"Graves of the Australians that died in Egypt. All Australian and other troop [sic] are buried ...

Accession Number P11305.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Cairo, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

"Graves of the Australians that died in Egypt. All Australian and other troop [sic] are buried here. Note the nurses graves." The grave at the centre (front) is that of Staff Nurse Louisa Annie (Louie) Bicknell, 1st Australian General Hospital, who died of illness at Heliopolis, Egypt on 25 June 1915. This image is from the collection of 4403 Staff Sergeant Ernest George Hewish, 3rd Australian General Hospital.