Postcards and ephemera relating to the service of Evelyn Davies, 1915-1919

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Accession Number AWM2017.6.228
Collection number 3DRL/3398(B)
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 46
Object type Postcard, Greeting card, Newspaper cutting
Physical description 93 Image/s captured
Maker Davies, Evelyn
Various
Date made 1915-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Postcards and ephemera relating to the First World War service of Sister Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) Evelyn Davies. These postcards, Christmas cards and ephemera were written by Evelyn Davies to her family members between 11 June 1915 to 2 June 1919. Postcards written by Evelyn Davies during her time in Egypt and India. Also included in this collection are decorative Christmas cards from 1916 to 1918. This file also contains combined leave and railway tickets which signify Davies being granted leave from France to Inverness.

This file contains:
Pressed flora, n.d.;
Postcard depicting King Dutugemunu's statue from "Tev" Evelyn Davies to "Rupe" Rupert, 11 June 1915;
Postcard depicting Tajinahal Hotel, Bombay from "Tev" Evelyn Davies to her mother, Bombay India, n.d.;
Postcard depicting Rodiya Woman with child from "Tev" Evelyn Davie to her mother, 2 June [1915];
Newspaper clipping titled 'Good Time On A "Legacy"', n.d.;
Blank postcard with a picture of the Temple of Luxor, n.d.;
Postcard depicting H.M. Hospital ship "Oxfordshire" from "Tev" Evelyn Davies to Mrs Davies [her mother], 17 January 1916;
Postcard depicting Pyramids of Giza from "Tevie" Evelyn Davies to her mother, Cairo, 24 January 1916;
Postcard depicting Karnak Colonnades with text reading 'Mrs Davies, Healesville', n.d.;
Postcard depicting Thebes - Bas Reliefs of the tomb of Ramses, with text reading 'Mrs Davies, Healesville', n.d.;
Postcard depicting Thebes addressed to Mrs Davies, n.d.;
Card titled 'Miss Kelly', 3 March 1916;
Postcard depicting Suex - The Fountain of Moses from [James] to "Sister E. Davies" Evelyn Davies, 31 March 1916;
Postcard depicting H.M. Hospital ship "Oxfordshire" from G.W. to Mrs Davies, Healesville, 3 May 1916;
Postcard depicting Temple of Karnak, Cairo, 3 May 1916;
Postcard depicting Philae - Temple of Isis and the Kiosk from "Tevie" Evelyn Davies to "Rupe" Rupert, Cairo, 5 May 1916;
Postcard depicting Mayers Papyrus Series from "Tev" Evelyn Davies to her mother, Peshawar, 8 September 1916;
Postcard depicting Thebes - Bas Relief addressed to Mrs Davies, Healesville, n.d.;
Statement of pay and allowance, 1 July 1916;
Christmas card The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force depicting Mudros Harbour inside from "Tev" Evelyn Davies to "Rupe" Rupert, Cairo, 24 January 1916;
Christmas card depicting wattle with a poem, 1916;
Christmas card B.E.F. France, from [Lorne] to Ma & [indecipherable], 25 December 1917;
Christmas card from all and Alice, 13 December 1918;
Christmas card from the Australian Red Cross, n.d.;
Christmas card from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force depicting Mudros Harbour inside, n.d.;
Christmas card from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force depicting Mudros Harbour inside, n.d.;
Christmas card depicting embossed flowers and ribbon titles Greetings addressed from [Boy] to Mr Davies, n.d.;
Christmas card depicting Dhal Lake with embossed gold sign, n.d.;
Christmas card depicting house with people out sitting the front from the McKridges at Glenora to Dave, with a poem title "A Little Touch of Memory", n.d.;
Christmas card from the Australian Red Cross, n.d.;
Christmas card from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force depicting Mudros Harbour, n.d.;
Christmas card from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force with a picture of Mudros Harbour, n.d.;
Newspaper cutting from The Age titled 'The Last Of The Tribes', 1 January 1918;
Newspaper cutting from The Age titled 'The Last Of The Tribes', 1 January 1918;
Newspaper cutting titled 'An Insane Impulse', n.d.;
Newspaper cutting titled "Manufacturing" Returned Soldiers, n.d.;
Letter from "Tev" Evelyn Davies to her mother, No. 25 General Hospital, Hardelot, France, 6 March 1918;
Registered postcard from Captain Lance E. [Taplin] to "Sister E. Davies" Evelyn Davies, 14 May 1918;
Combined Leave and Railway ticket number F348350 from France to Inverness, passenger "Sister E. Davies", leave granted from 13 September 1918 to 27 September 1918;
Combined Leave and Railway ticket number F348350 from France to Inverness, leave granted from 13 September 1918 to 27 September 1918;
Envelope addressed to Mrs G. Davies from Healesville, postmarked 16 December 1918;
Cablegram: Rupert Davies. Retiring Pastor, 2 June 1919;
Blank claim form addressed to the District Finance Officer, 3rd Military District, Melbourne, n.d.;
Statutory Declaration by Evelyn Davies, n.d.;
Postcard depicting Kaiser Street with Hospital, n.d.
Postcard depicting Belgian Flag addressed to Melle Marthe [indecipherable], n.d.;