Papers of Margaret Verco, 1941-1985 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 568721
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Verco, Margaret Dorothy
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1941-1985]
- 0.02 m. (2 folders) + 1 folio item.
- Summary:
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1. Wartime memorabilia, 1941-45 including receipts, army documents, invitation, menus from H.M.T. "Windsor Castle" and H.T. "Aquitania", 1941, a map of Jerusalem and printed material documenting Verco's service in India, Palestine and Egypt. 2. Physiotherapy certificates and photographs and a program relating to the 1959 World Conference for Physical Therapy in Paris. 3. Program for the Jubilee Dinner, Australian Women's Cricket Council, 1985.
- Biography/History:
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Army nurse and physiotherapist. Lieutenant, 2/7th Australian General Hospital. Verco embarked from Sydney in the "Aquitania" in 1941, visiting Singapore and India, later sailing in the "Windsor Castle" to the Suez Canal, where she served in Syria, Palestine and Egypt. After the war, Verco worked as a physiotherapist, and was the Australian delegate to the World Confederation for Physical Therapy during the 1950s.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : MS 3809.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1941-1985
- Occupation:
- Nurses
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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