OG2798 Accession Number: OG2798

Description

Informal group portrait of six nursing sisters of the RAAF attached to No 2 Medical Air Evacuation Unit at Morotai in the Halmaheras. They will be evacuating sick and wounded from Borneo immediately airstrips are ready for use by RAAF transport aircraft. Identified from left to right: 500010 Sister Alice Mary ‘Mamie’ Budd from Rushworth, Victoria; 504388 Senior Sister Margaret Alice Braid from Nedlands, Western Australia; 501399 Sister Marie Eileen Craig from Drummoyne, NSW; 500489 Sister Mavis Joan Rodwell from Yeronga, Queensland; 500441 Sister Gwenneth Ruby Schache from Brighton, Victoria; and 501460 Sister Betty Muriel Stafford from Maroubra, NSW.

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Accession Number
OG2798
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
27 May 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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