The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aitape, New Guinea. At an Australian General Hospital mail is always a popular feature with the girls. Nursing Sister Veronica Coghlan of Adelaide, SA, sorts through the mail box in the open-air mess.
Aitape, New Guinea. At an Australian General Hospital open-air mess, nursing Sister Lillian Hastie of Mullewa, WA, turns the handle of a Singer sewing machine for Sister Dulcie Young of Casterton, Vic
Aitape, New Guinea. Welcome respite from the hard days work is morning tea time. Nursing Sisters at an Australian General Hospital gather in their colourful open-air mess, to relax for a few minutes.
Aitape, New Guinea. Despite the heat, Sister Elsie Banks of Castle Hill, SA, at an Australian General Hospital, is still enthusiastic enough to do a spot of gardening outside the mess.
Aitape, New Guinea. Sister Veronica Hill of Maitland, NSW, wearing a surgical mask, dresses the head wound of Trooper H. Suttie at an Australian General Hospital.
Aitape, New Guinea. Lines of tents form small streets at an Australian General Hospital, to which the girls give names. Sister Avis Latta of Boort, Vic (left), and some nursing sisters are on their wa
Aitape, New Guinea. Nursing Sister Elsie Ireland of Murrurundi, NSW, and Lieutenant Joy Dickson, physiotherapist, of Auckland, NZ, at an Australian General Hospital, spend their leisure hours on the n
