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Magnificent, Untiring Service: Nursing in the Second AIF
Shrine of Remembrance
English - March 18, 2021 23:39 - 56 minutes - 129 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHistory Education air force kokoda navy peacekeeping shrine anzac army first fromelles Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Presented by Dr Madonna Grehan
While the exact numbers are unclear, it’s estimated that around 5000 nurses served in the military during the Second World War in a range of locations throughout the world. In this International Women’s Day Address for the Shrine of Remembrance, Madonna Grehan considers the state of nursing in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Drawing on biographies of Second World War nurses, Dr Grehan will discuss how nurses’ work, and their profession, had changed dramatically since the First World War.
Dean Bowen's Imagining Centaur is on display daily until 2022.