An unidentified nurse preparing a patient in the pre-operation ward of the 1st Australian ...

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Accession Number E01305
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Outtersteene
Date made 24 November 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

An unidentified nurse preparing a patient in the pre-operation ward of the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station. This image was the inspiration for an artwork painted by Frank Crozier. In 1936 Crozier was commissioned to paint a number of scenes of women’s work during the First World War for the Australian War Memorial’s collection. As these were created some time after the war, it is understood that some subjects were derived from Crozier's experience and that some were drawn from photographs in the Memorial's collection. The painting ART13338 is almost identical to this image, which was photographed in 1917 at the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station. Crozier’s movements on the Western Front as an official war artist during the First World War would have more likely led him to encounter the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, which may explain why the artist, or a later source, has added this unit to the artwork’s title.