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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book - Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990
... Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990...Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990... "Australian Nurses Since Nightingale". This book is an appreciation ...Elizabeth Burchill's wide experience and her feeling for the history of modern nursing lie behind "Australian Nurses Since Nightingale". This book is an appreciation of the spirit of modern nursing - first seen on the Crimean battle-fields, and continuing today in the automated and computerised wards of our modern hospitals.21 cm H; 258 p: Bibliog.: indexnon-fictionElizabeth Burchill's wide experience and her feeling for the history of modern nursing lie behind "Australian Nurses Since Nightingale". This book is an appreciation of the spirit of modern nursing - first seen on the Crimean battle-fields, and continuing today in the automated and computerised wards of our modern hospitals.nursing -- australia -- history, nursing -- victoria -- history, elizabeth burchill -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Australian Nurses in Vietnam
... Australian Nurses in Vietnam...Australian Army Nurses...Black and white photograph showing Australian nurses... Australian Army Nurses Black and white photograph showing Australian ...Black and white photograph showing Australian nurses and a car they used in Vietnamb&w photograph, australian army nurses -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990, 1992
... Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990...A comprehensive history of the part Australian Nurses have... of the part Australian Nurses have played during war and times ...A comprehensive history of the part Australian Nurses have played during war and times of peace.A comprehensive history of the part Australian Nurses have played during war and times of peace.A comprehensive history of the part Australian Nurses have played during war and times of peace.nurses, war time -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated Book, Richard Reid (1944-) et al, Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999, 1999
... Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses 1899...Australian Army Nurses... and to coincide with the opening of the Australian Aervice nurses National... and to coincide with the opening of the Australian Aervice nurses National ...A history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service 1899-1999Illustrated book with dust pink cover. front cover has a black and white photograph of s nurse with two hospital beds covered with mosquito tents (No 74 Camp Hospital, Katherine, NT, 1945) Part of title printed in black ink above this photo, remainder of title overpinted i white ink at the bottom of this photo. Below this is a small rectangular illustation and words: their service our heritage. Tiltle is also printed in black ink on spine along with publishers logonon-fictionA history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service 1899-1999military nursing-australia-history, nurses-australia-history, australian army nurses -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, Australian Army Nurses 1919
... Australian Army Nurses 1919...Black & White photo "A group of Australian Army nurses..."A group of Australian Army nurses on the Troop Ship... of Australian Army nurses on the Troop Ship Osterley returning ...Black & White photo "A group of Australian Army nurses on the Troop Ship Osterley returning to Australia late 1919 Australian War Memorial D00988"A group of Australian Army nurses on the Troop Ship Osterley returning to Australia late 1919 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Richard Reid, Just wanted to be there : Australian service nurses 1899-1999, 1999
... Just wanted to be there : Australian service nurses 1899...Australian Nurses...Australian Nurses Australia history conflicts Boer War WWI ...Information about nurses involved in conflicts from 1899-1999 including case studies on specific nurses experiences.Peach, black and white covers with photograph of a nurse standing by two beds with mosquito netsnon-fictionInformation about nurses involved in conflicts from 1899-1999 including case studies on specific nurses experiences.australian nurses, australia, history, conflicts, boer war, wwi, world war one, ww2, ww1, wwii, world war two, post 1945 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Richard Reid, Just wanted to be there : Australian service nurses 1899-1999, 1999
... Just wanted to be there : Australian service nurses 1899...Australian Nurses...Australian Nurses Australia history conflicts Boer War WWI ...Information about nurses involved in conflicts from 1899-1999 including case studies on specific nurses experiences.Peach, black and white covers with photograph of a nurse standing by two beds with mosquito netsnon-fictionInformation about nurses involved in conflicts from 1899-1999 including case studies on specific nurses experiences.australian nurses, australia, history, conflicts, boer war, wwi, world war one, ww2, ww1, wwii, world war two, post 1945 -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated Book, Kirsty Harris, More than bombs and bandages: Australian Army nurses at work in World War 1, 2011
