Vera Deakin WW1 Wounded and Missing Bureau

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Series[UMA-SRE-20200060] VERA DEAKIN PAPERSAccessionAccession lot 424IdentifierUMA-ITE-2020006000006Scope and ContentFile comprises Enquiry List October 1915; 2 x letters June 1919; letter November 1917; copy of Vera Deakin British Empire Army Certificate of Identity for Civilians wearing the Red Cross Brassard; handwritten letters October 1919 [?] and August 1918; letter July 1919; 4 x black and White photographs (Kaiser's Palace, Scene in Berlin during strike 1919, German workers at Rferat (sp?) III, Kreigsministerium for Australian Red Cross, Capt. C. Mills, first member of the Australian Imperial Force to reach the objective); 2 x Joint Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) Committee notes - British War medal award 1917, Assistant Commandant of Australian Detachment 1918; Joint war Committee special badge No. SL2563; Empire Nurses Red Cross Club, small typed note from Taha Adum; letter accompanying Chevron award and certificate, Egyptian State Railways pass 1916; Westminster Abbey Festival Service 1917 programme; 1 x black and white photograph of Vera in office 36 Grosvenor Place, London 1918 - Tracing Bureau, on telephone far left corner, Mrs Scantlebury beside her; 3 x photographs of Oxshott, Surrey (Mrs Lilian Scantlebury and Lady White 1918, Mrs Lilian Scantelbury 1918 and Enquiry Bureau for Wounded Missing POW Australian Red Cross Society 26 Grosvenor Place London 1919); news clippings in German, sent from Berlin by Alwyn Hay stationed there between 1914-1918; object: Fabric Blue Chevrons from Lady White's uniform.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2020.0060 Unit 0001

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Enquiry Bureau of wounded and missing P.O.W. Australian Red Cross Branch

British Red Cross Society Tracing Bureau room

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CreatorDeakin White, VeraRoleProvenance

Provenance

CreatorAustralian Red Cross Society, Victorian DivisionRoleProvenance

Dates

Date1915-1919

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Previous System ID2020.0060.00006

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Feature CollectionRecords of the Australian Red Cross

University of Melbourne Archives

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Vera Deakin WW1 Wounded and Missing Bureau