Group portrait of the sick bay staff from the Australian hospital ship AMFA Grantala. Identified ...

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Accession Number 302802
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made August 1914
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of the sick bay staff from the Australian hospital ship AMFA Grantala. Identified left to right (back row): none identified. Middle row: Dr Alfred John Trinca; unidentified; Chief Petty Officer J Gregg; unidentified; unidentified; Sister Stella Lillian Colless, of Penrith, NSW; unidentified; Chief Petty Officer A Wilson; unknown; unknown; Chaplain Charles Henderson. Front row: Unidentified; Surgeon William Nicholas Horsfall; Sister Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie; Sister Florence Elizabeth McMillan; Matron Sarah Melanie De Mestre; unidentified; Sister Bertha Ellen Burtinshaw; Sister Rachel Clouston of Penrith, NSW; Sister Constance Neale, of Penrith, NSW; unidentified. All the nurses were selected from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to ensure they were a cohesive group.