History
The RAANC has a long and distinguished History dating back to the deployment of nurses to the Boer War.
To read about the history of the RAANC - Just open the link below.
A pictorial history has been included in the galleries as a Power Point Presentation.
Prayer
Almighty God, who through Your Son Jesus Christ showed compassion for all who were ill and afflicted in mind or body, grant that we, the members of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, may be able to follow his example and share his compassion.
Help us at all times to have patience with the unreasonable, sympathy with the fearful, and care for the uncomplaining. Give us skill, but make us gentle.
Give us efficiency, but make us kind. Help us to be firm, but
understanding.
We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
Badge and Embellishments
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| RAANC Badge |
The Lamp of Learning (associated with Hygiea, the Greek Goddess of Health) within a circle inscribed with the Corps' title; below, a scroll bearing the Corps' motto PRO HUMANITATE (FOR HUMANITY). The whole is surmounted by the Crown and backed with a scarlet coloured cloth.
The colour was adopted from the British Army nursing badge which goes back to 1902. In that year the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was inaugurated and its badge was designed by Queen Alexandra herself; the badge was called a “cape medallion” and was worn on the nurses' scarlet capes. The medallion was made of silver and contained, in the design, the Danish Cross (the Queen was a Danish Princess).
The Queen Alexandra Royal Nursing Corps (QARNC) was formed from the QAIMNS in 1949 and the Corps carried on the tradition of the silver badge; the Corps also uses the colour silver in its badges of rank.
The current RAANC badge was introduced into the Australian Army in 1953, adopting the QARNC tradition of silver; the scarlet backing represents the nurses capes on which the original medallion was worn.
Corps March
The Corps March was originally "The Girls in Grey". Following the entry of males into the Corps in the 1970s the march was changed. It maintains its historical link by commencing with the first bars of "Girls in Grey", and then changes to "Second to None".
RAANC Corps MarchMotto
The Corps Motto is "Pro Humanitate" meaning for humankind, it embraces the values of compassion and service to others. It reflects the care and dedication provided to the wounded and sick.