South African War nurses |
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| Title : | South African War nurses |
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| Creator : | Hammer & Co., photographer | ||
| Source : | B 9065 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1899 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Studio photograph of South Australian nurses titled 'Patriotic nurses for South Africa'. The women are: Back row: Miss A B Stephenson, Miss A G Cocks Front row: Miss M O'Shanahan, Miss E A Watts, Miss M S Bidmead, Miss A M Glenie. Martha Bidmead was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her services in the Boer War, only one of three Australian nurses to receive it. She was in charge of the group of nurses in the photograph. They sailed from Melbourne aboard the Australasian in February 1900. |
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| Coverage year : | 1899 |
| Further reading : | Oppenheimer, Melanie. Australian women and war, Canberra : Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2008 The tragedy and comedy of war hospitals by Sister X. London: J. Murray, 1906 Treves, Frederick, Sir. The tale of a field hospital, London; New York: Cassell, 1900 Wallace, Robert L. The Australians at the Boer War, Canberra: Australian War Memorial [and] Australian Government Publishing Service, 1976 Wilkinson, Frank. Australia at the front: a colonial view of the Boer War, London: John Long, 1901 Wilson, W. D. Report on the medical arrangements in the South African War, London: H.M.S.O., 1904 |
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