The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Sister M.E. Josephs, VFX378 Sister M.J. Hanna, Major N. White (standing on the left), SX2816 Captain J. M. (Mark) Bonnin (also standing), and VFX360 U.A. Melville.
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
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
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-08. Farewell dinner for the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS), Lieutenant- Colonel McLorinan, in the former mental hospit
Dinner party at the officers' mess of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) in the convent Terra Santa (or Sancta) which they occupied for the Syrian Campaign. Clockwise from the foreground
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
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
