Description
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); Sister Mary Teresa Parnell and Sister Ellen Purcell. Seated, left to right; Sister Lily Stewart ARRC and Sister Margaret Brodie Waterstrom ARRC. The hospital, on the Persian Gulf, was the only one near the Mesopotamian 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. See also H12554.
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
October 1918 - May 1919
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Donor Matron G.E Davis
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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