Informal group portrait of some of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) Sisters being ...

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Accession Number 093491
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Date made 2 July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Informal group portrait of some of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) Sisters being served a sherry in the mess ante-room at the sisters' mess, 2/1st General Hospital. A formal dinner was held in celebration of the 43rd anniversary of the AANS. Identified from left to right: VX117288 Sister Betty Riley from Mt Gambia, South Australia (1); and VX111185 Sister Egyptsia Ivie Martin from Broken Hill, NSW (2).