| It is not a surprise that
years of relief work changed the lives of many of the members of the
G.I.S. |
| A few team members who had
worked side-by-side were married |
| Some team members married
'Displaced Persons' |
| They changed their careers to
things more suited to the skills learnt from being in the G.I.S. |
| Some continued to work for relief efforts
with other organisations after the War |
| Most of the women stayed in Guiding in
their home country and took on official positions |
| A number of the guiders went to help guiding
in other countries |
| The lessons learnt from the G.I.S. were
lessons to learn in guide camping |
| Not enough can be said about the friendships
made |
| 11,000 displaced persons made a new home in
Australia |
| A girl from Estonia (displaced person) was
working in a hospital in Australia. She walked into a ward one day,
screamed and fainted. When she was revived it turned out she had seen her
'sweetheart' from her home town. He had had a small accident and been
brought to the hospital. They were married soon after. |
|
Marjorie Taylor was Matron of Geelong
hospital (Australia) and mentioned she often happily noticed the birth
place of many new trainee nurses was some of the Camps she worked in while
a member of the G.I.S. |