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Accession Number | RCDIG0000974 |
Collection number | PR02082 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 1 |
Object type | Diary |
Physical description | 126 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Ross-King, Alice |
Place made | Egypt, France |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Diary of Alice Ross-King, 1916
Diary relating to the First World War service of Sister Alice Ross-King, Australian Army Nursing Service. The diary, kept between 1 January 1916 and 11 November 1916, details Ross-King's service with the Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) in Egypt and later France in 1916. Having been transferred briefly to the British 11 Stationary Hospital upon first arriving in France, she was transferred back to 1 Australian General Hospital based at Rouen. She includes descriptions of local places visited and substantial commentary on the character of the many and various people she encountered during her duties. Ross-King has also depicted in great detail her daily duties and details of the many wounded that she and her fellow nurses attended to in France. The tone and frequency of entries changes decidedly after the death of Ross-King's intended, Lieutenant Harry Lowry Moffitt (53 Battalion), at the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916.