Corporate Body
Australian Army Nursing Service (1902 - 1948)
- From
- 1902
- To
- 1948
- Functions
- Army and Medical Care Provider
- Alternative Names
- AANS (Acronym)
Summary
The Australian Army Nursing Service was formed in 1902 and became the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service in 1948.
Related entries
Timeline
1902 - 1948 Australian Army Nursing Service
1948 - Royal Australian Army Nursing Service
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Bassett, Jan, Guns and Brooches: Austalian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1992), 271 pp. Details
- Hedditch, Katrina, Lemnos 1915: a Nursing Odyssey to Gallipoli ([Highton, Vic.]: Katrina Hedditch, 2011), 198 pp. Details
- Manners, Norman G., Bullwinkel: the true story of Vivian Bullwinkel, a young Army nursing sister, who was the sole survivor of a World War Two massacre by the Japanese (Carlisle, WA: Hesperian Press, 1999), 239 pp. Details
- Neuhaus, Susan J and Mascall-Dare, Sharon, Not for glory: a century of service by medical women to the Australian Army and its Allies. (Brisbane, Queensland: Australian Boolarong Press, 2014). Details
Book Sections
- Fulloon, Gillian, 'Abbott, Joan Stevenson (1899-1975), nursing sister and army matron' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 3-4. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/abbott-joan-stevenson-judy-9302. Details
- Lincoln, Merrilyn, 'Gray, Ethel (1876-1962), nursing sister and army matron' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), p. 84. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090086b.htm. Details
Edited Books
- Goodman, Rupert ed., Our War Nurses: the History of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, 1902-1988 (Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1988), 294 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Finucane, Julie, 'Civilian Legacies of Military Nursing', Health and History, 6 (2) (2004), 97-110. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-597790. Details
Elizabeth Daniels
Created: 1 May 2018, Last modified: 30 November 2021