Collection related to the service of Major Robert Grieve Woods, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance

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Accession Number P00339.014
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Albury
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

PART OF A RECRUITING MARCH WHICH BEGAN AT ALBURY. THESE ARE RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS. ONE OF THE LADIES AT THE FRONT, MRS J. MITCHELL, ANNOUNCED HER INTENTION OF MARCHING WITH THE RED CROSS BUT WOULD NOT WEAR THE WHITE UNIFORM, SO A "FOUR" OF BLACK LADIES HAD TO BE FORMED. THE OTHERS ARE ANNA BEVAN, MRS BUTCHER AND MRS LONG.