Collection relating to the service of Martha May Priestley (nee Brooks) as a VAD

Accession Number P02789.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Randwick
Date made c 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Two soldiers and three Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurses at the Randwick Military Hospital (No. 4 AGH, later known as the Prince of Wales Hospital) with an ambulance. The VADs are wearing masks over most of their faces to protect themselves against the Spanish Influenza virus.

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