051905 Accession Number: 051905

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Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-19. A group photograph in the Australian Comforts Fund Depot in Exhibition Street of members of the Returned Army Sisters' Auxiliary. This Auxiliary was a group of nursing sisters from World War I who took responsibility for the despatch of reading matter to the troops in World War II. From the left they are Miss D. Stephenson, Mrs Love, Mrs Scott Murphy, Miss Maud Philp, Miss W. Forster, Mrs E. Hargraves, Miss E. Jackson, Miss M. Horton, Miss O. Holloway, Mrs G. Horne, Miss J. Stephenson, Miss Maud Barter and a casual worker, name unknown.

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Accession Number
051905
Photographer
Sergeant James Tait
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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