File 16: Photographs, taken from an album originally compiled by Lady Persia Elspeth Galleghan, relating to the activities of Red Cross Branch members and Voluntary Aids, ca. 1940-1989.

PXE 1692/vol. 16

file

ca. 1940 - 1989

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1006421

66 photographic prints

1a. Miss Phyl Jenkins - Director Voluntary Aid Service Corps (VASC), 1984
1b. First Aid presentation Chairman VASC Department, Lady Galleghan, Division Commandant and Vice Chairman Dr Rob Higgs, Trauma Committee, August 1982
2a. Race Up Australia Square, Sydney Mobile, 198-.
2b. Persia Porter Cup 1982, Nepean VAD the winners, 1982
3a Cowra Red Cross Voluntary Aids, March 1977
3b. Cowra Red Cross Voluntary Aids, March 1977
4a. Visit to Ballina Red Cross Voluntary Aids by Persia Porter Hon. Div. Commandant, 1968
4b. Visit to Ballina Red Cross Voluntary Aids by Persia Porter Hon. Div. Commandant, 1968
5a. Red Cross Voluntary Aid's Commandant's Dinner, with L. McMaster, M.Grosser, Persia Porter, Agnes Milne and Mrs Jackson, 194-.
5b. Red Cross Voluntary Aids, inspecting a bathroom, far right Agnes Millin, 194-.
6a. Voluntary Aids inspection Parade, with a Major General
6b. VAD instructor, Doreen Shore (left standing) in class - resuscitation Red Cross H.Q, 1983
7a. Voluntary Aid Meeting, Phyl Jenkins at far left, after 1960
7b. Voluntary Aid Meeting, Phyl Jenkins at far left, after 1960
7c. Queen Mother Parade, 1958
7d. Red Cross Voluntary Aids, Refugees Program
8a. Lady Louis Mountbatten's visit; left to right, Lady Berryman, Lady Louis, Dr Francis McKay, Persia Porter, 9 April 1956
8a. Lady Louis Mountbatten's visit; left to right, Mrs P. Porter, Lady Louis, Dr Francis McKay, 9 April 1956
8d. Voluntary Aid Float, with Phyll Bennett, Persia Porter, Flora [McHale?]
8d. Lady Louis Mountbatten, Mrs Porter (behind), 9 April 1956
9. Voluntary Aids, meeting Lady Mountbatten; left to right, shaking handing with Dorothy Lindsay, Syvia Grabben, Beryl Winton, Gwenda Marrison, 1957
10. VAD On eve of Sister Love going to England (on left) Persia Porter centre, Matron Shaw, guest of honour on right, July 1947
11a. Liverpool VAD, winners Lady Cutler Cup, Commandant, Mrs Judith Harker
11b. Red Cross Conference, 1983, V.A.S.C. Cups. with Miss Phyl Jenkins holding the Wilfrid Johnson Cup, Mrs Yvonne Kennedy holding the Lady Cutler Cup, and Mrs Gail Rennick holding the McDonald Cup, 1983
12a. Meeting refugees, at airport
12b. Meeting refugees, at airport. 'Red Cross meets refugees when thy arrive in Australia. It is often comforting to these newly arrived people to see a symbol of protection recognisable from their own country' -- on verso
13a. Food Canteen, possibly set up outside the '"Marine Phoenix", an 'American War Bride Ship', with Commandant Agnes Millin, in Canteen, while a Passenger to America receives tea, Persia Porter at right, 1947
13b. 4th Anniversary reunion, Major Joyce Snelling, now New South Wales Scottish Regiment Commandant, with Persia Porter, 18 September 1943
13c. Phyll Bennett, Persia Porter, Flora McNab
13d. City Central VAD members, Phyll Bennett Commandant, with Beryl Pegler, Mrs Dorothy Lindsey, Beryl Waldren, Phyl Bennett, Judy Shannon, Margaret Beygent?, Val Roger (holding coat), Shirley Jones (Baker), 196-.
14a. Ingleburn Camp Persia Porter, and soldiers, 1940s?
14b. Pennant Hills Voluntary Aids; names left to right Sister Mathison, Jean Hay, Mrs Porter, 1940s?
14c. Pennant Hills Voluntary Aids; left to right, Eileen Ford, Persia Porter, Betty Wilson
14d. Pennant Hills Voluntary Aids, with Sister Mathison (Crown Street)
15a. Ingleburn VAD Camp training
15b. Launching of E C course, Kit Clarke outside No.1 York Street [Sydney], 1970
16a. Group photo, Voluntary Aids, Mrs MacMaster, Mrs Jackson, Mrs McKay (centre), Mrs Gough, Agnes Millan, M. Grosse
