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Middle East Voluntary Aid Detachment : 21-September-2011
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The tree commemorates those who served with the Middle East Voluntary Aid Detachment during World War Two.
The Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) was a voluntary unit of civilians providing nursing care for military personnel in the United Kingdom and various other countries in the British Empire. The most important periods of operation for these units were during World War One and World War Two. Although VADs were intimately bound up in the war effort, they were not strictly speaking military nurses, as they were not under the control of the military.
Location
| Address: | Birdwood Avenue, Shrine Reserve, Melbourne, 3000 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.830139 Long: 144.973276 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MA,SKPMiddle East
Voluntary Aid Detachment
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