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Keswick Hospital : Red Cross Nurses
Red Cross Nurses. Sisters Wakefield, White, Prichard, Eddy, Carr, Rushton, Simons. Sitting : Sister Bonnin. 'Mid the war's great curse - Stands the Red Cross Nurse, She's the rose of "No Man's Land".'
Keswick Hospital : Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson and Governor Sir Henry Galway
Visitors to Keswick Hospital. Governor Sir Henry Galway [next to car] and Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson (Governor General). Presentation of war medals.
Keswick Hospital : Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson at Torrens Parade Ground
Visitors to Keswick Hospital. Sir Ronald Munro- Ferguson (governor General). Presentating war medals at Torrens Parade Ground. Government House can be seen behind the trees in the background.
Keswick Hospital : Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson at Torrens Parade Ground
Visitors to Keswick Hospital. Sir Ronald Munro- Ferguson (governor General). After the presentation of war medals at Torrens Parade Ground. Government House can be seen behind the trees in the background.
Keswick Hospital : H.R.H. Prince of Wales visit
Visit to Keswick Hospital by H.R.H. Prince of Wales. Presentation of matrons, war workers and doctors. Mrs Hines (Soldiers Comfort Guild) being presented.
Keswick Hospital
Album of photographs, letters and certificate relating to Keswick Hospital to commemorate the war work of the Keswick Hospitals Helpers 1915-1921. Violet M. Williams, Millswood, 1921. Sections relate to 'In and about Keswick Hospital main buildings and officials'; 'Keswick Hospital Helpers and their work. Wards, patients etc.', 'Folk we meet on our round'; 'Matrons and Nursing Sisters', 'Visitors to Keswick Barracks', 'Presentation of Decorations'; 'Orthopoedic Wing and Staff'; 'H.R.H. Prince of Wales visits Keswick Hospital'; 'Miscellaneous (not Keswick)'. There are quotes throughout the album which include "Make new friends, but keep the old - one is silver - the other gold'; 'The Helpers Motto - What is worth doing - is worth doing well'. Other quotes are included in photograph details.
Ruins and rubble
One of a series of photographs taken by official photographers of the Australian War Records Section: the ruins of a building stands surrounded by rubble and with the dust and smoke still rising them; several trees and shrubs are denuded of foliage.
Aftermath of a battle
One of a series of photographs taken by official photographers of the Australian War Records Section: view across a scene of desolation with a ruined building in the background, and shattered plants and structures amongst the mud in the foreground.
Aftermath of a battle
One of a series of photographs taken by official photographers of the Australian War Records Section: packhorses are being led past wagons and gun carriages, some on their side, and with other soldiers looking on.
Aftermath of a battle
One of a series of photographs taken by official photographers of the Australian War Records Section: a number of soldiers are lying on stretchers beside an overturned truck, others who are still ambulatory are assisted past them.
Views of Gallipoli, Lemnos and Egypt
A collection of 95 photographs, presumed to have been taken by R. Woolford, of scenes from his war service. They include both military scenes and civilians in Greece (Mudros), Egypt and Gallipoli (identified as 'Anzac'). Taken ca.1915-1918. [Image 95 lost.]
War Memorial, Blackwood
Blackwood Soldiers' Memorial with church in background.
Soldiers on camels
Left to right: Sergeant C.B. Lewis, Private G.W. Hart, Private Howard N. Kimber, Sergeant F.C. McArtney on leave in Egypt, with the Sphinx and one of the pyramids behind them. On the postcard was written: "The tragedy will come later, but at present the spirit of the men is superb, and all are anxious to get to Gallipoli." [from a postcard to Mr F.C. Kimber]. These men were all in the 4th Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion.
Major H.V.S. Carey
Comprising a black and white portrait of four servicemen. Major HVS Carey in second from right.
Albury Railway Station
Albury Railway Station entrance, displaying war poster "Be a man - enlist now".
Soldiers and citizens at Waikerie
Large group of soldiers in uniform, lined up along the verandah of a building, perhaps large residence, in Waikerie. A researcher has suggested that the building is the Austral Gardens Hall and outdoor picture theatre at Waikerie (now the White Street car park). The researcher has provided the following information: Built in an old quarry, it was the main place to meet etc in Waikerie until the Institute opened in the 1920s. The men pictured here are returned Servicemen, and they may be gathered here after the dedication stone for the new Institute and Memorial Hall was unveiled by General Birdwood on a visit to the town. Within 25 years more than half of these men had died, usually of war-related problems or what we now know as PTSD related incidents. The Austral Garden Hall was made into a private house and demolished in the 1960s.
