http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/03/05/the-indefatigable-florence-macdowell/ Blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:01:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/03/05/the-indefatigable-florence-macdowell/comment-page-1/#comment-4323 Richard Cooke Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:20:23 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=2082#comment-4323 I am wandering if the place name was not Vrnjačka Banja in Serbia. Vrnjačka Banja was a spa town in central Serbia ideal for medical convalescence. I cannot find reference to Vranatzka Banya. My grandmother, an Australian Ethel Gillingham, was a British Red Cross nurse at Vrnjačka Banja and later at Kruchevatz where I believe she grouped with Dr Elsie Inglis because I am certain Ethel was part of the same prisoner of war swap with Elsie through Vienna. I am wandering if the place name was not Vrnjačka Banja in Serbia. Vrnjačka Banja was a spa town in central Serbia ideal for medical convalescence.
I cannot find reference to Vranatzka Banya.
My grandmother, an Australian Ethel Gillingham, was a British Red Cross nurse at Vrnjačka Banja and later at Kruchevatz where I believe she grouped with Dr Elsie Inglis because I am certain Ethel was part of the same prisoner of war swap with Elsie through Vienna.

]]> http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/03/05/the-indefatigable-florence-macdowell/comment-page-1/#comment-2722 Bob Filipovich Mon, 25 May 2009 19:25:08 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=2082#comment-2722 Florence MacDowell was just one of scores of Aussie women doctors, nurses and other volunteers who went to the Balkans, and Serbia in particular, during the Great War. Many joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service lead by Dr Elsie Inglis and went to help the Serbs in Serbia and elsewhere. In recognition of their service and sacrifice, there is an official plaque in Belgrade on the Building of the Serbian Medical Society. A book *For Courage and Humanity* on this subject matter by Slavica Popovic is held in most State Libraries in Austalia. Florence MacDowell was just one of scores of Aussie women doctors, nurses and other volunteers who went to the Balkans, and Serbia in particular, during the Great War. Many joined the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service lead by Dr Elsie Inglis and went to help the Serbs in Serbia and elsewhere. In recognition of their service and sacrifice, there is an official plaque in Belgrade on the Building of the Serbian Medical Society.
A book *For Courage and Humanity* on this subject matter by Slavica Popovic is held in most State Libraries in Austalia.

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