Sleeve badge: Australian Army Nursing Service - Sister L A Walter, AANS, AIF

Circular cotton hand embroidered 'Australian Army Nursing Service' Summer weight sleeve badge. The badge is of grey cotton zephyr with white, red and green embroidery. At the centre is a red Cross of Geneva with embroidery between the arms. Outside the cross, in a circular frame, are the words, 'AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE' within a laurel wreath and above is a King's crown with red embroidery inserts.

This badge was worn by Lilian Agnes Walter who was born at Candelo near Bega, New South Wales in 1888. Miss Walter received her Nurse's Certificate from Sydney Hospital in January 1914 and enlisted as a nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service in June 1915. One month later Sister Walter embarked on HMAT Orsova in Sydney as a reinforcement for 2 Australian General Hospital. She served with that unit for most of the war, but also saw service with 1 Australian Stationary Hospital (Maadi, Egypt), 2, 23 and 26 General Hospitals (France) during 1916 and 1 Australian Auxillary Hospital (Harefield Park, England) in 1918. She returned to Australia in December 1918 and was discharged in March 1919.