Group portrait of British, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers and nurses on riding horses. ...

Accession Number P11458.035.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Ireland
Date made 9 February 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of British, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers and nurses on riding horses. Identified, first from left, is Staff Nurse Dora Frances McCormack. Staff Nurse McCormack enlisted in the AANS in June 1917 and embarked for overseas service in Salonika aboard RMS Mooltan. In Salonika, Staff Nurse McCormack served with 42nd General Hospital and 66th General Hospital until January 1919 when she travelled to the United Kingdom and embarked for Australia aboard HMAT Nestor. Staff Nurse McCormack passed away in a private hospital in 1936, aged 51 years. The other soldiers and nurse have not been further identified.

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