| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.7.61 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0667 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Folder |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers, Book, Newspaper cutting |
| Physical description | 36 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Eames, William L'Estrange |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | 1915; 1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Wallet 1 of 12, Folder 1 of 2 - Collection relating to William L'Estrange Eames and the Australian Voluntary Hospital, 1915; 1919
Description
Collection relating to the First World War Service of Brevet Colonel William L'Estrange Eames, Royal Army Medical Corps, England and France, 1915; 1919.
Wallet 1 of 12 - The first of two folders containing papers and newspaper clippings collected by Eames whilst Commanding Officer of the Australian Voluntary Hospital (later absorbed into the British Army and renamed No. 32 Stationary Hospital) at Wimereux in northern France. All items relate to the Australian Voluntary Hospital and include an appeal for the hospital presented in a booklet titled "The Australian Voluntary Hospital 1914-1915" originally published in Australia in September 1915, a typescript history of the hospital, and a comparative account of the hospital from late 1915 by Claude Saint Clare set against his recollections of the building as the Hôtel du Golf et Cosmopolite shortly before the outbreak of the war. The folder also includes two newspaper articles published by 'The Daily Mail' on 7 January 1915 and 'The Morning Post' on 9 October [1915] that feature the Australian Voluntary Hospital.