H12565
Photograph H12565 Period 1910-1919Group portrait of the five Australian Army Nursing Staff (AANS) members who served at Bushire, Persia. Identified back row, left to right; Sister Emmeline Wellard Royal Red Cross 2nd Class (ARRC); Sis
P00562.173 Accession Number: P00562.173
Description
Bushire, Persia. c. 1918. Informal portrait of four hospital nursing staff of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and four soldiers. The staff consisted of Sister Lily Stewart who was in charge and Sisters Emmeline Wellard RRC, Waterstrom, Purcell and Parnell, one of whom took this photograph. The hospital, on the Persian Gulf, was the only one near the Mesopotamia front staffed by Australian nurses. It had about thirty beds for officers and 100 for other ranks. Most of the troops in the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force nearby were doing outpost duty on the railway line which ran from Bushire about 100 miles into Persia. Sister Wellard (far left) is the only one positively identified.
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Accession Number
P00562.173
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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