MALAYA, 1941. GROUP PORTRAIT OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS) NURSES AND OTHER STAFF ...

Place Asia: Malaya
Accession Number P01691.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MALAYA, 1941. GROUP PORTRAIT OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS) NURSES AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OF 2/4TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (CCS). LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: SISTER DORA S. GARDAM; UNKNOWN; SISTER WILHELMINA RAYMONT; SISTER E. ("MILLIE") DORSCH. FRONT ROW: MATRON IRENE M. DRUMMOND; SISTER ELAINE BALFOUR-OGILVY; UNKNOWN; SISTER E. MAVIS HANNAH; UNKNOWN. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SISTER HANNAH, ALL OF THE NURSES LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE PRISONERS-OF-WAR (POWS) OF THE JAPANESE.