Angels of War: Remembering Australian Army Nurses

Angels of War:
Remembering Australian Army Nurses

Exhibition from
22.07.22 - 24.07.22 at Federation Square, Melbourne

Taking place on 22nd – 24th July 2022, this experience is a commemoration to the nurses in battle that have kept Australia alive. It is here that we take a look at their stories, and the tales of those who have been looked over by history yet made some of the largest impacts during wartime. This site takes what was seen in the exhibit and elaborates on it even further, bringing light to more stories often untold and the sacrifices that were made for us.

Exhibition from
22.07.22 - 24.07.22 at Federation Square, Melbourne

Header image: “Abbeville”, by A. Streeton. The painting depicts tents at the 3rd Australian General Hospital with impressionist figures of soldiers and nurses in front of the tents. Courtesy of The Australian War Memorial

Feature Story

The Vyner Brooke Tragedy
(80 Year Anniversary)

On the 12th of February, 1942, the coastal steamer named the Vyner Brooke departed from Singapore, headed to Sumatra, with 65 nurses from the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) aboard amongst it’s 181 passengers. The decision was hastily made on February 6th to evacuate, after it became clear that Japanese invasion of Singapore was imminent.