| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Maryborough |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR04820 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Document |
| Maker |
Duncan, Eileen Ethel |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1941-1946 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Duncan, Eileen Ethel (Lieutenant, b.1908 - d.1994)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QFX54943 Lieutenant Eileen Ethel Duncan, Australian Army Nursing Service, Australia, c.1941-1946.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of documents relating to Lieutenant Duncan’s service as a nurse in Australia and Lae, New Guinea, during the Second World War. It contains:
1x Portrait of Lieutenant Duncan, [date unknown]
1x Soldier’s Record of Service Book, 1941-1945
1x Member’s Personal Equipment Card, 1945
1x Demobilisation Procedure Book, 1946
1x Letter from the Matron-in-Chief of the Australian Army Nursing Service to [Lieutenant Duncan], Melbourne, [c 1946]
1x Letter of Termination of Appointment from Australian Military Forces Headquarters to Lieutenant Duncan, Brisbane, 23 May 1946
1x Summary of Conditions of Awards, c 1948
History / Summary
Eileen Ethel Duncan was born in Maryborough, Queensland on 29 November 1908. After completing her primary and secondary education, Duncan studied to become a nurse. She served with the Australian Military Forces during this period with the 116th Australian General Hospital (AGH). Duncan continued to serve with this hospital unit when the Second World War began and was promoted to staff nurse on 3 February 1941. Duncan was called up for full time duties in the hospital on 18 December and was promoted to Sister II on the same day. In November 1942 she was called up for service with the Second Australian Imperial Force, but remained working in 116 AGH. She was promoted to lieutenant in March 1943. In November that year she was posted to 2/9 AGH. On 11 January 1945, Duncan embarked from Townsville aboard transport ship Taroona bound for Lae, New Guinea. She disembarked at Lae on 16 January and took up her new posting with 2/7 AGH. In July, Duncan was briefly posted to 2/2 AGH, returning to 2/7 AGH in September. Following the surrender of Japanese forces, Duncan remained at Lae until December, when she embarked for Australia aboard the Australian Hospital Ship Manunda, disembarking in Sydney on 19 December. She was discharged from the AIF in March 1946.