Voluntary Aid Detachment |
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| Title : | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
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| Date of creation : | 1939 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 160 x 220 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment on parade, Keswick Barracks Parade Grounds. The Voluntary Aid Detachment was initially organised by the Australian Red Cross during World War I. In 1928 the Australian Army Medical Corps assumed responsibility. The VADs provided first aid, nursing assistance, comforts, domestic assistance and other supports for returned and wounded soldiers. |
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| Related names : | Australia. Army. Voluntary Aid Detachments |
| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Place : | Torrens Parade Ground |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Beaumont, Joan (ed.) Australia's war, 1939-1945, St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1996 Bolt, Andrew Our home front 1939-1945, Melbourne: Wilkinson Books, c1995 Clark, Rosemary The home front: life in Australia during World War II, Melbourne: Australia Post, 1991 Goodman, R. D. VAD's in peace and war: the history of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Australia during the 20th century, Brisbane: Boolarong, 1991 The Home front family album: remembering Australia 1939-1945, introduction by Nancy Keesing, Sydney: Weldon, 1991 McKernan, Michael All in!: Australia during the second world war, Melbourne, Vic.: Nelson, 1983 |
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