Photograph album that belonged to Bess Vickers, VX59377, 12 AGH, AIF in Ceylon during the Second World War. Included are photos from onboard the HMHS Wanganella (the ship used to evacuate sick and wounded Allied soldiers to and from Ceylon); buildings, landmarks, local people and nursing staff, patients and soldiers, around Ceylon in 1941.Worn brown photograph album bound with thread and tied in a bow on the left hand side. White sticker label in the top left corner covering an image of the sun, it's rays spread out across the rest of the cover. Printed diagonally in the bottom right corner are the words 'happy snaps'.'WW2-CEYLON / BESS VICKERS' [handwritten in black ink on a white sticker on the front cover] 'B Vickers VX59377 / 12AGH / AIF / Ceylon' [handwritten in black ink on the inside front cover] [Annotations describing photos on most pages, handwritten in black ink]australian military nurses, nurses, ww2, wwii, second world war, ceylon, bess vickers, 12 agh, hmhs wanganella

Photograph album from World War Two including photographs of the hospital ship Wanganella; the staff, soldiers and nurses onboard. Also includes eight colour image postcards of the Grampians in Victoria. Album belonged to Sr Jeanie Barclay (Treadwell). Brown leather cover bound with a tied leather strip down the left side. Embossed Egyptian image on the front cover. White sticker label in top left corner.'WWII / inc. HMAS Wanganella' [handwritten in black ink on a white sticker on the front cover]nurses, ww2, wwii, second world war, hmhs wanganella, wanganella, jeanie barclay (treadwell), australian nursing services, grampians-victoria