The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nurses and physiotherapists aboard the 2/1 Australian Hospital Ship Manunda. From left to right: NX70208 Lieutenant Alyson Manning Mills, NX70312 Lieutenant Joan Holland Somerville, NX702111 Sister Margaret Augusta de Mestre and NX35145 Captain Lorraine Stewart Blow. Sister de Mestre was killed in action when the Manunda was bombed during the first Japanese air-raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942.
C. 1941. PORTRAIT OF MISS JOAN SOMERVILLE IN UNIFORM AS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICE WITH WHICH SHE SERVED 1940-08 TO 1942-02 (TIME OF HER MARRIAGE). SHE SERVED ABOARD THE HOS
DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. DETAIL OF DAMAGE TO THE NURSES' QUARTERS ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA AFTER BEING BOMBED AND DAMAGED IN THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. DETAIL OF DAMAGE TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, BOMBED AND DAMAGED IN THE JAPANESE AIR RAID, SHOWING DAMAGE TO THE NURSES' QUARTERS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
The story begins with the 2/1 Hospital Ship Manunda leaving Sydney in January 1942 to go to Darwin and then to Singapore to evacuate any wounded. The film shows the journey through the Whitsunday Pass
DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. DETAIL OF DAMAGE TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, BOMBED AND DAMAGED IN THE JAPANESE AIR RAID, LOOKING UPWARDS FROM THE NURSES' QUARTERS TO THE AFTER END OF THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE.
Beige cotton working overall dress buttoning down the length of the centre front with nine whitemetal Australian Military Forces buttons. The collar and cuffs of the short sleeves are piped with a nar
