Portrait of Miss Douska Kahan, of New York, NY (born in Sale, Vic) who served between February ...

Accession Number P03144.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Foley, E F
Place made United States of America: New York
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Miss Douska Kahan, of New York, NY (born in Sale, Vic) who served between February 1918 and March 1919 with the American National Red Cross in the Tuberculosis Bureau in Paris, France. Her brother, 1146 Sergeant Henry Kagan 'Harry' Kahan who returned from New York to enlist, served with the 28th Battalion between 24 May 1915 and 28 February 1919, and also wrote the battalion's history.