| Accession Number | P03947.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Thomas Thomas |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
| Date made | c 1941 - 1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of SFX15101 Private (Pte) Nancy Stewart Eglinton, of Adelaide, SA, who ...
Description
Studio portrait of SFX15101 Private (Pte) Nancy Stewart Eglinton, of Adelaide, SA, who volunteered on 10 November 1941 with in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). Pte Eglinton is wearing her dark blue winter uniform jacket with a self fabric belt, a Red Cross badge sewn on the left breast pocket and a colour patch of the 128 AGH. In 1942 Pte Eglinton, with the majority of the VADs, was transferred to the newly formed Australian Army Medical Women’s Service. During the war she was posted in Northern Queensland, and possibly in New Guinea towards the end of the war. She served with 128 Australian General Hospital (AGH), 2/6 AGH and when discharged from service on 26 April 1946 she was serving with 101 AGH, based at Northfield, Adelaide. At the end of the war she met and married S3509 Colin Malcolm McEachern, a telegraphist from the Royal Australian Navy who served as a coastwatcher during the war. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) during his service in dangerous waters aboard HMAS Parkes.