Collection lent by Colonel H A Powell AAMC Accession Number: C02303

Description

The original grave of Staff Nurse Beatrice Middleton Watson, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Elsternwick, Vic. Attached to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, she died of illness on 2 June 1916 and is buried in Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

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Accession Number
C02303
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Colonel H A Powell
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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