... More than bombs and bandages: Australian Army nurses at...Australian Army Nurses... Australian night nurses in 14 AGH, Abbassia, Egypt in 1918. Under... who served are listed in the appendices Australian Army Nurses ...The author draws on personal diaries, interviews, service records, hospital disries and autobiographies to create an absorbing and meticulously constructed book showcasing the breadth and significance of the contributions Army nurses made during World War I. In becoming part of the AIF these women fashioned the role of the Australian military nurseIllustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a black cover with title, author's name and Australian Army badge embossed in gold on spine. Front of dustjacket has a black and white photo 'Westen Australian night nurses in 14 AGH, Abbassia, Egypt in 1918. Under this part of tile is printed in dark grey and red brown on a cream background. Rest of title is printed in white on a dark grey band. Authors name is printed in white on a red brown background. Title and authors name are printed in white on a red brown background along with Australian Army Badge (gold) and publisher's mark. On the back of the dustjacket is a summary of the book printed on a cream background, below which is a black and white photo 'No 2 Australian General Hospital, Mena, Egypt, January 1915non-fictionThe author draws on personal diaries, interviews, service records, hospital disries and autobiographies to create an absorbing and meticulously constructed book showcasing the breadth and significance of the contributions Army nurses made during World War I. In becoming part of the AIF these women fashioned the role of the Australian military nurseaustralian army nurses, military nursing-australia-history, nurses-australia-history, world war 1914-1918 - medical care -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated Book, Catherine Kenny 1962, Captives: Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps, 1986
... Captives: Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps...Australian Army Nurses... War 1939-1945 Australian Army Nurses prisoners of War military ...Experiences of Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War twoIllustrated book. Front cover has a painting by Cynthia Breusch depicting two female figures carrying a container hanging from a pole on their shoulders. Behind them is a barbwire topped fence. The book title is printed over this painting in red and white ink. The author's name is printed in white below the title, and the publisher's mark is printed in black above the title. The Spine is cream in colour, with abbreviated title printed in red, author's surname and publishers mark printed in black. The back cover has a cream background, with quotes from two nurses and a summary of the book overprinted in blacknon-fictionExperiences of Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War twoworld war 1939-1945, australian army nurses, prisoners of war, military nursing, nurses -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard, Page Courtney, Pounds Robert, Just Wanted to be There. Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999, 1999
... Just Wanted to be There. Australian Service Nurses 1899...Historical account of Australian Service Nurses from May... to be There. Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999 Book Reid Richard, Page Courtney ...Historical account of Australian Service Nurses from May 1899 to 1999, covering all theatres of war, as well as in Australian hospitals. Includes six biographies and Honour Roll. Illustrate with many photographs.military history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Australian nurses in Vietnam: Vietnam minefield
... Australian nurses in Vietnam: Vietnam minefield... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Nurses - Australia ...Copy of a TV documentarynurses - australia - interviews, nurses - vietnam -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, McMillan, On Radji Beach:The story of the Australian nurses after the fall of Singapore, 2010
... On Radji Beach:The story of the Australian nurses after the... the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal ...When Singapore fell dramatically to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, hundreds of people scrambled to leave. Amongst the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. From a group of 60 shipwreck survivors including 22 nurses, Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor.Index, bibliography, ill, p.360.When Singapore fell dramatically to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, hundreds of people scrambled to leave. Amongst the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. From a group of 60 shipwreck survivors including 22 nurses, Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor. royal australian army nursing corps, vivian bullwinkel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Elizabeth Burchill, Australian Nurses Since Nightingale
... Australian Nurses Since Nightingale... Tatura the-murray Australian Nurses Since Nightingale Book ... -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Jessie Elizabeth Simons, While history passed : the story of the Australian nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years, 1954
... While history passed : the story of the Australian nurses... - Personal narratives - Australia The experience of Australian nurses ...The experience of Australian nurses as captives of the JapaneseIll, p.131.The experience of Australian nurses as captives of the Japaneseworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, BOOK: On Radji Beach - The story of the Australian Nurses after the fall of Singapore
... BOOK: On Radji Beach - The story of the Australian Nurses.... 2010 BOOK: On Radji Beach - The story of the Australian Nurses ... -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Biedermann, Narelle, Tears On My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam. (Copy 1)
