The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-17. UNDER THE EXPERT AND KEEN EYE OF MISS WADE, THE CRAFTWORK SECTION OF THE REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AT 115TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IS A VERY POPULAR PLACE DURING THE PERIOD OF CONVALESCENCE. HERE WE SEE A LARGE LOOM OPERATED BY A PATIENT WHO IS RECOVERING FROM A SURGICAL OPERATION.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-17. LEATHER WORK IS VERY POPULAR AMONG PATIENTS AT THE VARIOUS MILITARY HOSPITALS AND IS AN AMENITY PROVIDED FOR THEM BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. HERE WE SEE TWO CONVA
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-09-28. Sister Hutchings, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), outdoors with patients of the Surgical Ward, 115th Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg. She is teaching them t
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-17. MR W. J. ROBERT COLDBECK, SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AT 115TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (IN UNIFORM) IS EXPLAINING THE PROS AND CONS OF FEL
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-11-14. MISS M. WHITE, A VISITING FIELD FORCE MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS SOCIETY ASSISTS A PATIENT TO THREAD A LOOM FOR SCARF MAKING.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. IN THE PAPIER MACHE SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. AFTER THE ARTICLE HAS HAD SUFFICIENT TIME IN THE PRESS IT IS REMOVED WITH EXPERT CARE AND HERE WE SEE MISS
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-09-28. Patients of the Surgical Ward, 115th Australian General Hospital, on the nearby lawns doing handicraft work as part of their rehabilitation during convalescence. They are b