B.M. James
Photograph of B.M. James in her army dress uniform and her nurse's uniform. According to a researcher, this is Private JAMES, Beryl Mary service number SFX24646 (S38414). Born Mount Gambier, 1914.
Anzac Day
Photograph of catafalque party at war memorial on Anzac Day, Mount Gambier.
Officer POWs at German camp
A semi-formal photograph of officers held as prisoners of war in Germany (the exact location is not known). While most are attired in full military uniform, some are not, and there are jackets hanging from the windows of the building behind the group. See also PRG 1300/15/2-3.
Officer POWs at German camp
A photograph of officers held as prisoners of war in Germany (the exact location is not known). While most are attired in full military uniform, some are not. There are also me leaning from the windows of the building behind the group. See also PRG 1300/15/1 & 3.
German POW camp
A photograph of a building used to hold prisoners of war in Germany (the exact location is not known). See also PRG 1300/15/1-2.
Day pass from POW camp
Day pass issued to George Douglas McLean, a POW at Kriegsgefangenen-Lager, a German POW camp at Langensalza. The pass enabled him to go into the town of Langensalza unescorted. The text of the pass reads: 'Permit. Valid until 31 January 1919. The English First Lieutenant G.D.McLean has permission to go to the town of Langensalza unescorted. The permit is to be given back on return to the prisoner of war hospital at the camp. Langensalza, 9 December 1918. [Signature] Captain and Commandant'.
Light railway at Schwarmstedt
View of a small steam train with open carriages at Schwarmstedt, identified as 'field train transport (light railway). The back of the card indicates that is a prisoner of war camp for officers at Schwarmstedt. (Offizier-Gefangenenlager).
Prison camp at Schwarmstedt
View of the interior of the camp (das innen-lager) at the prisoner of war camp for officers at Schwarmstedt, Germany.
Near the prison camp at Schwarmstedt
View near the POW camp (Absender) at Schwarmstedt, Germany, where George Douglas McLean was interned for the latter part of the war.
Prison camp at Schwarmstedt
View of part of the POW camp (Absender) at Schwarmstedt, Germany, where George Douglas McLean was interned for the latter part of the war.
At Mareeba Hospital
Group photograph of fifty soldiers at the Mareeba Hospital before leaving for Duntroon. The Red Cross took over between 1914-1917 with Mareeba as a Military Hospital. The following have been identified by a researcher: front row (from left): Leslie Horrocks Haslam; Guy Satterswaite Devonshire; ?; William Gordon Carter; Reginald Charles Bleechmore; ?; ?; ?; ?; E.G.E. Willis; ?; Robert Whittaker. Second row (from left): William Leslie Scarborough; ?; ?; Watson; Thomas; Stevens; ?; ?; Carter; ?; ?; Robert Royden Carmichael. Third row (from left): Henry Algernon Proctor; ? Harvey; ?; Cochrane; ?; ?; ?; Adolph Wallach; ?; Cleworth. Fourth row (from left): Proctor; ?; ?; Whyte; Orwald; Scott; ?; ?; Cecil Claud Marcelin Chabrel; William Wallace Lindsay; Kitson; Leak; ?.Fifth row (from left): Frederick Hanken; Frank Lindsay Pannell.
Australian soldier in uniform
Studio photo of soldier Robert Haines (AIF Service No.4790). Robert Haines attended Queenstown Church of Christ, where the photographer, W.C. Brooker, was the minister. W.C. Brooker married Robert & Mary Martin in 1914. Robert Haines enlisted in November 1915 and was later killed in action in France in April 1917. The original photograph was pinned to a board for display.
Embroidered 'Advance Australia' sampler
Embroidered 'Advance Australia' sampler with a patriotic motif, made by W.H. Allison while in hospital recovering from war injuries in Bristol, England, ca.1918-1919. The silk needlework on canvas includes an Australian coat-of-arms. To see an associated photograph of W.H. Allison with the sampler, do a NUMBER search on PRG 1471/5/31.
Inscriptions on H.M.A.S. Australia
Inscriptions on the side of the battleship H.M.A.S. Australia which list locations: Pacific 1914 and North Sea 1915-1919 with the word Endeavour.