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 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.