Victoria's Past - Rescued and Retold

With the ebb and flow of time, a little of Victoria's jettisoned past has washed up upon my desk: a discarded photo, a worn postcard, or a fading newspaper. Their long forgotten characters now retell their stories in a digital sampling, post by post. Their voices are my blog's vignettes. Researched and written by Heather Arnold.

Showing posts with label Army Nurses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Army Nurses. Show all posts
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Mary Alice Sherriff - Army Nurse

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Mary Alice Sherriff served in the British India Nursing Service unit (1) of the Australian Imperial Forces, during World War One.  Mary was...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

Sister Muriel Instone - World War One Nurse

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Muriel Annie Linda Instone was born at Riversleigh , Thornbury, New Zealand on April 22, 1878 to Matthew and Emily (nee Brodrick) Instone. M...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Staff-Nurse Jane Eleanor Turner

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Jane Eleanor Turner was born in Lysterfield on October 27, 1887 to Josiah Stansfeld Milne Turner and his wife and Lucy Ida (nee Billington) ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Sister Florence Vines - World War One Nurse

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Florence Vines operated the Shepton Private Hospital in Berwick, served in the Australian Army Nursing Service in World War One and later be...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

Sister Norah Lehman and Sister Aileen Lehman

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The Cranbourne Avenue of Honour was officially opened on August 9, 1919 (1) .  The Avenue represented 59 men and two women, Sister Norah Le...
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Heather
I am a local history enthusiast, the President of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society and the Secretary of the South Eastern Historical Association. I was the Local History Librarian at Casey Cardinia Libraries from 2005 until 2021.
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