Australian Service Nurses National Memorial

Australian Service Nurses National Memorial

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Australian Service Nurses National Memorial
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Anzac Park, Campbell ACT 2612

Memorial Type
Wall
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Dedication Date
02 Oct 1999

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Memorial to supreme sacrifice, courage and devotion

This memorial is in memory of the Australian Service Nurses. Their supreme sacrifice, courage and devotion were inspiring to those for whom they so willingly

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Bombay, India. c 1917. Three members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) sitting at a table in a ward at Victoria War Hospital. The hospital had two hundred beds on each of the first three floors and Sister's quarters on the fourth. It received the most serious cases as it was five minutes from the dock. Patients were received from Mesopotamia, including British POWs released by the Turks, Turkish prisoners and British troops. At one stage, British troops suffering from heatstroke were received at
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Sister Emily Clare, Australian Army Nursing Service

Born in Melbourne on 11 September 1890, Emily Clare was the youngest daughter of Peter and Mary Clare. She had four sisters and three brothers.

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