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Australian Army Medical Corps 1st WW Nurse
© IWM (Q 30376)
A nurse of the Australian Army Medical Corps. Taken in December 1917, on the roof of the offices of the Department of Information, 8 Buckingham Gate, London. © IWM (Q 30371)
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Australian Army Medical Corps 1st WW Nurse
Jo,
An interesting picture, the first one shows what appears to be a Royal Engineers cap badge worn on her right sleeve, this may of course be a Canadian Engineers badge. Rob |
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Its the cloth 'Royal Australian Army Nursing Service' badge on her arm. Standard issue to all Australian nurses in WWI.
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Thanks Milmed for the info.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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Here are some links to view the arm badge...
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws....en/3825970.JPG https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/83...c9e5f76f93.jpg |
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Wonderful pictures.
There is a device which looks like a medal ribbon. Any thoughts? Oz. |
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Possibly one of the Royal Red Cross decorations ??
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they both have medal ribbon bars.
could either been the 1914-15 star or the BWM ribbon just noticed the pic was taken 1917. so maybe the ARC or RRC bc |
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