| Accession Number | P11241.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Riley, Sidney |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane |
| Date made | c 1917-1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of Staff Nurse (or Sister) Frances Mary Byron MacKellar, Australian Army Nursing ...
Description
Studio portrait of Staff Nurse (or Sister) Frances Mary Byron MacKellar, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Maryborough, Qld. Staff Nurse MacKellar enlisted on 19 May 1917, and embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard RMS Khiva on 26 May 1917. She was posted to the 34th Welsh General Hospital at Deolali, India, situated in open country 160 miles from Bombay. In January 1919 she travelled from Bombay to England, where she was attached to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (AAH) at Dartford, a hospital established to treat 'shell shock' and similar cases requiring specialist treatment. MacKellar was promoted to the rank of Sister in June 1919, and returned to Australia aboard SS Runic on 20 December 1919. Letters, documents and postcards related to the service of Sister MacKellar and her brothers 3906 Private Robin MacKellar and 639 Sergeant Duncan MacKellar are held by the Research Centre at PR03194.