Object numberM2011/003:002
DescriptionPhotograph of Maadi in Voluntary Aid Detachment uniform with other VADs taken in 1939. Maadi is denoted by a small blue x at the bottom of her skirt.
Maadie Einfeld was eager to help during WWII which she attributes to patriotism she got from her father, Maurice Sussman, who served in WWI . Maadi worked for the Missing, Wounded and POW Department of the Red Cross writing sympathy letters but what she really wanted to do was nursing. She also volunteered on weekends with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and The Stage Door Canteen which entertained troops. Maadi met her husband, who was serving with the AIF, while he was in Sydney on leave in 1944 and they married a year later.
Maadie Einfeld was eager to help during WWII which she attributes to patriotism she got from her father, Maurice Sussman, who served in WWI . Maadi worked for the Missing, Wounded and POW Department of the Red Cross writing sympathy letters but what she really wanted to do was nursing. She also volunteered on weekends with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and The Stage Door Canteen which entertained troops. Maadi met her husband, who was serving with the AIF, while he was in Sydney on leave in 1944 and they married a year later.
Production placeNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 1939
Subjectvolunteers, women
Object namephotographs
Dimensions
- width: 139.00 mm
height: 88.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Maadi Einfeld