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.

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'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions