| Accession Number | AWM2019.256.5 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Welding, Dorothy |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1939 - 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| 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. |
Collection of photos related to NX266 Lieutenant Ursula 'Goldie' Mary Golden
Description
Collection of images related to the service of NX266 Lieutenant (Lt) Ursula Mary 'Goldie Golden, 2/1 Australian General Hospital. Prior to enlisting on 18 December 1939, Lt Goldie had worked as a Staff Nurse at the Prince of Wales Repatriation General Hospital. Her brothers, 3149A Private Phillip Golden and 1433 Private Thomas Golden, had served in the First World War. In an article in The Sun, she described feeling that "she would be following their footsteps to the next war".
Lt Golden and NX6662 Bombardier (Bdr) Robert Edward Alan 'Bob' Gray, who knew each other as teenagers in Sydney, were reunited in the Middle East during the Second World War. They were married in Jerusalem on 14 February 1941. Lt Golden returned to Australia on 15 April 1942.
Includes a variety of portrait images; group portraits of nurses, Australian soldiers, nurses playing a piano; tourist images of Jerusalem; Cairo train station (including Golden); a large group of nurses with cameras; nurses in recreational activities; camp bathroom facilities; ablution block; washing day; Ingleburn Camp; tents (including being cleaned); visit from General Wavell; visit from Anthony Eden; visit from Robert Gordon Menzies.
Images of service of Lieutenant Ursula Golden, include Lieutenant Golden tending to soldier in Australia; portrait of Goldie in Uniform; NX6662 Robert Edward Allen Gray, 2/1 Field Regiment and Tim Kennard
Named people in images:
NX289 Captain Patricia Elsie Tarrant
NX262 Lieutenant Colonel Constance Amy Fall
NX6662 Bombardier (Bdr) Robert Edward Alan 'Bob' Gray
SFX35663 Corporal Sylvia June Mudge
NX263 Rita Ann Hanscombe
Possibly NX12617 Colonel Kathleen Annie Louise Best
Possibly VX38869 Principal Matron Grace Margaret Wilson
Possibly NX8357 Thomas George Kennard
Possibly NX274 Phyllis Leeton Simpkins
Major Russell
Pfieffer (Nurse at Ingleburn Camp, 1939)
Cummings (Nurse at Ingleburn Camp, 1939)
Cunningham (Nurse at Ingleburn Camp, 1939)
Wheeler (Nurse at Ingleburn Camp, 1939)