| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001518 |
| Collection number | PR05050 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 7 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 14 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various |
| Place made | France, India, United Kingdom: Scotland, Western Front |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Correspondence relating to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, 1917
Description
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). This file contains correspondence written to and by Pocock for the year 1917, during which she served at the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (2ACCS) and 2nd Australian General Hospital (2AGH). Those written by Pocock are to her sister Alice. This file contains:
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to Al, [2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Trois Arbres], 5 February 1917;
Note written by Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, [2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Trois Arbres], 11 February 1917;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to Al, No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Boulogne, BEF, France, 10 May 1917;
Letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to Alice, No. 2 [Australian General Hospital], Boulogne, 30 August 1917;
Typescript letter from [indecipherable] to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, Nagpur, 22 September 1917;
Typescript letter from [Hallander Wade] to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, Woodcroft, Larbert, 4 December 1917;
Partial letter from Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock to Alice, 1917 [includes list of souvenirs].