McLinden, Winifreda (VAD, b.1897 - d.1984)

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number PR06074
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm.
Object type Document
Maker Various
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1918-1930
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of Winifreda McLinden, British Voluntary Aid Detachment. Collection consists of an autograph book given to Winifreda by her sister Agnes on the occasion of her 20th birthday. Winifreda McLinden was a Voluntary Aid Detachment member working at No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Southall England during 1918. Many of the verses, drawings and signatures in the autograph book are from Australian servicemen who were recuperating at the hospital during that time.