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Being a doctor or a nurse is a dream of many children. It seems children understand very well how humane and civilised is helping people in need. Fantastic photo.

Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic war memorial church at 29 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hall & Prentice and built from 1919 to 1962. It is also known as the White Temple of Peace. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 11 November 1996.[1] Our Lady of Victories Church was constructed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane in 1924-5 as a Memorial to Roman Catholic soldiers and sailors who fell during World War I. The church was designed by prolific Brisbane architects Messrs Thomas Ramsay Hall and George Gray Prentice.[1] The church, called Our Lady of Victories Church, was designed in a manner incorporating many Spanish mission elements, a style of influence and popularity in Australia during the inter-war period. Popularised by movies from Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s, the Spanish mission style was inspired by picturesque Californian Spanish missions. Many of the external details on the Bowen Hills church suggest a strong influence of this style, most obviously in the baroque parapeted gables, groups of round-headed arched openings, textured stucco render and several semi-octagonal projections. The interior of the church does not exhibit the strong stylistic intention apparent externally.[1] When the church was opened, Our Lady of Victories was regarded as unique. The report in a local Catholic newspaper, The Age, regarded "its mission type of architecture...the first of its kind in Australia". The report continued on to describe the large electrically illuminated cross which surmounted the tower, as a perpetual light commemorating the armed forces of World War I. Many other details in the church manifested its intention as the principal Roman Catholic war memorial in Brisbane; the coloured glass panels depicting the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) symbol of the rising sun; and an honor roll at the base of the tower (since removed).[1] Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church is sited near the apex of Bowen Hill, overlooking the Brisbane River. It is on a large site incorporating a presbytery to the east and a school and scout hall to the west. The church addresses both Roche and Boyd Streets.[1] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Victories,_Bo...

The incorrect description has been pasted with this image. Charles O'Shea was buried at the Nudgee Catholic Cemetery on the 20 February 1939. The funeral notices can be found here. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188015788

It seems the description is by mistake taken from the previous image. This is what I have discovered, and could be related to Charles O'Shea Charles O'Shea Service number666 RankGunner Unit36th Australian Heavy Artillery Brigade Conflict/OperationFirst World War, 1914-1918 Source: www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1502299