The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Belmore, NSW. April 1941. Portrait of NX14568 Private (Pte) Edwin Leslie (Les) Penman, 2/4th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, at Belmore Park prior to embarkation. Pte Penman later became the fiance of NX76505 Alice Burns who served in the Middle East and then in Queensland after the VADs became the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS). (Donor A. Penman)
c. October 1941. Studio portrait of NX76505 Alice Burns, Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). Miss Burns served in the Middle East and then in Queensland after the VADs became the Australian Army Medical W
Australia. 1942. Informal portrait of NX14682 Private (Pte) Alister Cameron Burns, 2/7th Battalion, and NX139177 Marie Jean Burns who served with the 2/4 Australian General Hospital (AGH), brother and
Kilo 89 Camp, Gaza Ridge, Palestine. c. December 1941. The four Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) occupants of Tent No. 9 stand in front of their quarters. Left to right: Alwyn Crawford, Gladys Batty, Be
Gaza, Middle East. c. 1941. A patient of Ward 7, No. 6 AGH, Lance Corporal (LCpl) Arthur Dean, is tended to by NX76505 Alice Burns VAD and Sister Joan Palmer. LCpl Dean had broken his back and was pla
Carved olive wood souvenir male camel with a bridle, saddle and saddle cloth detailed in the wood. The bridle's headpiece, the breastplate, girth and edge of the saddle cloth are decorated with a zig
Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) have a meal while on bivouac with members of Australian Army Medical Womens Service (AAMWS). The VADs work at the Motor Transport Training Depot which tra
