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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 391 Collections and/or Records:

Service diary, 1943

 Item — Box 1: Series S2875; Series S2876; Series S2877; Series S2878; Series S2879; Series S2880; Series S2881; Series S2882
Identifier: S287900010
Scope and Contents 1943 Service diary from Herbert Leon Bailey.
Dates: 1943

Service diary

 Digital Image
Identifier: D287900010
Dates: 1943

SHAVE, Norma Irene Annetta interviewed by Rangimaria Suddaby and Shona Fordyce

 Record Group
Identifier: H0113
Overview Norma recalls her education and employment at a Thornbury farm, leisure activities e.g. fly fishing, dances, growing vegetables, learning to drive and doing the drivers licence test. At the age of 12 Norma decided she wanted to be a nurse and put her name down to become a nurse at Kew Hospital aged 20/21. She goes on to give an account of a fire at Kew Hospital in August 1939, the evacuation of patients and the repurposing of Lorne Hospital for patients. In 1950 she travelled to London to work...
Dates: 2012