| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P02212.063 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Vines, Dorothy Alexander |
| Place made | British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Nazareth |
| Date made | May 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Dinner party at the officers' mess of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) in the ...
Description
Dinner party at the officers' mess of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) in the convent Terra Santa (or Sancta) which they occupied for the Syrian Campaign. Clockwise from the foreground end of the Table: Commanding officer (CO) Lieutenant-Colonel H. McLorinan (at the head of the table), unknown (with unidentified badge of rank on shoulder), VFX360 Sister U.A. Melville, unknown, VX266 Anna Elizabeth Whiteside, Padre Burnett, Captain Macintosh, VFX62909 Sister M.F. Lindsay, unknown, Captain R. Crisp, VFX374 Sister M.E. Josephs, Sister E. Sulzberger, unknown, unknown, Major Bowie Somerset, unknown, unknown, and VFX378 Sister. M.J. Hanna. The convent was referred to by the Australians as "Sancta Casa".