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Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Nurses At Knutsford

1943
Overview

Group of six women wearing uniform, tin hats, respirator (gas mask) packs in front of triangular end of tent. Trees, shrubs and other tents in background. Back row (l-r) Lucy Irvine, Dot Brokenshaw, Mrs Clarke. Front: Nell Percy (Assistant Cook), Betty Ingleton, Betty Cowan.

Historical information

Photograph was taken before Army and Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Nurses went overseas.. VAD and Australian Army Medical Women’s Service (AAMWS) nurses lived in Claremont at Knutsford before going overseas. World War II tin hats and respirator (gas mask) packs were worn for drill.

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Registration number
cwa-org-28--4-117-b
Item type
Photographs
Themes
Medicine & Health
Year
1943
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Copyright category
Life of creator +70 years
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Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Nurses at Knutsford
Back (l-r) Lucy Irvine, Dot Brokenshaw, Mrs Clarke
Front (l-r) Nell Percy, Betty Ingleton, Betty Cowane
Source: Claremont Museum 04.117b

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