Three nurses who accompanied the second contingent to the Boer War as members of the NSW Army ...

Place Africa: South Africa
Accession Number P00573.027
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1902
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Three nurses who accompanied the second contingent to the Boer War as members of the NSW Army Medical Corps. Left to right: Matron Ellen Julia (Nellie) Gould holding a chatelaine, Sister Penelope Frater and Sister Julia Bligh Johnston, holding her Queen Victoria commemorative chocolate tin issued in 1900. The dog Buller was brought back from South Africa.