The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of members of the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) who served at the South African War with the New South Wales Army Medical Corps (NSWAMC). The NSWANSR sailed on the Moravian with the Second Contingent of the NSWAMC on 17 January 1900. The only member of the group with any previous military nursing experience was Therese Woodward, who had nursed at Netley and Woolwich in England between March 1897 and July 1898. The New South Wales Government was the only one of the colonial governments to pay the fares and salaries of nurses for South Africa. Back row, left to right: Sister Annie Austin; Sister Elizabeth Ward Lister; Sister Mabel Steele; Sister Emily Hoadley; Sister Bessie Pocock; Sister Marion Martin. Middle row: Sister Annie Matchett; Sister Julia Bligh Johnston; Sister Ellen Julia (Nellie) Gould; Front row: Sister Nixon; Sister Penelope Frater; Sister Anna Garden; Sister Nancy Newton; Sister Therese Woodward. Pocock, Johnston, Gould, and Frater nursed with the Australian Army Nursing Service 1914-1918.
Group of army nurses at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Seated (on chairs) are Sister Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock (on the left); Matron Ellen Julia ‘Nellie’ Gould (second from the left); Sister Julia Bligh J
Three nurses who accompanied the second contingent to the Boer War as members of the NSW Army Medical Corps. Left to right: Matron Ellen Julia (Nellie) Gould holding a chatelaine, Sister Penelope Fra
Informal group portrait of a patient and medical staff at the Ghezireh Palace which was converted to a hospital. Identified, left to right are: Captain Fletcher, Miss Ellen Julia (Nellie) Gould, the M
Informal portrait of three nurses who accompanied the Second Contingent to the Boer War as members of the NSW Army Medical Corps. Matron E J (Nellie) Gould, Lady Superintendent of the first contingent
Informal portrait of three nurses who accompanied the Second Contingent to the Boer War as members of the NSW Army Medical Corps. Matron E J (Nellie) Gould, Lady Superintendent of the first contingent
Informal portrait of three nurses who accompanied the Second Contingent to the Boer War as members of the NSW Army Medical Corps. Matron E J (Nellie) Gould, Lady Superintendent of the first contingent
