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\nThe 1st Australian General Hospital (1AGH) Sutton Veny, May 1919
\nApproximately 300 nurses and military personnel. Seated in the middle of the front row is Matron Ethel Gray, Australian Army Nursing Service, and to her left is Commanding Officer 1AGH Colonel Huxtable (with walking stick and legs crossed).<\/p>\n
More than 2,300 Australian military nurses served overseas during the Great War.<\/p>\n
Click here to access The Australian Nurses of the Great War Database<\/strong><\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n This Anzac Nurses of the Great War web page<\/strong><\/em> brings together information from multiple data sources and from multiple researchers to provide a searchable resource that honours both individual stories and enables users to make their own enquiries and compile their own analysis across collective groups.<\/p>\n Sutton Veny Matron, Sister Miles-Walker (d. Oct 1918) and AANS Sisters at AGH1 October 1919<\/p>\n Anzac Nurses Nominal Rolls of the Great War.<\/strong><\/p>\n A number of nominal rolls listing the service of Anzac nurses from Australia and New Zealand in the Great War have been published and been made available on-line for research. These have been prepared by academic and family history researchers to document the military and other nurses who served in the First World War. Each roll contains different information but together they provide detailed information on this diverse range of women.<\/p>\n Links to some of these are posted here and each researcher has consented to their publication. All are in the public domain and are grouped here to assist other researchers.<\/p>\n This Anzac Nurses of the Great War web page<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has been placed in the\u00a0 public domain as a free resource to enable families, students and researchers to be able to access this information and thereby honour the training, dedication and service of these special women.<\/p>\n To honour their service and sacrifice of Australian Nurses of the Great War, <\/strong><\/em>David Perkins has developed a new \u2018searchable\u2019 database that provides access to the service and biographical details of about 2,500 Australian military nurses who served in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and other Empire military nursing organisations.<\/p>\n The Australian Nurses of the Great War Database<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is available online on this page of the Families and Friends of the First AIF webpage.\u00a0Each of David\u2019s records contains links to relevant Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, and Department of Veterans Affairs \u2018Discovering Anzacs\u2019 group stories.\u00a0David is prepared to add new names to his database and will consider requests from other researchers to do so.<\/p>\n Click here to access The Australian Nurses of the Great War Database<\/strong><\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n Additional Anzac Nurses Nominal Rolls and Women’s service in the Great War.<\/strong><\/p>\n Other nominal rolls are accessible here. They include not only Australian and New Zealand nurses who served with their respective military nursing services but women who served with the Queen Alexandra\u2019s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and as Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments or VADs.<\/p>\n The \u2018Discovering Anzacs\u2019 series of group stories<\/strong><\/em> contained several lists of nurses. The lists of nurses. had been prepared by Heather Ford who has undertaken exhaustive research in the area. She has grouped the names into cohorts and submitted them to the Australian Department of Veterans Affairs as a number of \u2018group stories\u2019 including:<\/p>\n First Convoy Nurses – 1914 | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ<\/a> AUSTRALIAN WOMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED DURING OR AS A RESULT OF THE GREAT WAR: | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ\u00a0<\/a> QAIMNSR Nurses who embarked on the HS Karoola in December 1915 | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ <\/a> WOMEN\u2019S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS \u2013 QUEEN MARY\u2019S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ<\/a> QAIMNSR Nurses who embarked on the RMS Orontes in April 1915<\/a> Nurses who served on the HS Gascon 1915<\/a> WILLOCHRA NURSES – 1915<\/a> AANS Nurses interviewed by Matron Kellett in the UK in 1919:<\/a> AANS NURSES WHO MARRIED OVERSEAS DURING WW1:<\/a> Australians in Queen Alexandra\u2019s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)<\/a> Australian Voluntary Hospital<\/a> COULTER HOSPITAL, 5 Grosvenor Square, London<\/a> 30 Australian Red Cross VADs sent to England in 1916:<\/a> THE BLUEBIRDS \u2013 20 RED CROSS NURSES AS A GIFT TO FRANCE<\/a> AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS \u2013 PRISONERS OF WAR DEPARTMENT, LONDON<\/a> THE ANZAC BUFFET, LONDON, 1915 \u2013 1919<\/a> Dr Kirsty Harris is one of Australia\u2019s leading authors and researchers relating to Australian Nurses at War. <\/strong><\/em>Her numerous publications are listed at Kirsty Harris – Academia.edu<\/a>.<\/strong> As part of this she has produced a nominal roll accessed at World War One Nurses – Australian Nurses at War<\/a><\/p>\n Photographs of Australian nurses from the AWM collection are at: In New Zealand, Sherayl McNabb has documented the names of Nurses in the<\/strong> New Zealand Army Nursing Service and other New Zealanders who served in the Great War<\/strong><\/em> (she has also created nominal rolls for nurses who served in other conflicts in which New Zealand nurses served).