Group portrait of bride, groom and guests at the wedding of Staff Nurse (SN) Maysie Devine, ...

Accession Number P07133.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Place made India: Bombay
Date made 16 November 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

Group portrait of bride, groom and guests at the wedding of Staff Nurse (SN) Maysie Devine, Australian Army Nursing Service, of Geelong, Victoria, and Captain D L O'Neill RAMC, of Ireland. Devine was an Australian nurse serving at Colaba War Hospital, Bombay. Also identified is SN Carrie de Groot (front row, second from left). SN Devine was discharged from the AANS as a result of her marriage. The couple were married at Holy Name Church, Bombay, by Reverend Father Bennett. Maysie Devine and Carrie de Groot were friends before the First World War and had trained together at St Vincents Hospital in Melbourne.