B/W Photograph, Nightingale/Thompson Collection, c 1914 - 1918

Historical information

Suggested identity of couple via feedback, Nellie to be Nellie Alberta Thomson, daughter of Charles Augustus Thompson, daughter of Charles Augustus Thompson, a brother of Emma Nightingale. Nellie married Frederick John Parkins in 1915. He enlisted on 14 Feb. 1916 and his WW1 enlistment papers state his next of kin as Mrs. Nellie Parkins. source: Avonsleigh Mail

Significance

History of nurseries in the Emerald Victoria

Physical description

Photograph on cream board of couple, man in service uniform

Inscriptions & markings

'To Aunty Em with love from Nellie and Fred"

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