South Africa. 1901. Group portrait of fifteen nurses and eleven service personnel. Caption on the ...

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Accession Number P01840.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

South Africa. 1901. Group portrait of fifteen nurses and eleven service personnel. Caption on the back of a copy of the original photograph reads `This looks like a picture of the 14 Australian sisters together in South Africa', referring to the fourteen nurses in the second contingent of New South Wales medical personnel who left Sydney on 1900-01-17. Middle row seventh from the left is Sister Mary A. (Bessie) Pocock.