Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Accession Number: S00538
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Discussing training; enlistment; 113th Australian General Hospital (AGH) at Concord; embarkation for New Guinea; 2/9 AGH; uniforms; leisure; patients; availability of drugs; working hours; treatment of casualties; treatment of skin diseases and psychiatric cases; relationship with male orderlies; conditions of hospitals; caring for prisoners of war (POWs).
The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
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Part 1 of Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Part 2 of Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Part 3 of Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Part 4 of Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Part 5 of Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Part 6 of Joan Crouch, as a Lieutenant Colonel, Nursing Sister 113th and 2/9 Australian General Hospitals (AGH), interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Discussing pre-war nursing; enlistment in Australian Army Nursing Service; nursing at Concord Hospital; posting to 2/11th Australian General Hospital at Toowoomba; embarkation for New Guinea; contact
Discussing joining the Voluntary Aid Detachment; training; assignment to the 2/5th Australian General Hospital; change to AAMWS; nursing in New Guinea; contact with American servicemen in Papua New Gu
Discusses nursing training; uniforms; leisure activities; posting to Middle East; 2/9 Australian General Hospital; posting to New Guinea; conditions in hospitals in New Guinea; drugs; patients.
Discussing enlistment; training at Ingleburn Army Camp; posting to Middle East; uniforms; Australian Army Nursing Service; use of drugs in hospitals in New Guinea; nursing burn and dermatological case
Discussing joining AANS; posting to 2/5th Australian General Hospital; censorship of mail; rates of pay; uniforms; comparison between American nursing wards and Australian wards; shortages of drugs; n
Discussing nursing training; enlistment; military nursing; posting to New Guinea; impact of war of nursing career; relationships between nurses and patients; contact with American servicemen; health o