The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A gilt metal and enamel patriotic badge. The badge has a ring of blue enamel around the rim and a bar across the middle. Gold lettering around the edge reads `BETTER DIE FIGHTING THAN LIVE DISHONORED (sic)'. The bar across the middle reads `OUR EMPIRES MOTTO'. In the top half of the badge, above the bar, is an embossed rising sun crest with a red enamel crown and scroll with `AUSTRALIA', and flanked by a kangaroo and an emu. In the lower half is a red enamel five petalled rose of England, surrounded by embossed thistles, shamrocks, an ostrich, an elephant, and a beaver. These flora and fauna emblems represent the United Kingdom and the four dominions. Impressed on the reverse, below the brass pin-fitting, is 'GILT' .
This badge is associated with Sister Dorothy Sevilla White, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Born in 1892, Dorothy Sevilla White enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the AANS on 12 July 1917. Embarking for overseas service on HMAT Wiltshire on 30 August 1917, she served in Alexandria and Salonika with the Australian Army Medical Corps Reinforcements. Promoted Sister on 30 August 1919, White returned to Australia on RMS Osterley on 6 November 1919. Her appointment in the AIF was terminated on 15 April 1920.
Rheims, France. c. 1920. An English Mk IV Male tank, that had been captured by the Germans and then, as seen here, recaptured by the English at Le Fort de la Pompelle. Note the German iron cross paint
A British Mk IV Female tank, that had been captured by the Germans and then, as seen here, recaptured by the British at Le Fort de la Pompelle. Staff Nurse Dorothy Sevilla White, Australian Army Nursi
A view of the Heilly Cemetery in which many members of the 12th Brigade are buried, including Brigadier General Duncan Glasfurd (late General Officer Commanding of 12th Brigade). Brigadier General Gla
Studio portrait of Staff Nurse Dorothy Sevilla White, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), wearing her Army Nursing uniform. She served in the AANS for four years, between 1914 and 1918.
Finely worked gilt and enamel patriotic badge with the five petalled rose of England picked out on a blue background. A centrally positioned red, white and blue enamelled Union Jack has a small gilt
Sweethearts gold-plated metal and enamel badge in the form of a gold SMLE rifle with fixed bayonet. Superimposed on the rifle between the magazine and foresight is a representation of the Rising Sun b
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Dorothy Sevilla White, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Sister White enlisted as a Staff Nurse on 12 July 1917 and embarked on the H
Letters written by VX39893 Robert Gordon White to his brother and sister while White was in Malaya during 1941, and one letter after the war in 1946. White was a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Bu
Finely worked gilt and enamel patriotic badge with the five petalled rose of England picked out on a blue background. A centrally positioned red, white and blue enamelled Union Jack has a small gilt
Sweethearts gold-plated metal and enamel badge in the form of a gold SMLE rifle with fixed bayonet. Superimposed on the rifle between the magazine and foresight is a representation of the Rising Sun b
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Dorothy Sevilla White, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Sister White enlisted as a Staff Nurse on 12 July 1917 and embarked on the H
Oval shaped badge surmounted by a St Edward's crown. Around the edge of the oval is embossed 'ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING CORPS'. In the centre of the oval is a Nightingale oil lamp on a dull cherry
Prussian Order of the Crown, Military Division, Second Class Badge. A gilt cross pattée in white enamel with crossed swords between the arms. Obverse: In the centre a crown in gold surrounded by the
Hand embroidered cotton 'Repatriation Nursing Service' sleeve badge. Circular in shape, the badge is of brown cotton drill with white, red and black embroidery. At the centre is a red Cross of Gene
