Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Accession Number: S00566
Description
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 with American servicemen; availability of drugs; psychiatric cases; camp conditions at Buna, Lae, Madang, Aitape; recreation; uniforms.
Details
Accession Number
S00566
Interviewee
Lieutenant Joyce Ellen Cleary
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: TDK D60
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: two track mono
The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Access
Open
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Part 1 of Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 4 of Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 5 of Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 6 of Joyce Ellen Cleary, as a Lieutenant, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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