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Former Air Force Nursing Officer Val Lawrence, meets Warrant Officer Class One Darren Wasley at the War Veterans’ Home at Myrtle Bank in South Australia. Story by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel. Photos by Sergeant Murray Staff.

ADF People History Veterans

Nurse and rescued orphan meet 50 years on

16/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2049 Views 0 Comments Service Nurses, Vietnam War

After decades of war and with the imminent fall of Saigon in 1975, a humanitarian crisis was unfolding in South

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The bronze statue honouring Sister Greta Towner's service in Blackall’s Memorial Park, Queensland. Story by Captain Cath Batch. Photos by Major Edward Dahlheimer.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing History Lest We Forget

Nursing service wrought in bronze

17/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 928 Views 0 Comments Service Nurses, WWI

Once just a name on the Blackall State School honour roll in Queensland, Sister Greta Towner (1891-1961), who served as

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The sculpture of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial. Story and photo by Private Nicholas Marquis.

ADF People History Lest We Forget News

Statue a tribute to all military nurses

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1556 Views 0 Comments AWM, Service Nurses, WWII

As the sun rose above the Australian War Memorial on August 2, its light touched the face of the first

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Nursing officers conduct a collective training simulation activity at HMAS Penguin in Sydney. Story by Ayesha Inoon. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Work of nurses celebrated

13/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1722 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, International Nurses Day, Service Nurses

Today is International Nurses Day and Defence is celebrating the extraordinary efforts of its nursing workforce, both serving and civilian.

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A glass-panel depiction of Australian Army nurses in WWII – part of a magnificent national memorial to Service Nurses on Anzac Parade, Canberra, dedicated in 1999. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

Australian News Veterans

75th Anniversary of horrible massacre

16/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3908 Views 0 Comments Banka Island, Indonesia, Service Nurses, SS Vyner Brooke

Today is the 75th anniversary of one of the darkest chapters of WWII when 21 Australian Army nurses and up to 100

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