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Clerici

BROOKS, Constance Jessie

Date of birth: 
1888
Biographical notes: 

Constance Jessie Brooks (1888–1966), who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service in India from 1917 to 1919, was the daughter of Yates and Emma Brooks (nee Mullen).

Constance Brooks, Bombay 1918 (private collection)
Rawalpindi where Brooks was stationed in 1917 (AWM P00562.079)
Brooks in AANS uniform for India (private collection)
Constance Brooks (right), Sisters Club, Bombay 1917
Brooks (top right) on leave in Egypt c1918 (private collection)
Constance (front right), John Clerici (front left) Basrah (private collection)
Constance Clerici and Chassie Brooks (left) (private collection)
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Gone to War as Sister: Constance Brooks - traveller

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One of 16 illustrated panels prepared by Janet Scarfe and volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition, Gone to War as Sister, commemorating the lives and work of the many women who served as nurses in the First World War and had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.

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