| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART03561 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 76.4 x 63.6 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Wilkie, Leslie |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1920 |
| Conflict |
Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Matron Evelyn Conyers
Description
Depicts a portrait of Matron in Chief Evelyn Augusta Conyers, CBE, RRC and Bar, FNM (Florence Nightingale Medal), AANS, who joined the Australian Imperial Force as a senior nursing sister in 1914 and sailed overseas with the first contingent. In 1915 she became Matron-in-Chief of the Australian Army Nursing Service, an appointment she held until the end of the war. She was appointed a CBE, made member of the Royal Red Cross and awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal for her services to nursing.
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