Wilson, Madeline Alice Kendall (Sister, b.1888 - d.1988)

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number PR86/326
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type Document
Maker Arden, John Phillip Humphrey 'Jack'
Lawless-Pyne, Madeline Alice Kendall
Place made Australia
Date made 1982
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 749/004/022
Conflict 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

Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Madeline Alice Kendall Wilson (later Lawless-Pyne), Australian Army Nursing Service, Gallipoli, Middle East, 1914-1918.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of handwritten biographical notes, made by [ex-QX11588 Private] John "Jack" Arden in 1982, on the life and service of Sister Madeline Wilson. The notes were compiled by Arden based on information provided by Wilson (then Mrs Lawless-Pyne) and drawn from her service dossier created by Australian Army base records. The notes include extracts from Wilson's 1915 diary, and include Wilson's description of action and service on hospital ships off Gallipoli.