Historical information

Photo album belonging to Dorothy P. White (Australian Army Nursing Service) in 1917 containing black and white photos from the First World War. Photographs include the Units 15, 17 and 19th British General Hospitals.
The first pages show photographs of officers, soldiers and nurses en route from Australia aboard The Wiltshire, (including Sister Patton). The next section depicts local sights, places of interest, daily life and people in Alexandria, as well as the 15th and 19th British General Hospitals.
The single 5x7 photograph was taken in Paris on the 3rd of August, 1919. It shows a large group of 54 military staff posing on the steps of a grand and ornate building.

Physical description

Grey cloth photo album with three black lines running horizontally across the front cover an inch and a half from the top. Each page in the album contains four photographs set in black border cutouts. There is one loose 5x7 photograph.

Inscriptions & markings

'Dorothy P White / [?] Hotel / Alexandria / Egypt 14.11.17' [Handwritten in black ink on the inside cover]
[Many of the photographs have handwritten descriptions beneath them in black ink]