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Dulcie Thompson as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1940-1966, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Thompson, Dulcie Vera Bassett, Jan
Early life; began nursing at the age of 19 in Adelaide; joined army reserve in 1937; after declaration of war in 1939 carried out part-time nursing duties for the army on days off from civilian nursin...S01811
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Gwendolyn Merle Taylor, as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Taylor, Gwendolyn Merle Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joined army reserve in 1937; called up in 1940; left for Middle East on Queen Mary with six thousand troops in 1941; nursing duties during voyage; arrival in Gaza; descri...S01807
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Gwenyth Farrar Jones, as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and 2/5th Australian General Hospital, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Jones, Gwenyth Farrar Michaelis, Angie
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...S00545
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Janet Lucas as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Lucas, Janet Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training at Sydney Hospital in 1926; registered for army reserve in 1939; called up in 1940; posted to 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH); camp hospital at ...S01823
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Jean Elizabeth Cogswell (nee Summers), as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
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Maker: Cogswell (nee Summers), Jean Elizabeth
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...S00549
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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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Maker: Cleary, Joyce Ellen
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 ...S00566
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Lorraine Stewart Blow as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1948, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Blow, Lorraine Stewart
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1926 at Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney; travelled to India and nursed there; returned to Australia in 1939 and enlisted in the army; called up in 1...S01825
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McPherson (nee Keast), Daisy Cardin (Tootie) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Keast, Daisy Cardin Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1932; enlisted late 1940 and posted to Ingleburn camp hospital; 18 April 1941 left Sydney on the Hollandia for Rabaul, New Britain and attached to 2/...S01824
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Nora Trethewie (nee Hales) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1945-1952, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Trethewie, Nora Hope
Enlisting in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in March 1945; served in 111 Australian General Hospital in Campbell Town Tasmania; description of hospital; posted to Bonegilla, Victoria then ...S01809
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Olive May Stewart (née Quinn), as a Captain, Nursing Sister, 2/1st Australian General Hospital, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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Maker: Stewart (neé Quinn), Olive May
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...S00554
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Shena Campbell Bewglass as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1941-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bewglass, Sheena Campbell Bassett, Jan
Early life; civilian nursing training; enlisted in Hobart in November 1941; posted to Katherine in Northern Territory; en route to Katherine stopped overnight in Townsville on the night of the first b...S01808