Gwendolyn Merle Taylor, as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett

Places	Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Kantara Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Gaza Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton Oceania: Australia, Tasmania, Campbell Town
Accession Number	S01807
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	42 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF LP 35; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; stereo; 5 inch
Maker	Taylor, Gwendolyn Merle Bassett, Jan
Date made	20 May 1987
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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.
Source credit to	AWM Special Project Fellowship Award

Description

Early life; nursing training; joined army reserve in 1937; called up in 1940; left for Middle East on Queen Mary with six thousand troops in 1941; nursing duties during voyage; arrival in Gaza; description of injuries treated; posted to 2/2nd Australian General Hospital at Kantara; duties in kitchen at hospital; return to Australia via Colombo; arrival in Adelaide; to Queensland, Campbell Town in Tasmania, Atherton Tablelands in Queensland; description of duties; demobilised in January 1946; joined Citizens Military Force (CMF) and nursed part-time for the army; joined the Returned Sisters Association; set up the Florence Nightingale Home in Tasmania. END OF INTERVIEW
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