Item ST 42855 Photograph - 40th Stationary Hospital, Ward 111, France, 1917

Summary

Small sepia photograph of ward 111 at the 40th Stationary Hospital in France during World War I. The person at the front left wears a standard patient outfit. From a collection of material relating to the service of Nurse Taffy Evans.

No 40 Stationary Hospital was located at Harfleur, France, from May 1917 to Nov 1919.

Nurse J. (Taffy) Evans worked at several hospitals in England, France and Belgium during World War I. Her documents mention King George Hospital in London; Number 2 London General Hospital, Chelsea; Number 30 General Hospital, Calais, France; 52nd General Hospital; and 52nd Stationary Hospital, Havre, France (Ward C). Nurse Evans left London for service in France on 23 April 1917, and probably remained in Europe until the end of the war.

Description of Content

Small sepia photograph of hospital ward. The ceiling has visible beams and beds line the walls. A soldier in Australian Hospital uniform sits on a bed near a heater that is in the centre of the photograph. Flowers sit on a table near the heater. Men can be seen lying in their beds.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph on paper.