Joyce Catherine Anne Connolly (née Patterson), as a Flight Officer, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service, interviewed by Angie Michaelis for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

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Accession Number S00567
Collection type Sound
Measurement 1 hr 50 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; TDK D60; two track mono
Maker Connolly (nee Patterson), Joyce Catherine Anne
Date made 26 March 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 nursing training; reasons for enlistment in Air Force; nursing duties at Point Cook, Vic; embarkation for New Guinea; description of journey to Kiriwina, Trobrian Islands; pay rate for RAAFNS; contact with American servicemen; leisure; description of Air Evacuation Scheme; categories of injuries that required Air Evacuation Services; nursing duties during air evacuation flights; nursing POWs.