16b. Commandants Meeting. Front row, Francis Gough, Dr McKay, Milly Grosse. Back row, P. Porter, Jessie McMaster, Agnes Millin, R. Jackson
17a. Anzac Day, Hyde Park
17b. Anzac Day collection box.
17c. VA Annual Review - Centennial Park, Lady Gowrie, and Lady Wakehurst, Mrs Caldwell, B.Robinson, Ruth Ryan, Saturday August 22 year unknown
17d. Portrait of Milda May Harris, 'Died 1989 in her 80s' late of Greenway Flats Eunis Rd. Milsons Point..', April 1956
18a. Wingham Nursing Home Team, left to right, L Sawyer, section leader, W. Young Aids. B. Johnson, W. Blair, Front Commandant + Detachment, Sister W? Richardson , March 1962
18b. [Item not located, 24/04/2017]
18c. Gay and Tony Chappell's Australia Day Awards, Blacktown Voluntary Aids, January 1986
18c. Gay and Tony Chappell, Blacktown Voluntary Aids, with their Australia Day Awards, January 1986
19a. Lismore VAD detachment dinner, 1968
19b. Lismore VA Commandant, with Lady Galleghan and Phyl Jenkins, 1968
20a. Lady Galleghan with Wagga Voluntary Aids working with Civil Defence during local floods. Francis Duff on right, August 1974
20b. Persia Porter, in casual attire Pennant Hills Boy's Scout Camp
21a. Cowra VASC, September 1974
21b. Muswellbrook VAD, laying a wreath, Anzac Day, 198-.
21c. Les O'Brien, President of Muswellbrook Lions presenting keys to new car to Mrs Alva Hollins, Commandant, Muswellbrook VAs, 198-.
21d. Les O'Brien Lions President, Muswellbrook, Lions Club presenting new vehicle to Mrs Alva Hollins Commandant Muswellbrook VAD, 198-.
22a. First Aid training, Red Cross Voluntary Aid, Neil Campbell helping an "accident victim"
22b. First Aid training, Red Cross Voluntary Aid, Neil Campbell helping an "accident victim"
22c. VA Seminar, Westmead Hospital, J.Smith front row
22d. Deputy Chairman, Alistair Ircott, Executive Director L. Lauchlan, Lady Galleghan, Dr D.Storey, 198-.
23. VA's giving first aid demo at H.Q. with Nick Stepkovitch, May 1983
24. Grafton VAD, Ena Gray Commandant. Standing, Elaine Schafer, Vera Cameron, Marie Murray, Phyl Pankhurst, Heather Oldfield, Shirley Roese, Robyn Jacobs, Sheila Young, Patricia Harper. Seated, June Swanston, Judith Okenford, Judith Foster, Miss E.M. Higham, Ena Gray, Mary Saville, Rena Smith, 1969
25. Winners of the Winifred Johnson Trophy 1951. Haberfield Detachment,. Holding Cup Dorothy Lindsay, 3rd right from cup., Nell Purvis, 1951
26. VA's at Concord Repat Hospital on occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1954
27. Queue at Berala Train Station, after Berala train smash, 1952
28. Red Cross Fete at Government House, Sydney. VAD cadets on parade, 1984
29. Lady Galleghan, far right, Scottish Detachment outside the Garrison Church, 194-.
30. Selling buttons. Dorothy Rhodes, founding member of Epping Branch and VA., [newspaper clipping concerning Rhodes is stuck to the verso of the photograph]. date 1974
31. VADs training at Ingleburn - on raft, (date or original 194-.)
32. Victoria Barracks. Parade inspection
33. New Zealand VADs, with Persia Porte, 1952
34. Training at Narrabeen
35. Cmdt Pigott receiving service award from Lady Mayoress Port [Item not located, 24/04/2017]
36. Parade and First Aid demonstration for Lady Louis Mountbatten, Persia Porter and Phyll Bennett looking, 10 April 1956
37a. Venue Showground (Hordern Pavilion etc.) first aid competition
37b. Wilfred Johnson Cup winners
38a. Lady Galleghan cutting Red Cross 75th Anniversary Cake, 1989
38a. Red Cross V.A.S.C. 75th Anniversary Cake, 1989
39a. Lady Galleghan cutting 75 year VASC cake
39c. VASC caravan
39d. VASC caravan

Arranged by the archivists of the Australian Red Cross Society. New South Wales Division.

Copyright status:: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Content lists of File records have been adapted from an inventory compiled by Red Cross volunteers.

Red Cross Archives control number AL 017.

Date of photographs are taken from the Red Cross Inventory.