The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Staff Nurse Margaret Lamont Adams, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), frolicking in the snow. Staff Nurse Adams was on a three day trip to the Chateau Tongariro providing by the New Zealand Government in appreciation of the staff of the hospital ship Oranje which had transported sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops from the Middle East. Staff Nurse Adams was one of 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.
Staff of the hospital ship Oranje frolicking in the snow. The Oranje had transported sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops back from the Middle East. In appreciation of their good work th
Three staff members of the hospital ship Oranje on the snowfields. The Oranje had transported sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops back from the Middle East. In appreciation of their goo
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 tr
Matron Sarah Anne Jewell, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), at a reception given by the Maori community in honour of the staff of the hospital ship Oranje. The Oranje had transported sick and wo
North Island, New Zealand. June 1942. Sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops from the Middle East were brought home safely on the hospital ship Oranje. In appreciation of the good work don
North Island, New Zealand. June 1942. Sick and wounded Australian and New Zealand troops from the Middle East were brought home safely on the hospital ship Oranje. In appreciation of the good work don
