Series 4: Medical documentation

Pocock, Mary Anne "Bessie" (Matron, b.1863 - d.1946)

< Previous Record

Places	Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Ismailia Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Dartford Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Chatswood
Accession Number	RCDIG0001524
Collection number	PR05050
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Series
Item count	5
Object type	Papers
Maker	Australian Army Nursing Service Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie'
Place made	At sea, Australia, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made	1908-1932
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

This series contains medical documentation relating to the First World War and post-war service of Matron Mary Anne (Bessie) Pocock. It contains lecture notes from her time with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and two patient registers, one relating to her service aboard the Hospital Ship Assaye in 1915 and the other relating to the convalescent hospital she established at Chatswood in 1924.