Gladys Sandford papers, 1891-1987

fonds

1891-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

895941

0.18 metres of textual material (1 box)

Gladys Sandford enlisted with the NZ Expeditionary Force in 1915 and worked as a nurse in Egypt before being attached to the New Zealand Hospital at Hornchurch while in the Mechanical Transport Corps. She worked as an ambulance driver and was placed on the strength of the N.Z. Army Service Corps, serving in Egypt, France and England. After being demobilised she became a car salesperson and set out on a long motor tour around Australia. She was the first woman in New Zealand to enlist in an aviation course and the only woman eligible for membership in the NZ Returned Soldiers Association.

ITEM 01
Gladys Sandford papers, ca. 1891-1925

ITEM 02
Gladys Sandford papers, ca. 1920-1987

ITEM 03
Gladys Sandford narrative, ca. 1927

ITEM 04
Gladys Sandford scrapbook, ca. 1915-1970

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No.2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.6430
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers