Territory Stories
Voluntary Aid Detachments
Details:
Title
Voluntary Aid Detachments,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Alice Springs,
Darwin,
Katherine,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Army,
Unit
Voluntary Aid Detachments,
Alternative unit name
VAD,
AAMWS,
History
Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) received some medical training but were not classed as qualified nurses and worked mainly as orderlies on hospital ships, troop trains and in Red Cross convalescent homes. In December 1942 the name changed to the Australian Army Medical Women's Service and all future enlistments to it were known as A.A.M.W.S.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Australia,
Army,
VAD,
AAMWS,
Hospital,
Hospital ship,
Orderlies,
Volunteers,
Voluntary Aid Detachments,
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Australian War Memorial,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C11541 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 027961, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89004302733&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021 [Voluntary Aid Detachments] ,
https://www.ozatwar.com/civilian/vads.htm [History of VAD] ,
https://australiandressregister.org/garment/50/ [VAD Uniform] ,
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0491b.htm [History of VAD],
https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/20118-voluntary-aid-detachments-honour-roll [VAD Roll of Honour] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31084 [Voluntary Aid Detachments],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847874 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847874
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848561 ,
Territory Stories
Voluntary Aid Detachments
Details:
Title
Voluntary Aid Detachments,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Alice Springs,
Darwin,
Katherine,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Army,
Unit
Voluntary Aid Detachments,
Alternative unit name
VAD,
AAMWS,
History
Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) received some medical training but were not classed as qualified nurses and worked mainly as orderlies on hospital ships, troop trains and in Red Cross convalescent homes. In December 1942 the name changed to the Australian Army Medical Women's Service and all future enlistments to it were known as A.A.M.W.S.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Australia,
Army,
VAD,
AAMWS,
Hospital,
Hospital ship,
Orderlies,
Volunteers,
Voluntary Aid Detachments,
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Australian War Memorial,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C11541 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 027961, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89004302733&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021 [Voluntary Aid Detachments] ,
https://www.ozatwar.com/civilian/vads.htm [History of VAD] ,
https://australiandressregister.org/garment/50/ [VAD Uniform] ,
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0491b.htm [History of VAD],
https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/20118-voluntary-aid-detachments-honour-roll [VAD Roll of Honour] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31084 [Voluntary Aid Detachments],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847874 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847874
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848561 ,