The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SISTER VERE WILKINSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS). SHE SAW SERVICE ABOARD THE 2/1ST HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA AND LATER WITH NO. 114 (GOULBURN) MILITARY HOSPITAL. SHE WAS ABOARD THE MANUNDA WHEN IT WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE IN DARWIN HARBOUR AND IS REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED A MINOR WOUND AT THIS TIME. (DONOR R. MARKS)
c.1941. Nurses attached to 2/1st Australian hospital ship Manunda sit and relax with a cup of tea talking to some Australian servicemen. In the foreground is Sister Vere Wilkinson, Australian Army Nur
Pair of silver-plated salt and pepper shakers from the Hospital Ship Manunda. On each is mounted the line crest which consists of an anchor and flag with a blue cross on a white background and a red e
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
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
Thursday Island. c.1940-08. NX65289 Corporal Robert John Bevir in the orderly room aboard the 2/1st Australian hospital ship Manunda. Bevir was killed on 19 February 1942 while aboard the Manunda when
Self portrait of NX65289 Corporal Robert John Bevir sitting on the stairs in the lounge of the Australian hospital ship Manunda. Bevir was killed on 19 February 1942 while aboard the Manunda when the
