The entrance and signboard to No. 1 Australian General Hospital (1AGH). 1AGH opened at Sutton ...

Accession Number D00443
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Sutton Veny
Date made 19 April 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

The entrance and signboard to No. 1 Australian General Hospital (1AGH). 1AGH opened at Sutton Veny on 15 January 1919 after coming from Rouen, France. The signboard seen is that used in France and accompanied the unit from Rouen, Normandy. The flagstaff is seen over top of signboard and carries the Geneva Red Cross flag, the Australian flag on a horizontal bar. The entrance is upon the main road from Warminster to Sutton Veny. The lettering upon the noticeboard is in the colours of the unit, viz, chocolate and green. Four patients stand on the road, two on crutches.

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