Nurses MemorialPrint Page 
The plaque commemorates nurses, both civilian and military, who suffered and died whilst serving Australia in times of conflict.
Location
| Address: | Esplanade, Bicentennial Park, adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -12.466667 Long: 130.84 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 16th February, 2001 |
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Dedicated to nurses, both military and civilian, who suffered and died whilst representing Australia in times of conflict.
We used to hear the last post. Oh, a most harrowing sound floating across the river to the hospital…the river was between us and the cemetery.
Behind each ward tent was this little slab of cement and that was for putting the Sawyer stove on…on that you put the steriliser…and could boil up dressings. But you had to light it up. Of course, the wood was nearly always damp.
Lorna Florence Laffer
Triple Certificated Trained Nurse
119th AGH Adelaide River 1942
Oral History Interview TP737, NT Archives Services.
Erected 2001 by the Northern Territory University Nursing Museum, Royal College of Nursing Australia (NT) and the Australian Nursing Federation (NT)
