P02212.063 Accession Number: P02212.063

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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 end of the Table: Commanding officer (CO) Lieutenant-Colonel H. McLorinan (at the head of the table), unknown (with unidentified badge of rank on shoulder), VFX360 Sister U.A. Melville, unknown, VX266 Anna Elizabeth Whiteside, Padre Burnett, Captain Macintosh, VFX62909 Sister M.F. Lindsay, unknown, Captain R. Crisp, VFX374 Sister M.E. Josephs, Sister E. Sulzberger, unknown, unknown, Major Bowie Somerset, unknown, unknown, and VFX378 Sister. M.J. Hanna. The convent was referred to by the Australians as "Sancta Casa".

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Accession Number
P02212.063
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
May 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor J Davies
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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