Summary
Nurse Taffy Evans' World War I autograph album for 1919. Written on the multi coloured pages are messages of thanks and goodwill to Nurse Evans. The 'Boys of C Ward' at the 52nd Stationary Hospital composed several songs about her 'bringing in the pills'.
The autograph book includes a sketch of a woman in VAD uniform with red cross, a letter from a soldier bidding her sad farewell and a cartoon of a soldier returning from war on a stretcher. Some of the men in the ward have the influenza.
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.
More Information
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Collection Names
Military Memorabilia Collection, Returned and Services League (RSL) Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation & Subsequent Transfer from Victorian Branch, Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (RSL), J. L. Lewis, 1986
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Place & Date Depicted
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Organisation Named
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Past Owner
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Individuals Identified
Evans, Nurse Taffy
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Format
Book
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Inscriptions
'TO SISTER EVANS...' [extensive text follows]
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Open
335 mm (Width), 25 mm (Depth), 135 mm (Height)
Opened to approximately middle of autograph book
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Part Dimensions
163 mm (Width), 200 mm (Height)
Size of letter entitled "My Dear Nurse" - single hand-written sheet, tucked into autograph book
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Part Dimensions
153 mm (Width), 245 mm (Height)
Size of single page sketch depicting soldiers (pink)
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References
Information on Australian nurses in World War I from '1918: Australians in France - Nurses - "The roses of No Man's Land"', Australian War Memorial, [Link 1] accessed 27 May 2010. No information is available on J. (Taffy) Evans in the Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia or National Archives (UK) web sites - 27/5/2010.
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Keywords
Autographs, Healthcare & Medicine, Hospitals, Medical Workers, Nurses, Soldiers, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918
