The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rodez, France. 1917-12. A hospital ward in the French hospital 23 in the Midi. The French soldiers with minor injuries, mostly from shell shrapnel, await surgery. Two women orderlies are seen in the background. These patients were treated by 'Bluebirds', a group of twenty civilian trained nurses, from New South Wales, who volunteered to serve in France for the Australian Red Cross during World War 1.
1915 'Adrian' Pattern French Army steel helmet, with the bugle horn badge embossed 'RF' (Republic Francaise) worn by certain regiments of the French Light Infantry on the Western Front. The helmet has
Single breasted navy blue wool serge jacket fastened down the front by five large black plastic buttons, one of which is missing. The shoulder straps are plain navy blue fastened by a small brown pla
Beziers, France. c. 1916. A group portrait taken in an operating theatre. Seen are a group of nurses and a French officer. Left, is sister Dorothy Ellena Duffy. Duffy and the other nurses were part of
Beziers, France. 1918-03-20. A surgical operation in progress in the operating theatre of French hospital no. 46 in southern France during World War 1. A surgeon and his assistant are operating. Two '
Rodez, France. 1917-06. A surgical operation about to begin in an operating theatre of French hospital no. 23, 4th section, region 16 in Rodez, in the Midi during World War 1. From left: Voluntary Aid
Informal portrait of patients, orderlies and nurses in Ward 31 at Colaba War Hospital. The ward is decorated for Christmas. Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service served at the hospital, which
Essay, France. 1917. Sister Hilda Loxton, third from left, and other nurses (known as Bluebirds) in a slit trench in the grounds of the French military hospital during a visit to Essay. Sister Loxton
Canadian nurse Sister Jaffray with some of her walking patients at Mobile Surgical Hospital No 1. The hospital was established by Mrs Mary Borden-Turner, to operate in the French section of the lines
