Jean Elizabeth Cogswell (nee Summers), as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Accession Number S00549
Collection type Sound
Measurement 2hr 11 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; unbranded C60; two track mono
Maker Cogswell (nee Summers), Jean Elizabeth
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Birchgrove
Date made 27 February 1989
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Source credit to The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Description

Discussing joining AANS; posting to 2/5th Australian General Hospital; censorship of mail; rates of pay; uniforms; comparison between American nursing wards and Australian wards; shortages of drugs; nursing POWS.