Diary of Alice Ross-King, 1915

Ross-King, Alice, MM (Sister, b.1887 - d.1968)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Gezira Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Zeitoun Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Suez Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Albany Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle Oceans: Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden
Accession Number	RCDIG0000973
Collection number	PR02082
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	149 Image/s captured
Maker	Ross-King, Alice
Place made	At sea, Australia, Egypt
Date made	1915
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of Sister Alice Ross-King, Australian Army Nursing Service. The diary, kept between 17 January 1915 and 19 December 1915, details Ross-King's service with the Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) in Egypt in 1915. She includes descriptions of local places visited and substantial commentary on the character of the many and various people she encountered during her duties. Ross-King has also depicted in great detail her daily duties and details of the many wounded that she and her fellow nurses attended to. In particular, she commonly refers to treating the constant wounded from Gallipoli. Ross-King details her return to Australia on transport duties in late 1915 and her subsequent return to Egypt on a troopship carrying reinforcements.