... Tears On My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam. (Copy 1)....: Australian Nurses in Vietnam. (Copy 1). Book Book Biedermann, Narelle ..."Don't forget your cotton underwear, girls!" With little more than this sage advice, a total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971."Don't forget your cotton underwear, girls!" With little more than this sage advice, a total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971.australia. army. royal australian army nursing corps - aneaudio, cdotes, military nursing - vietnam - aneaudio, cdotes, military nursing - australia - aneaudio, cdotes -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Biedermann, Narelle, Tears On My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam (Copy 2)
... Tears On My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam (Copy 2).... On My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam (Copy 2). Book ..."Don't forget your cotton underwear, girls!" With little more than this sage advice, a total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971."Don't forget your cotton underwear, girls!" With little more than this sage advice, a total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971.military nursing - australia - aneaudio, military nursing - vietnam - aneaudio, 1961-1975 - medical care - aneaudio, cdotes, vietnam conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Gwen Robinson, The Forgotten Women: personal accounts of Australian Nurses abroad in World War 1, 1989
... The Forgotten Women: personal accounts of Australian Nurses... - Medical Care Military nursing-Australia Australia-Army-Nurses ...personal accounts of Australian Nurses abroad in World War 1Illustrated book with light brown cover. Front cover has a black and white photograph of a nurse with a group of soldiers ( S.Avenell with amputees at Southall Hospital) Abbreviated title is printed above, and the authors name below this photograph in black ink. This is surround by a decorative border in black ink: two narrow lines and leaves at the corners. Abbreviated title and author's name also printed in black ink on spine. The back cover has a small black and white photo of a group of nurses (S.Olive Saloway with other nurses on board Orsovanon-fictionpersonal accounts of Australian Nurses abroad in World War 1world war 1914-1918 - medical care, military nursing-australia, australia-army-nurses, nurses -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Jesse Elizabeth Simmons 1911- et al, While history passed: the story of the Australian Nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years, 1954
... While history passed: the story of the Australian Nurses... was one of sixty-five Australian Army nurses ordered to leave ...The author was one of sixty-five Australian Army nurses ordered to leave Singapore aboard the Vyner Brooke. This is their story, including the years spent as prisoners of war in Sumatra by the survivorsIllustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a red cover with title and author's surname embossed in gold on spine. Front of the dust jacket has an illustration of a guard with female prisoners in the background (drawn by Geoff Tyson) Title is printed in yellow on a black background above this illustration, author's name is printed in white on a black background below this illustration. Title, author's and publisher's names are printed in black on a yellow background on the spinenon-fictionThe author was one of sixty-five Australian Army nurses ordered to leave Singapore aboard the Vyner Brooke. This is their story, including the years spent as prisoners of war in Sumatra by the survivorsworld war 1939-1945 prisoners of war, nurses -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, The South Australian Trained Nurses' Centenary Committee, Nursing in South Australia: First Hundred Years 1837-1937, 1939
... Australia by the South Australian Trained Nurses Centenary Committee...The South Australian Trained Nurses' Centenary Committee... Australia by the South Australian Trained Nurses Centenary Committee ...A history of nursing in South Australia from 1837-1937Illustrated book with light green cover, title embossed in gold colour on frontnon-fictionA history of nursing in South Australia from 1837-1937nursing-south australia-history, nurses-south australi-history, hospitals-south australia-history -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated Book, Richard Reid (1944-) et al, Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999, 1999
... Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses 1899... and to coincide with the opening of the Australian Aervice nurses National... and to coincide with the opening of the Australian Aervice nurses National ...A history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service 1899-1999Illustrated book with dust pink cover. front cover has a black and white photograph of s nurse with two hospital beds covered with mosquito tents (No 74 Camp Hospital, Katherine, NT, 1945) Part of title printed in black ink above this photo, remainder of title overpinted i white ink at the bottom of this photo. Below this is a small rectangular illustation and words: their service our heritage. Tiltle is also printed in black ink on spine along with publishers logonon-fictionA history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service 1899-1999military nursing-australia-history, nuses-australia-history, australia army-nurses -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Photograph of 8th Australian Field Hospital nurses
... Photograph of 8th Australian Field Hospital nurses....Photograph of 8th Australian Field Hospital nurses... Nurses - Vietnam Denis Gibbons Photograph of 8th Australian Field ...Photograph of 8th Australian Field Hospital nurses & a letter from a Daphne?8th field ambulance, nurses - vietnam, denis gibbons -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Sheila Gray, The South African war 1899 - 1902 : Service records of British and colonial women, 1993
