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Accession Number | J00721 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Portrait of three Australian nurses, Sisters Cameron of Tasmania, (probably Mabel Letitia Cameron ...
Portrait of three Australian nurses, Sisters Cameron of Tasmania, (probably Mabel Letitia Cameron of Hobart Tasmania); Edith Annie Foster of NSW and Clare Deacon, MM, of Tasmania. Sister Foster enlisted on 21 November 1914 and returned to Australia on 11 December 1918. Sister Cameron and Sister Deacon both enlisted on 21 November 1914 and returned to Australia on 29 January 1918. Sister Deacon was awarded the Military Medal on 24 January 1918 for her bravery during the bombing raids at the 2nd Clearing Station at Trois Arbres near Armentieres on 22 July 1917. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.