 Sept 1940. The ship is about to leave Melbourne to join other ships in convoy US 5 bound for the Middle East. Left to right: Staff Nurse Nancy Olive Logan, unknown, Staff Nurse Mary Jean Lade, Staff Nurse Gladys Elva Mole, Staff Nurse Wilhelmina Edna Goodin, Staff Nurse Gwendoline Healey, Staff Nurse Elaine McPhail, Sister Ellen May (Nell) Bryant. Courtesy Australian War Memorial 003062 (photographer Clifford Bottomley)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/aans-nurses-practicing-respirator-drill-gaza-ridge-mandatory-palestine-19-nov-1940.-awm004107-frank-hurley.jpgAANS nurses practicing respirator drill, Gaza Ridge, Mandatory Palestine, 19 Nov 1940. AWM004107 (Frank Hurley)AANS nurses practicing respirator drill, Gaza Ridge, Mandatory Palestine, 19 Nov 1940. Courtesy Australian War Memorial 004107 (original photo by Frank Hurley)https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/lilian-elaine-mcphail-courtesy-ancestry.pngLilian Elaine McPhail courtesy AncestryElaine McPhail in AANS indoor uniform. Courtesy Ancestry2025-09-07T06:16:02+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/amy-ogrady/https://australianwarnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1st-agh-heliopolis.jpgNurses of No. 1 AGH, HeliopolisThe nursing staff of No. 1 Australian General Hospital outside the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, date unknown. Unfortunately, there are no photographs of Amy, so we will have to be content with the possibility that she is here among her colleagues. Courtesy Australian War Memorial H16959.2025-09-07T03:28:52+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.org/posts/2024-08-12T01:42:02+00:00weekly0.6https://australianwarnurses.orgdaily1.02026-04-02T23:25:41+00:00