013441 Accession Number: 013441

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Informal portrait of three nurses with Joan, a laying hen, the only one of her kind attached to 119th Australian General Hospital (119 AGH). Joan is badly spoiled, being permitted to occupy the most comfortable chair in the mess for the purpose of laying her occasional egg. NX136236 Sister Mary Christina Haynes from Holbrook, NSW is seen awaiting the "blessed event" with the frying pan, it being her turn to claim ownership.

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Accession Number
013441
Photographer
John Earl (Earl) McNeil
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 October 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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