| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001516 |
| Collection number | PR05050 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 23 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 50 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various |
| Place made | At sea, Australia, Egypt, United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Correspondence relating to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, 1915
Description
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). This file contains correspondence and notes for the year 1915. In letters home to members of her family she details her service as a nurse with the 2nd Australian General Hospital in Cairo and, later, as matron of the Hospital Ship Assaye. Also contained in this file is correspondence from friends and acquaintances to Pocock. This file contains:
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her brother, [Egypt], 16 February 1915;
Letter from G. Short to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, [Newcastle], [February 1915];
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, Abbassia Hospital, Egypt, [March 1915];
Cablegram from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, Port Said, 19 July 1915;
Notes/entries by Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, 30 July - December 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to the Senior Medical Officer, Hospital Ship Assaye, 21 August 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, Mudros, 18 September 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, "Assaye", 7 October 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, Woburn House Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London, 22 October 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to Mr. Kilner, Woburn House Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London, 24 October 1915;
Letter from W. S. [Postlewait] to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, 4 Hamlet Road, Upper Norwood, 24 October 1915;
Envelope addressed to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, postmarked 27 October 1915;
Envelope addressed to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, postmarked 28 October 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, Woburn House Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London, 30 October 1915;
Rules for Members of Q.A.I.M.N.S. and Reserve serving on Hospital Ships or returning as Patients, October 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock [to her family], H.M.S. Assaye, Salonika, 23 November 1915;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, H.M.A.S. Assaye, nearing Alexandria, 30 November 1915;
Timeline of key events from October 1914 to September 1915, [1915];
Partial letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to unknown, 1915;
Timeline of voyages from 6 October to 14 December 1915, 1915;
Partial letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to her family, [c.1915];
Note on sightseeing in Egypt, [c.1915];
Note on sightseeing in Egypt, [c.1915].