| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL25741 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Uniform |
| Physical description | Cotton organza |
| Location | Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Borneo |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1944-1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Autographed and embroidered nurse's veil : Sister J M Loutit, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
Description
Nurse's white cotton veil embroidered with many coloured signatures of Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU) nurses, pilots and AIF personnel. The key seems to indicate that nurse's signatures are in blue, and pilot's are in black, red, yellow and green. AIF personnel signatures are brown.
History / Summary
Associated with 500548 Sister Joan Medway Loutit, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS). Daughter of Brigadier N M Loutit DSO and bar,ED, the Commanding Officer of Darwin Overland Maintenance Force, Sister Loutit trained at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, from 1940-1943. She joined the RAAFNS and served as a theatre sister at Concord Military Hospital, before joining the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU). MAETU flew casualties, and later prisoners of war back to Australia from the Pacific Islands. Sister Loutit was based on Morotai. In 1946 she joined the fledgling Trans Australian Airways as one of its first hostesses.