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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: MRS THOMAS IN RED CROSS WINTER UNIFORM

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c. 1935

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Overview

The original black and white photograph shows Mrs Thomas sitting with her hands folded in her lap against a dark background. She wears a dark suit with a belted jacket and the Red Cross badge pinned on the left side of the jacket, a shirt and tie, soft, wide-brimmed hat and heavy leather gauntlets. Handwritten on the back are the words: "To Nanny with VAD love."

Historical information

This detachment of the VAD was formed in 1933-34 by Mrs E.M. Thomas, OBE

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.245

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

85 mm

Height or length

135 mm

Keywords

Red Cross - Australian

THOMAS, Ethel Maude

For Digitising April 2023

Year

Statement of significance

Historical - local and military. Women's service group

Last modified

Tuesday, 10 October, 2023

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