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Matron Sarah Anne Jewell, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), talking with a woman at a reception given by the Maori community in honour of the staff of the hospital ship Oranje. The Oranje had transported sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops back from the Middle East. Standing in the centre is Sister Kathleen C Gardner, AANS. Matron Jewell was one of the 268 people who lost their lives when the hospital ship Centaur sunk after it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the Queensland coast on 14 May 1943.
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Colour: Black & white
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