Accession Number | P10843.006 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916 - 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of Sister Winifred Jeffreys, a staff nurse with the Hospital Transport Corps. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of Sister Winifred Jeffreys, a staff nurse with the Hospital Transport Corps. A nurse prior to enlisting on 31 October 1916, Sister Jeffreys embarked for overseas on 18 November 1916 from Fremantle, WA, aboard No 2 Hospital Ship (HS) Kanowna on 25 September 1917. She served in England with the 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital and was attached to HS Kanowna for a period. Following leave to Australia, Sister Jeffreys served at the 1st Australian Auxillary Hospital at Harefield, England. She returned to Australia on 7 February 1919.