QUESTIONS: 1.) How did you feel knowing that you were fighting for your country? As an army nurse we were not required to fight for our country, however, to be in uniform and part of the wartime effort was of enormous importance to me. 2.) What effect did your going off to war have on your family? My mother was very pleased that I joined the RAAFNS. My brother was a Doctor in the Army and she …showed first 75 words of 1118 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1118 total…the tremendous bonds between our friends and comrades. We had friendships which have lasted to this day. We have been able, by virtue of the RSL and our Returned Services Nurses Club to continue to serve our country and in particular the war veterans. We have the collections of money on Anzac and Remembrance Days, our welfare, hospital and home visiting. Our wartime experiences taught us that it is better to give than to receive.