The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Steenvorde, France. c. 1916. An informal group portrait of hospital patients and medical attendants surrounding Sister Ethel Helena Ubsdell, a British nurse who was attached to the 36th French Army Corps. The doctor is the bearded man without a hat and the man behind Sister Ubsdell, (second from the right in the third row) is Charles Francis (Frank) Fryer, an Australian with the Friends Ambulance Unit, a service provided by the Society of Friends (Quakers). His jacket and cap carry the red and black star which identifies his as a worker of the Friends. Sister Ubsdell originally went to France with the Society of Friends' War Victim Relief in November 1914. She then served two and half years with French troops before resuming her work with the Friends at the end of the war. (Donor B. Holt)
Steenvorde, France. c. 1916. An informal group portrait of hospital patients and medical attendants with Sister Ethel Helena Ubsdell, a British nurse who was attached to the 36th French Army Corps. Th
An informal group portrait of nursing staff and French soldiers in front of a hospital. The nursing sister, second on the right, is Sister Ethel Helena Ubsdell. Sister Ubsdell originally went to Franc
France. 1919. An informal group portrait of nursing and medical staff outside the entrance to a hospital. The nursing sister, sitting on the ground, is Sister Ethel Helena Ubsdell. Sister Ubsdell orig
France. c. 1917. Barges were used on canals to transport the sick and wounded for evacuation from Dunkirk. Beds and bunks have been set up below deck. Waiting for the patients to board are the medical
Verdun, France. c. May 1920. An informal group portrait possibly after the marriage of Miss Ethel Helena Ubsdell to Charles Francis (Frank) Fryer, (second and third from the left) both workers with th
Steenvoorde, France. 14 July 1915. Nursing sisters share a meal with the French soldiers probably in the grounds of a hospital. Note the cross on the arm band worn by some of the men which indicates t
