Summary
Newspaper cutting contained in a yellow envelope with four black and white photographs and seven postcards relating to war nursing service in Salonica, Greece. The envelope was contained in a diary probably written by sister Alice Elizabeth Cocking, later Sister Williams.
The memoir records life of a nurse on transport ships, in hospitals and on leave. It is written in a school exercise book some time after the event - possibly even after World War II.
Physical Description
Newspaper cutting attached to a greem board (possibly cut out of an album).
More Information
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Collection Names
Military Memorabilia Collection, Returned and Services League (RSL) Collection
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Acquisition Information
Donation & Subsequent Transfer from Victorian Branch, Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (RSL), Sister Barbara Williams, circa 1986
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Inscriptions
Printed on the newpaper cutting; 'EVENTS OF THE DAY / WOMEN AND THEIR WORK / Military Nurse Dies / Conditions of life on active service / played havoc with Sister May Hen- / nessy's constitution. / She returned from / duty at Salonica on / the Novgorod last / week, and died at / Geelong soon after / being brought / ashore. She had contracted malaria / in Salonica, and / suffered a relapse / on the homeward / voyage. Her condition was so serious / on arrival that it / was impossible to / transfer her to her / home at Bendigo. Sister Hennessy was / the daughter of Mr and Mrs James / Hennessy M'Ivor street, Bendigo. / She volunteered for service in 1917, / and went as far as Malta in the / Mooltan, which was torpedoed while / continuing the trip. The funeral took / place on Saturday at the Bendigo / cemetery, a large number of nurses / and returned soldiers attending[sic] in uniform.'
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Overall Dimensions
95 mm (Width), 118 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Military Memorabilia, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918, Military Medical Care, Military Memorabilia, Newspapers, Nursing, World War II, 1939-1945