The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gaza Ridge, Palestine. c. 1940-06. Standing outside one of the tents of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) are Sisters E. Sulzberger, VFX360 U.A. Melville, and VFX378 M.J. Hanna. The white tent was soon afterwards covered with mud for camouflage.
Joining with other units of the 2/1st Australian General Hospital (2/1st AGH) the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) set up their first camp hospital. Left to right: Australian Army Nursing S
Gaza Ridge, Palestine. c. 1940-06. Interior of the first Sisters' Mess of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS). Relaxing in the room are Nursing Sisters VFX360 U.A. Melville, VFX374 M.E. Jo
Qastina, Palestine. 1940-07-18. Informal group portrait of the officers and nursing sisters of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) inside the Sisters' Mess. Identified nursing sisters from
Standing in front of the Nurses' Mess of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) are from left to right: Sister E. Sulzberger, VFX263 Sister Dorothy Vines, VX266 Sister Anna Elizabeth Whitesid
Port Melbourne, VIC. 1940-04-14. Informal group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) Personnel of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) standing in front of a life boat aboard
Mersa Matruh, Egypt. c. 1941-01. Relaxing in the Mess in the barracks of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) are, left to right, Major Bowie Somerset, VFX382 Sister M.B. Cuthbert, VFX374 S
