The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nurse's white cotton veil embroidered with many coloured signatures of Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU) nurses, pilots and AIF personnel. The key seems to indicate that nurse's signatures are in blue, and pilot's are in black, red, yellow and green. AIF personnel signatures are brown.
Associated with 500548 Sister Joan Medway Loutit, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS). Daughter of Brigadier N M Loutit DSO and bar,ED, the Commanding Officer of Darwin Overland Maintenance Force, Sister Loutit trained at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, from 1940-1943. She joined the RAAFNS and served as a theatre sister at Concord Military Hospital, before joining the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU). MAETU flew casualties, and later prisoners of war back to Australia from the Pacific Islands. Sister Loutit was based on Morotai. In 1946 she joined the fledgling Trans Australian Airways as one of its first hostesses.
Black leather general pupose boots with cotton laces. The boots are reinforced down the back of the leg and ankle and have rubber soles. The soles are marked 'MADE IN AUSTRALIA SIZE 7-6'. Worn by Ro
Ternate Island, Halmahera Islands. 1945. Members of the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU) were invited to a luncheon hosted by the Sultan of Ternate. Some of the visiting group consisted o
Blue grey polyester forage cap with bullion RAAF officer's cap badge. The inside is lined in blue polyester and has a maker's label sewn into the back. Worn by Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Sis
Australian Army Nursing Service silk mess dress veil. The veil has a drawn threadwork hem and there are a number of markings on the fabric. Associated with the service of Staff Nurse Violet Olive Wa
Australian Army Nursing Service cotton organza veil worn with working dress. The veil has a drawn threadwork hem and there are some brown markings on the fabric. Associated with the service of Staff
Australian Army Nursing Service nurse's scarlet superfine wool cape. The body of the cape is made out of one panel of fabric with a wide (approximately 75mm) mitred hem double-stitched to the outside.
