The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.
Doctor Katie Ardill, disappointed at the Australian Army's reluctance to accept female doctors, sailed for England on 26 June 1915 and joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross Society in England in August. She served with the organisation at the Anglo-Belgian Military Hospital in Calais before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps in March 1916. She was posted to the Napsbury Hospital, St. Albans, England before transferring to the Dover Military Hospital. Her final posting, in May 1918, was to the Citadel Hospital in Cairo before eventually returning to Australia in late 1919.
White enamelled badge of the Voluntary Aid Detachment. The badge is circular with a red enamelled cross in the centre and the text around the cross reading 'AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'. Beneath the
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed edge with recipient's details. Associated with the service of Hilda Mary Loxton. Loxton was born in Inverell, NSW in 1879 and trained as a civilian nurse at the
British War Medal 1914-20. Unnamed as issued. This British War Medal was awarded to Dr Phoebe Chapple MM. Phoebe Chapple was born in Adelaide on 31 March 1879. The youngest daughter of eight childre
Six sterling silver commemorative coffee spoons each with a decorative enamelled tip of a hospital patient in blue uniform. Each spoon is hallmarked and individually engraved; “K178 1914-1918”; K178 1
Metal ring with a red cross pattee in the centre and the words 'PRO PATRIA'. Attached to the ring, beneath the cross, is a small circle of metal with the date '1914/15'. Souvenir patriotic ring made
Africa Star. Impressed on reverse with recipients details. Barbara 'Biddy' Goff was born on 13 April 1902 in Ipswich Queensland. She married Orpen Boyd Moriarty in 1927 when she was 24. Orpen was al
