Portrait of nurses sightseeing in Egypt, four on camels and four on donkeys in front of the ...

Accession Number P11193.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Photograph
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: North Egypt, Mena
Date made 16 May 1915
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 nurses sightseeing in Egypt, four on camels and four on donkeys in front of the Sphinx. Amongst this group, exact position unknown, is Sister Edith Blake of San Souci, NSW, who served with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and was killed when the hospital ship she was on, the HMHS Glenart Castle, was sunk by a German U-boat on 26 February 1918.