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Accession Number | PR87/128 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 10 FOLDERS |
Object type | Letter, Papers, Photograph |
Maker |
Smairl, Lilian Gladys |
Date made | 1937-1969 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 749/042/027 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Smairl, Lilian Gladys (Nursing Sister, Royal Red Cross Medal, Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy b.1898 - d.1987)
Description
LARGE COLLECTION DOCUMENTING SISTER SMAIRL'S SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL NAVY DURING WW2. AN AUSTRALIAN, WHO WAS IN ENGLAND WHEN WAR WAS DECLARGED, SHE WAS STATIONED AT CHATHAM NAVAL BASE, SERVED AT DUNKIRK EVACUATION AND ON HOSPITAL SHIPS SUCH AS THE "VASNA", WHERE SHE SAW ACTIVE SERVICE IN MANY OPERATIONS