... Australian Nurses... Australian Nurses in warfare... Australian Nurses in warfare South African War Boer war UK Nurses ...'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelRed A4 thin book with black type on front cover and no text on spine or back cover. Has a plastic slip cover. Piece of paper sticky taped to the inside of the front cover.non-fiction'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelsouth african war, boer war, uk nurses, australian nurses, canadian nurses, new zealand nurses -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Sheila Gray, The South African war 1899 - 1902 : Service records of British and colonial women, 1993
... Australian Nurses... Australian Nurses in warfare... Australian Nurses in warfare South African War Boer war UK Nurses ...'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelRed A4 thin book with black type on front cover and no text on spine or back covernon-fiction'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelsouth african war, boer war, uk nurses, australian nurses, canadian nurses, new zealand nurses -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, University of Queensland Press, Captives: Australian Army Nurses in Japanese Prison Camps, 1986
... Captives: Australian Army Nurses in Japanese Prison Camps... of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of war ...The story of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of warIndex, ill, p.162.non-fictionThe story of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of warworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, australian army nursing service -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Reid, Richard, Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999
... Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses 1899... not show it. Just wanted to be there: Australian Service Nurses ...For soldiers, the battlefield is a harsh and savage place. for the wounded and dying, it is an environment of extreme fear, however much their sense of themselves as soldiers demands they must not show it.For soldiers, the battlefield is a harsh and savage place. for the wounded and dying, it is an environment of extreme fear, however much their sense of themselves as soldiers demands they must not show it.nurses and nursing - australia - history - 20th century, military nursing - australia - history -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Catherine Kenny et al, Captives : Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps
... Captives : Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps... account of those Australian nurses, of their struggles ..."Hunger and humiliation were just some of the privations endured by those members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were captives of the Japanese during World War II. Of the thirty-two held in Sumatra and on Banka Island, twenty-four survived the severe physical conditions in the prison camps. Another group captured in Rabaul were held in Japan, where the cold was as bitter as their hunger. This is the dramatic account of those Australian nurses, of their struggles and their support for each other through the long years of war and captivity. In includes the horrifying story of Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole survivor of the callous massacre on Banka Island where twenty-three women were ordered into the sea and shot. It records the degradation of the daily 'tenko', the starvation and appalling lack of hygiene, but also tells how the women were at times able to rise above these miseries through their concerts and the soaring harmonies of the voice choir. Catherine Kenny interviewd many of the nurses and collected photographs, diaries and letters from the Australian War Memorial as well as from the women themselves." Blurb on back cover of book.Colour front cover, drawn image of people carrying a pole with a rectangular bucket suspended on the pole, the people wear hats and the sky is an orangey colour. Back cover has some quotes from nurses featured in the book as well as a blurb describing the book. Book is covered in clear contact.non-fiction"Hunger and humiliation were just some of the privations endured by those members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were captives of the Japanese during World War II. Of the thirty-two held in Sumatra and on Banka Island, twenty-four survived the severe physical conditions in the prison camps. Another group captured in Rabaul were held in Japan, where the cold was as bitter as their hunger. This is the dramatic account of those Australian nurses, of their struggles and their support for each other through the long years of war and captivity. In includes the horrifying story of Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole survivor of the callous massacre on Banka Island where twenty-three women were ordered into the sea and shot. It records the degradation of the daily 'tenko', the starvation and appalling lack of hygiene, but also tells how the women were at times able to rise above these miseries through their concerts and the soaring harmonies of the voice choir. Catherine Kenny interviewd many of the nurses and collected photographs, diaries and letters from the Australian War Memorial as well as from the women themselves." Blurb on back cover of book.wwii, world war 2, world war two, japan, pow, pows, prisoners of war, prisoner of war, australian army nursing service, mitliary nursing, australian army -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Catherine Kenny et al, Captives : Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps
