Isabel Roberta St Margaret Donald b. 25 August 1914

Also known as Roberta Suter, Roberta Donald
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Mid 20th-century sketcher and nurse, Suter kept a secret diary throughout her postings with the army that she filled with humorous cartoons that depicted the often less-than humorous situations she encountered during her time with the Australian Army Nursing Service.
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Citations

  • Information sourced from Australian War Memorial files, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Interviews and correspondence with Roberta Donald 1992-1994.

  • Donald, Roberta, 'Artist’s Sketchbook of the Off Duty Life of the AANS in Australia and the South West Pacific’, Australian War Memorial: manuscript.

See also

  • 'Roberta Donald (b.1914), The De-hagging Sessions n.d. (c.1943), pen, ink and watercolour over pencil 18.8 x 25 cm. Two pages from her 'Artist's Sketchbook of the Off-Duty Life of the AANS in Australia and South West Pacific 1942-46', AWM'.

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Other occupations
  • nurse (ANZSIC code: 8511)
  • nurse (ANZSIC code: 8511)
Alternative names
  • Roberta Suter
  • Roberta Donald
  • Roberta Suter
  • Roberta Donald
Related people
  • Bell, Heather (associate of)
  • Suter, Robert John (child of)
  • Suter, Emily (child of)
  • Donald, Robert John (parent of)
  • Bell, Heather (associate of)
  • Suter, Robert John (child of)
  • Suter, Emily (child of)
  • Donald, Robert John (parent of)
Related person groups
  • Flying Art of Queensland (associate of)
  • Watercolour Institute (associate of)
  • Flying Art of Queensland (associate of)
  • Watercolour Institute (associate of)
Related works
  • And the Old Story of the Man Whose Wife Didn't Understand Him (creator of)
  • The Everpresents (creator of)
  • The De-hagging Sessions (creator of)
  • And Then--Trousers! (creator of)
  • The Army Even Tried to Make Us March (creator of)
  • And the Old Story of the Man Whose Wife Didn't Understand Him (creator of)
  • The Everpresents (creator of)
  • The De-hagging Sessions (creator of)
  • And Then--Trousers! (creator of)
  • The Army Even Tried to Make Us March (creator of)
Related collections
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
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