| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01908.023 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Belgium |
| Date made | 21 July 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A motor vehicle housing a mobile X-ray unit attached to Mobile Surgical Hospital No 1, at Oest ...
Description
A motor vehicle housing a mobile X-ray unit attached to Mobile Surgical Hospital No 1, at Oest Hoek in readiness for retreat to Rausbrugge. The hospital was established by Mrs Mary Borden-Turner, to operate in the French section of the lines on the Western Front. In 1917-18 she employed, through the Australian Red Cross, four Australians to nurse wounded French soldiers at her hospital, known in French as Hopital Chirurgical Mobile No. 1. These were Sisters Hilda Loxton, Minnie Hough, Wallace, and Lynette Crozier, who had all been among a group of twenty civilian trained nurses who volunteered in Australia in 1916 for service in France. The hospital was situated first at Beverau, twenty miles from Dunkirk; then for five months at Oest Hoek, followed by Rausbrugge.