| Accession Number | AWM2017.213.9 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Date made | 1942-1953 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Photographs relating to VFX121878 Mavis Jean Lay, Australian Army Medical Womens Service
Description
Series of studio portraits of VFX121878 Mavis Jean Lay, Australian Army Medical Womens Service (AAMWS). Lay served with the AAMWS from 1942 until 1953, working at the Hampton Convalescent Depot for servicewomen between 1942 and 1944; 25 Camp Hospital between 1944 and 1945 and 106 Australian General Hospital between 1945 and 1946. She worked as a secretary to several Chief of Staff and Commander-in-Chiefs during the BCOF period in Japan (Kure, Eta Jima & Tokyo) and during the Korean War she was stationed in Seoul for two weeks. After she was discharged in 1953, Lay worked with the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) doing secret intelligence training and operations in Asia and the UK. She was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1978.