| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2021.7.13 |
| Collection number | PR00596 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 8 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Carey, Norman Samuel Grant, Elsie Rose |
| Place made | Belgium, France |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Letters from and to Sister Elsie Rose Grant, 1917
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Elsie Rose Grant, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, France, 1917.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of two handwritten letters.
One handwritten letter from Sister Grant to her friend 'Rose', 23 August 1917. The letter describes describing shelling attacks and subsequent evacuation of 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station near Ypres in Belgium as well as a chance meeting with her brother, Lieutenant Allan Grant, 40th Battalion, in France.
One handwritten letter from Sergeant Norman Carey to Sister Grant, 20 October 1917. This letter describes the death Sister Grace's brother, Lieutenant Allan Grant, 40th Battalion, killed at Passchendaele, 12 October 1917.