Flying nurses Accession Number: F02081

Description

Movietone news undedited camera footage. Shows RAAF and Royal Navy (RN) nursing sisters, RAAF medical orderlies and RN sick berth attendants at Medical Air Evacuation Transpot Unit (MAETU) passing out parade. RAAF nursing sisters of MAETU at unit bases and evacuating of wounded from forward areas by air to base hospitals. Identified personnel: Chief tutor Sister Phyllis Anguey RAAF, Squadron Leader Winston Kiel, Sister E.W. Hellyer, Group Captain E.A. Daley, Matron M.I. Lang, Lieut-Commander Tuke, R.N. Sister M.A. Braid of Perth, Sister Veronica Harbourd of Ballarat, native boys Demos and Paulus, Sister Gwen R. Schache of Brighton Victoria, Sister Betty Strafford of Sydney, Doctor Graham Salter, CO, No.2 MAETU, Sgt. Ivor Pullyn of Camberwell, Flt-Lt. C.H. Knott of Mareeba, Flt-Lt. N.M. Kater, Nakamura Masato Japanese POW, LAC Hooper of Northcote Victoria, LAC Maloney of Bondi, Sister Hilda Davis of Katanning WA, Flt-Sgt Bard of Queanbeyan, Sqn-Ldr Rollo Greenless. Sister Patricia Howard of Albury, Lieut George Atkinson of Finlay NSW, Lieut Dick Glass of Sydney, Pte Percy Keast of Melbourne, AAMWS Gwen Keyes of Woollongong, Stoker Ronald Arnold of Perth. F/O W.W. Dodsworth, Sister Lucy MacKenzie of Balwyn, Capt. J.H. Winton 2/11 Field Regiment, Cpl Richard Williams of Ararat.

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Accession Number
F02081
Production Company
Movietone News
Cinematographer
Geoffrey Thompson
Classification
Film
Object Type
To be confirmed
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: PDN
Format: 35mm
Sound: silent
Measurement
Duration
Footage
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Date Made
August 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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