093498 Accession Number: 093498

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Informal group portrait of the main table in the sisters' mess, 2/1st General Hospital, during a formal dinner celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Identified from left to right: NX310 Sister Margaret Rose McEntee from Virginia, South Australia (1); NX76276 Matron Marie Evelyn Hurley from Quirindi, NSW (2); NFX272 Sister Teresa Marian Cunningham from Raymond Terrace, NSW (later awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class) (3); NX70943 Sister Hazel Frances Bailey from Singleton, NSW (4); Captain M S Williamson, Commandant of Australian Army Nursing Service, 2/1st General Hospital (5); NX70244 Sister Sarah Elizabeth Deane from Dulwich Hill, NSW (6); NX70240 Sister Phillis Eileen Morey from Manus, NSW (7); NFX294 Sister Cecilia Macfarlane (later Barr) from Kensington, NSW. (8).

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Accession Number
093498
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
2 July 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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