The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, 8th Division. Left to right, back row: Hulda Millicent “Millie” Maria Dorsch (SFX10597), died Banka Island 14 February 1942; Bessie Wilmott (WFX3439), executed Banka Island beach 16 February 1942; Wilhelmina Rosalie Raymont (TFX6012), died of illness, Sumatra 8 February 1945; Elaine Balfour-Ogilvy (SFX10596) executed Banka Island beach 16 February 1942; Peggy Farmaner (WFX3438), executed Banka Island beach 16 February 1942.
Front row: Dora Shirley Gardam (TFX2183), died of illness, Sumatra 4 April 1945; Irene Melville Drummond, later matron of 2/13th Australian General Hospital, executed Banka Island beach 16 February 1942, and Ellen Mavis Hannah (SX10595) who survived the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke and captivity as a prisoner of the Japanese.
Four of these nurses were among the twenty one Army nurses massacred by the Japanese on Banka Island after the SS Vyner Brooke was sunk off Sumatra. The photographer Warrant Officer John Delmore Emmett (VX38986) became a POW after the surrender at Singapore and buried the film for nine months. It was then handed to a Private Abbott who developed it in the x-ray room at the Changi hospital. After the war Warrant Officer Emmett recovered the film and had it printed.
Framed portrait of VX53060 Lieutenant (Lt) Beryl Woodbridge, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). A trained nurse before the war, Lt Woodbridge joined the AANS in 1941. She was one of 65 nurses abo
Portrait of TFX6012 Lieutenant Wilhemina Rosalie Raymont, 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station (2/4th CCS), Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses and over 250
Pale green swansdown powder puff with a matching pale green grosgrain tab, contained in a green paper wrapping. Carried by Sister Dora Shirley (Shirley) Gardam, a Tasmanian serving with 2/4 Casualty
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WFX3438 Sister Peggy Everett Farmaner, 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nur
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SFX10597 Sister Millicent Heulda (Millie) Dorsch, 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Aus
Beige cotton headrest cover with velcro strip on the top of the back to attach it to the seat. The front is printed in blue with 'DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS'(DVA) followed by the DVA logo and the
