The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of four hospital nursing staff of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and four officers of the British Army. Identified back row, left to right; Sister Emmeline Wellard; unidentified; Sister Ellen Purcell; Sister Lily Stewart (in wide brimmed hat); unidentified and Sister Mary Theresa Parnell. The two men crouching at the front are also unidentified. It is believed that the only other AANS nurse serving at Bushire, Sister Margaret Brodie Waterstrom may have taken the photograph. The hospital, at Bushire 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. See also H12565. They may have been visiting Arg-E Bam, the largest adobe building in the world, located at Bam.
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
Group 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
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-19. AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS) SISTERS, 2/1ST GENERAL HOSPITAL, LEAVE THE COMPOUND FOR DUTY AT 0730 HOURS (7.30 AM). IDENTIFIED ARE:- SISTER J.T. PURCELL (1); SISTER
Informal portrait of an unidentified officer, supporting himself with crutches, standing with an Australian Armry Nursing Service (AANS) sister and two civilian women at a repatriation outing for ampu
Group portrait of unidentified Australian nursing sisters and two naval officers on the deck of a troopship, possibly HMAT Canberra, en route from Australia to Bombay. Both officers are holding cigare
An group portrait of four officers and a sister at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station during an inspection of the establishment. Identified, left to right Lieutenant General Sir W Babtie VC
