The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 attendants including Sister Ethel Helena Ubsdell, a British nurse who was attached to the 36th French Army Corps. Sister Ubsdell originally went to France with the Society of Friends' (Quakers) 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
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 Co
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
France. c. 1915. An informal group portrait of nursing and medical staff in the grounds of a hospital. Note the armbands worn by the men which had a red cross to indicate that they were with the medic
