An unidentified soldier reclines next to a sand painting of the Australian Rising Sun (General ...

Accession Number P10638.009.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Frontier, Sinai
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An unidentified soldier reclines next to a sand painting of the Australian Rising Sun (General Service) Badge. The painting has been created from broken glass, brick dust, shells and coal on the desert sand outside tent wards at the 36th Stationary Hospital. Image from the collection of Staff Nurse Kathleen Blanche Gawler, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR).