The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At sea. c. 1916. Staff Nurse Dorothy Mary Burkitt AANS (front) takes part in a lifeboat drill on HMT Karoola. She and a number of other nurses are wearing their life jackets over their long nurses uniforms. The original album captions reads 'Five long blasts of the siren'. Staff Nurse Burkitt enlisted on 20 July 1915 and was discharged on 16 September 1916. The Karoola was initially used as a troop transport, but on arrival at Southampton, England, she was converted to a hospital ship, with accommodation for approximately 460 patients. As a hospital ship she made numerous voyages between England and Australia. (Donor L. Gibson)
Staff Nurse Dorothy Mary Burkitt AANS sits with Lieutenant Robey (probably Rodney Keith Robey, 1st Light Horse Regiment) on a seat on deck of a troopship. Staff Nurse Burkitt enlisted on 20 July 1915
Hospital ships were designated as floating medical treatment facilities or hospitals. This painting depicts one of the Australian hospital ships used during the First World War. HMAHS 'Karoola' was 7,
Group portrait of medical and nursing staff aboard the Australian Hospital Ship HMHS Karoola. Identified are Sister Pearl Lottie Trayhurn (back row, third from left) and Matron Alice Mary Cooper (fron
Group portrait of medical and nursing staff aboard the Australian Hospital Ship HMHS Karoola. Identified are Sister Pearl Lottie Trayhurn (front row, second from right) and Matron Alice Mary Cooper (f
Outdoor group portrait of three Australian staff nurses, probably at No 1 Australian General Hospital (AGH) near Cairo, chatting over some sewing while enjoying a short break. The deck chair on the ri
Unidentified 8th Division AIF nurses wearing life jackets during lifeboat drill on board their transport ship, en route to Malaya.
