SISTER VERE WILKINSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS). SHE SAW SERVICE ABOARD THE 2/1ST ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number P01577.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SISTER VERE WILKINSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS). SHE SAW SERVICE ABOARD THE 2/1ST HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA AND LATER WITH NO. 114 (GOULBURN) MILITARY HOSPITAL. SHE WAS ABOARD THE MANUNDA WHEN IT WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE IN DARWIN HARBOUR AND IS REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED A MINOR WOUND AT THIS TIME. (DONOR R. MARKS)