... Captives : Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps... account of those Australian nurses, of their struggles ..."Hunger and humiliation were just some of the privations endured by those members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were captives of the Japanese during World War II. Of the thirty-two held in Sumatra and on Banka Island, twenty-four survived the severe physical conditions in the prison camps. Another group captured in Rabaul were held in Japan, where the cold was as bitter as their hunger. This is the dramatic account of those Australian nurses, of their struggles and their support for each other through the long years of war and captivity. In includes the horrifying story of Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole survivor of the callous massacre on Banka Island where twenty-three women were ordered into the sea and shot. It records the degradation of the daily 'tenko', the starvation and appalling lack of hygiene, but also tells how the women were at times able to rise above these miseries through their concerts and the soaring harmonies of the voice choir. Catherine Kenny interviewd many of the nurses and collected photographs, diaries and letters from the Australian War Memorial as well as from the women themselves." Blurb on back cover of book.Colour front cover, drawn image of people carrying a pole with a rectangular bucket suspended on the pole, the people wear hats and the sky is an orangey colour. Back cover has some quotes from nurses featured in the book as well as a blurb describing the book. non-fiction"Hunger and humiliation were just some of the privations endured by those members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were captives of the Japanese during World War II. Of the thirty-two held in Sumatra and on Banka Island, twenty-four survived the severe physical conditions in the prison camps. Another group captured in Rabaul were held in Japan, where the cold was as bitter as their hunger. This is the dramatic account of those Australian nurses, of their struggles and their support for each other through the long years of war and captivity. In includes the horrifying story of Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole survivor of the callous massacre on Banka Island where twenty-three women were ordered into the sea and shot. It records the degradation of the daily 'tenko', the starvation and appalling lack of hygiene, but also tells how the women were at times able to rise above these miseries through their concerts and the soaring harmonies of the voice choir. Catherine Kenny interviewd many of the nurses and collected photographs, diaries and letters from the Australian War Memorial as well as from the women themselves." Blurb on back cover of book.wwii, world war 2, world war two, japan, pow, pows, prisoners of war, prisoner of war, australian army nursing service, mitliary nursing, australian army -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Nursing in the Second World War, 1990
... Her book, 'Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1869-1990... book, 'Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1869-1990' tells... Mitcham melbourne Her book, 'Australian Nurses since Nightingale ...Sister Elizabeth Burchill, a resident of Whitehorse in the 1990s, wrote of her experiences in World war 1939-1945.Sister Elizabeth Burchill, a resident of Whitehorse in the 1990s, wrote of her experiences in World war 1939-1945. Her book, 'Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1869-1990' tells of her work in the Middle East, Australia and New Guinea.Sister Elizabeth Burchill, a resident of Whitehorse in the 1990s, wrote of her experiences in World war 1939-1945. burchill, elizabeth, world war 1939-1945, nursing -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - postcard, S. Gordon Spittle, Australians at the World War One Suez Hospital, January 1916, c 07 January 1916
... Australian nurses. Egypt was a major base for the AIF from December...Two Australian nurses and a number of Australian soldiers... is probably Sarah Alice Kirkham, Staff Nurse with the Australian Army ...This photograph was with a number of others associated with Harry Holmes of Ascot, Victoria. The postcard was written on by Harry Holmes who was a member of the Australian Imperial Force based in Egypt at the time. Nurse Kirkham is Laurie Hemsley Kirkham She was admitted to the Suez Public Hospital (Abbassia) post 06 January 1916. She left Australia with a group of South Australian nurses. Egypt was a major base for the AIF from December 1914. A number of campaigns were fought in this theatre. There were two campaigns involving the AIF. Note that not all the fighting was actually geographically in Egypt. (http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/about3.html) The Nurse Kirkam mentioned by the writer is probably Sarah Alice Kirkham, Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service. Nurse Kirkham was from North Perth, Western Australia. She was posted to the Auxiliary Hospital, Egypt on 09 November 1915 leaving for France on 23 June 1916. Samuel Gordon Spittle (8005) enlisted into the AIF on 17 July 1915, a member of the 18th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). He left Alexandria on 15 June 1916 disembarking at Marseilles 24 June 1916. Harry Holmes was discharged from a hospital in Egypt on 15 August 1919. He was awarded the Military Medal promulgated on 11 December 1919. (NAA: B2455, Spittle Samuel Gordon) Not only does this photograph portray life in Egypt during World War War, it highlights the role played by members of the Australian Army Nursing Service in both professional and social activities in the theatre of war.Two Australian nurses and a number of Australian soldiers in Hospital Uniform pose for a photograph in Egypt during World War One. Verso: "A little group of Australians at Suez Hospital Joe F[awcett] & I [Gordon Spittle] are standing in the back row with Nurse Kirkham standing between, she is on the short side so stood on a box. Gordon S."chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france, gordon spittle, kirkham, suez, egypt, samuel gordon spittle, joe fawcett, laurie kirkham, nurse kirkham, suez hospital, laurie helmsley kirkham, l.a. kirkham, harry holmes, nurses