Leitch, Lilian (Sister)

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Accession Number PR00444
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 20 items
Object type Papers
Maker Leitch, Lilian
Date made 1912-1965
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 94/0683
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Period 1950-1959
Period 1960-1969
Period 1920-1929
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

A collection consisting of Sister Leitch's nursing certificates 1912-1923, newspaper and magazine clippings on the 1965 Gallipoli Pilgrimage in which Sister Leitch took part, newspaper clipping about her OBE, her funeral notice and obituary, a postcard of Kitchener's Hospital, a programme for the Anzac Day 1917 Memorial Service held at the AIF and War Chest Club Westminister, 2 autograph albums, a photograph album, 2 photographs of Sister Leitch in her uniform, and a handwritten copy of a speech Sister Leitch gave on Anzac Day 1964. The 13 page speech details Sister Leitch's wartime service with particular reference to Gallipoli and the crude working conditions of 3 AGH while on Lemnos.