Summary
Magazine produced by No. 11 Australian General Hospital (AGH), aka Caulfield Military Hospital, in 1917 to commemorate the second anniversary of the Anzac forces' landing in Gallipoli. Contains contributions from present and past hospital patients and staff members. Magazine content includes articles, poems and correspondence. Middle pages bear black and white images of the hospital.
Printed by Chas Steele & Co., Printers, 306 -8 Russell Street, Melbourne.
Physical Description
12 page magazine with blue card cover stapled at spine. Cover bears printed text inside an illustration of a hospital facade with sloped roof and twin pillars, all in blue ink. Round sticker adhered to top left corner of cover advertises the Caulfield Carnival and bears a colour illustration of Red Cross beside a soldier being given medical assistance. Text printed throughout the magazine in black ink with some black and white images featured on middle pages.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Victorian Branch, Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (RSL), circa 1986
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Acknowledgement
From an original donation to the Returned Servicemen's League (RSL), Anzac House, Melbourne.
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Place & Date Depicted
No.11 Australian General Hospital (Caulfield Military Hospital), Caulfield, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 Apr 1917
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Inscriptions
Front cover, printed: THE/CAULFIELD/CRIPPLE/For circulation only amongst the patiens & staff of No 11 A.G.H Caulfield/SOUVENIR ANZAC DAY NUMBER/In memory of our fallen comrades. [further text] Front cover, sticker at top left corner: CAULFIELD CARNIVAL/APRIL 6th to 13th/AT THE/RACECOURSE/TO HELP/THE WOUNED IN HOSPITAL/OUR BRAVE MEN IN THE TRENCHES/THE HORSES ON SERVICE.
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Overall Dimensions
192 mm (Width), 259 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Anzac Day, Commemorations, World War I, 1914-1918, Veterans, Hospitals, Military Memorabilia
