WW2 Defence, War & Africa Service Medal to Nurse EE Rawlinson SA Medical Nursing Services
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A Group of Three Second World War Medals to Miss Elaine Edna Rawlinson, a Senior Professional Nurse in the South African Medical Nursing Services.
- Defence Medal
- 1939-1945 War Medal
- Africa Service Medal (silver)
All three impressed: “309293 E.E. Rawlinson”
Also there is a collection of original documents and envelopes which are displayed in the images.
The sale is accompanied by 21 pages of documentation copied from the archives.
From these it can be gathered that Rawlinson attested in 1942 at the age of 25. Before the war she has been a Dental Nurse with a practice in Pietermaritzburg. He first posting was with the Springfield Military Hospital in Durban. In October 1944 she was sent to Egypt serving at the 101 SA Special Hospital and then at the No. 5 SA General Hospital. Her term oversees ended early in 1946 and on returning to South Africa she served a few more month with Springfield Military Hospital before being discharge in August 1946 to care for her ailing mother.
Note: I am also listing a WW2 medal group to her sister, EM Rawlinson, also a nurse with the SAMNS
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