The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORTRAIT OF SFX 10596 SISTER ELAINE BALFOUR-OGILVY, 2/4TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE BANKA ISLAND MASSACRE. SISTER BALFOUR-OGILVY WAS AMONG THE LAST GROUP OF SIXTY-FIVE AUSTRALIAN NURSES TO LEAVE SINGAPORE ON THE MERCHANT VESSEL VYNER BROOKE 1942-02-12. THE SHIP WAS SUNK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN BANKA STRAIT 1942-02-14. A SMALL PARTY OF TWENTY-ONE NURSES CAME ASHORE ON BANKA ISLAND. WHEN THE PARTY WAS DISCOVERED BY THE JAPANESE THE NURSES WERE ORDERED TO WALK INTO THE WATER AND WERE SHOT BY MACHINE GUN. (LENT BY W.H. CONNELL)
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SFX10596 Sister Elaine Lenore Balfour Ogilvy, 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Austral
A brief description of the life and Second World War service of Elaine Balfour-Ogilvy, Australian Army Nursing Service 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station. There is an emphasis on her singing and the joy it
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VFX61126 Sister Kathleen Kinsella, 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NFX70520 Sister Marjorie (Schuie) Schuman, 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Austra
Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX11169 Sister Louvima (Vima) Mary Isabella Bates, 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Aus
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX3439 Sister Bessie Wilmott, 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses and o
