Lot 4044

Description

Group of Seven: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. Civil, 2nd type)(lady); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. All medals un-named. Very fine.

Attributed to Matron Mollie Johnstone Scott. Citation from Government House, Sydney, dated 2nd June 1973 reads: 'For services to medicine. Miss Scott has been Matron of the Victor Maxwell Nursery for Blind Babies and Pre-School Children since 1957, and has also worked for the Australian Red Cross Society, the New South Wales Bush Nursing Association, and the Karitane Mothercraft Association'. Mollie Johnstone Scott was born in Auckland, NZ in 1909, daughter of Louis Archibald Scott and Biddy Scott. She gained her nursing degree in 1932 in Nelson, NZ. Her military service was with No.3 New Zealand General Hospital, serving in Egypt, Syria, Italy, and England. In 1945 she set up the New Zealand Military Repatriation Hospital in Kent, UK. She served with the Red Cross for 28 years and was President of the Woollahra Darling Point, NSW Branch from 1956-57 and with the NSW Bush Nursing Service for 23 years. From 1957-76 she was Matron of the Victor Maxwell Nursery for Blind Babies and Pre-school Children. She served with several NSW state and national organisations where she made major contributions to planning and restructuring. Together with Australian Red Cross Society Distinguished Service Award engraved to Mollie J. Scott 8.5.68; Australian Red Cross Society Twenty Years Service Medal with two five year bars, engraved to Miss M. Scott E3185; Life member badge of the NSW Division of the Australian Red Cross Society; Australian Red Cross Society NSW Council badge; Australian Red Cross members badge (2); Original M.B.E. Royal Mint box complete with miniature medal; three sets of miniature campaign medals and ribbon bars; Royal Warrant signed by Queen Elizabeth II; O.B.E. citation; Government House Sydney investiture letter dated 2 August 1973; letter of reply from Miss Scott dated 21 August 1973; book 'The Chapel of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire' by Frederic Hood (1973); booklet 'Statutes of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire' 1970; booklet 'The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Service of Dedication in St'Pauls Cathedral (London), Tuesday 17 May 1988; Letter and receipt for claimed medals from NZ Defence department 1964; Life Members badge and Council badge of the BNA N.S.W. branch; Royal Empire Society Fellows badge; NZ Returned Services Association badge.