VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT APRON

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1914

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Overview

VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) apron, cotton, machine made, pinafore style, has front bodice with straps.
Button self covered, closure at waist back.
Bodice strap buttons are missing.

Historical information

M. Thomson VAD, owner / wearer.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2003.28

Item type

Objects

Themes

Social History

Material

Cotton

Height or length

110 cm

Inscriptions and markings

M Thomson written in black ink on the waist of the apron.

Contextual Information

The VAD nurses were established in the First World War by the Red Cross and the Order of St John. Initially they served only in Australia, supporting military nursing staff in such roles as orderlies, fundraisers and the nursing of soldiers crippled by the war. By the Second World War, the group's numbers and duties were expanded to include their involvement overseas as ambulance drivers, hospital ship nurses and in the blood banks. Although not fully qualified nurses, these women played an important role in keeping the hospitals running and rehabilitating soldiers. By 1967 the group was renamed the Voluntary Aid Service Corps.

Year

1914

Statement of significance

Provenance:

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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