Sub-fonds 05: Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, Voluntary Aid Detatchment reco...
Sub-fonds 05: Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, Voluntary Aid Detatchment records, [ca. 1915-ca. 2010]
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Date
1915-2010
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9976
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Physical Description
Contents
7.84 metres of textual and graphic material (49 boxes)
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Level of description
Sub-fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Records, ca. 1915-ca. 2010, from Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detatchment (VAD) groups and associated individuals throughout New South Wales, including meeting minutes, research notes, published books and booklets, VAD histories, correspondence, photographs, clippings and ephemera.
BOX 1 (Red Cross Archives control number VAD 001)
Stanmore VA...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sub-fonds 05: Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, Voluntary Aid Detatchment records, [ca. 1915-ca. 2010]
Notes
General note
Items in contents list are present within boxes, but not arranged sequentially within boxes.
Description source
The contents list is adapted from an inventory compiled by Red Cross volunteers.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The primary role of a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) member was that of nursing orderly in hospitals, carrying out menial but essential tasks. They were not employed in military hospitals, except as ward and pantry maids; rather, they worked in Red Cross convalescent and rest homes, canteens, and on troop trains. At the start of the First World War...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9976
Record Identifier
YRlBOyln
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlBOyln
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Reference code
1009689
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