Album related to Miss Lola Crofts and Duntryleague Repatriation Hospital, Orange, Second World War. Accession Number: AWM2017.1270.2

Description

Album related to Miss Lola Crofts and Duntryleague Repatriation Hospital, Orange, Second World War. 32 page photograph album with card cover and black paper pages, containing 80 photographs. 77 photographs have been inserted into slots cut for the corners or fixed in with adhesive photo corners, and three are loose within the pages. Photographs in the album include views of the mansion and grounds at Duntryleague, views of Berida Manor, Bowral, many group portraits of the women who staffed the hospital and the soldiers who were resident there, portraits of Lola Crofts and a dog (who is sometimes dressed up in costume), social outings such as picnics and rowing. The album conveys a relaxed and convivial mood. Many women are wearing Red Cross uniforms, and many pictures feature dogs and cats. 15 photographs have names written on the back, and others have locations written on them. On page 25 is a portrait of Sister Betty Smith and Sgt Peter Parsonage, captioned on back "after they were engaged". Many other people are identified in the album, including: S/Sgt E Palmer, Sgt Harry Broomfield, Mavis Lewis, Pte G Primmer (Curly), Rita Bauer, Pte Freddie Finn (Mickey), Marianne Warner, Pte Alf Watts (Soccer), Sgt Ron Crutch, Pte 'Skeeta' Morrison; and many others are named by rank and surname only. Duntryleague is a large mansion and estate at Orange, NSW, which was built in 1879 and bought by the Orange Golf Club in 1935. It was used by the Red Cross as a convalescent depot for repatriated soldiers between 1941 and 1946.

80 Items sighted in album.

Details

Conflicts

• Second World War, 1939-1945

Places

• Orange

Tags

• Recreation
• Dogs
• Women
• Happiness
• Friends
• Voluntary Aid Detachment
• Red Cross