<\/p>\n New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Wikipedia<\/a> Jenny Baker has recorded a wide range of other Australian <\/strong>women\u2019s service in the Great War<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(with many interesting photographs):<\/p>\n Looking for the Evidence – WW1 Women (<\/a>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/lookingfortheevidenceww1women\/australian-women-at-ww1-research-home)<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for the Evidence – WW1 Women – WW1 Australian Women service units<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for the Evidence – WW1 Women – AANS Uniform & Service Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for the Evidence – WW1 Women – AN&MEF nurses<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for the Evidence – WW1 Women – Australian Masseuses<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for the Evidence – WW1 Women – Women on WW1 Roll of Honour Boards<\/a><\/p>\n Faithe Jones (a genealogist) has compiled profiles and photographs of many Australian Nurses in World War 1<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n http:\/\/ausww1nurses.weebly.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Mention should also be made of The History of the Australian Nurses in the First World War<\/strong><\/em> by Dr Ruth Rae, published as an Australian College of Nursing Centenary Commemorative Trilogy. The Trilogy details the important contribution of Australian nurses who served in the First World War (1914-18) and highlights the valuable service Australian nurses provided, to not only the servicemen, but to the ongoing professionalism of civilian and military nursing in this country.\u00a0The Trilogy features: Sneak peek: A Nominal Roll of Australian Nurses who served in the First World War (pp. 10-17) \u2013 Australian College of Nursing (https:\/\/www.acn.edu.au\/sneak-peek-nominal-roll)<\/a> \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n This Anzac Nurses of the Great War web page<\/strong><\/em> has been facilitated by \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n Launching The<\/strong> Australian Nurses of the Great War Database<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Australian Nurses of the Great War Database<\/strong><\/em> is being launched at the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park with a number of presentations and the presence of many of the researchers and developers of the database, to highlight not only aspects and the lives and service of the Nurses, but to also demonstrate the power and flexibility of the Database as a tool for enquiry and research.<\/p>\n The Australian Branch of the Western Front Association in conjunction with FFFAIF will present a\u00a0 Seminar, incorporating the 2022 John Laffin Memorial Lecture held on Saturday,<\/strong> 30 April, 2022<\/strong>, focussing on Australian nurses of the Great War<\/strong>.<\/p>\n John Laffin\u2019s mother,\u00a0Nellie Alfreda Laffin (nee Pike),<\/strong> served as a nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Great War and her story will be told by descendant Sue Tongue and other members of Nellie\u2019s family descendants using archival material and family items. This case study will help showcase the role of nurses from Australia in the war, from the viewpoint of one brave woman who served.<\/p>\n Other researchers will attend to share their findings. A special afternoon tea will be hosted for those attending. Time will be allocated to a study of Great War exhibits in the memorial\u2019s museum that relate to nurses.\u00a0A raffle will operate on the day to raise funds to cover direct costs, with special prizes to be offered.<\/p>\n Seminar programme<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Title<\/strong>: \u2018Australian military nurses in the Great War.\u201d<\/p>\n 9:30 am<\/strong>: Arrival and registration.<\/p>\n 10:00 am<\/strong>: Welcome.<\/p>\n 10:15 am<\/strong>: Nurses database, David Perkins.<\/p>\n 11:15 am<\/strong>: John Laffin Memorial Lecture, Sue Tongue and Laffin family members:\u00a0\u201cOur Nurse Nellie in the war.\u201d<\/p>\n 12:30 pm<\/strong>: Lunch (own arrangements outside the memorial). Also a time to tour the memorial.<\/p>\n 1:45 pm<\/strong>: Other women serving in the Mercantile Marine, Paul Simadas RFD, \u2018All at Sea.\u2019 A \u2018cameo\u2019 presentation.<\/p>\n 2:00 pm<\/strong>: Research presentations by invited attendees.<\/p>\n 3:00 pm<\/strong>: Panel discussion with afternoon tea (self-catered from kitchen).<\/p>\n 4:00 pm<\/strong>: Close of business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 1st Australian General Hospital (1AGH) Sutton Veny, May 1919 Approximately 300 nurses and military personnel. Seated in the middle of the front row is Matron Ethel Gray, Australian Army Nursing Service, and to her left is Commanding Officer 1AGH … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nurses\/AANS-7001-Sutton-Veny-Matron-Sister-Miles-Walker-Acc-No-H19428.jpg\")
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\nUnfortunately, the\u00a0 National Archives of Australia\u2019s Discovering Anzacs<\/em> website was decommissioned in February 2023 after almost 10 years of service.<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/webarchive.nla.gov.au\/awa\/20221128130040\/ https:\/\/discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au\/browse\/groupstories\/7672<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nhttps:\/\/webarchive.nla.gov.au\/awa\/20221128130015\/ https:\/\/discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au\/browse\/groupstories\/16457<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/webarchive.nla.gov.au\/awa\/20221128225157\/ https:\/\/discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au\/browse\/groupstories\/13014<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nhttps:\/\/webarchive.nla.gov.au\/awa\/20221129051529\/ https:\/\/discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au\/browse\/groupstories\/10300<\/a><\/p>\n
\nGreat War nurses | Australian War Memorial<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNew Zealand nurses and medical officers<\/a>
\nNew Zealand Army Nursing Service in the First World War<\/a>
\nNurses | NZ History<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nurses\/AANS-Harefield-Formal-group-portrait-of-the-nursing-staff-of-No.-1-Australian-Auxiliary-Hospital-1AAH-in-1915-AWM-P02402.027.jpeg\")
Australian nurses at Harefield Australian Auxilary Hospital 1915<\/p>\n
\nBook one – From Narromine to the Nile (2nd edition)
\nBook two – Scarlet Poppies (3rd edition)
\nBook three – Veiled Lives (3rd edition) ACN First World War Nursing Nominal Roll. Some details relating to the nominal role can be found here:<\/p>\n
\nInside the writing of The Trilogy: Finding our nurses (The Nominal Roll) \u2013 Australian College of Nursing<\/a>
\nInside the writing of the Trilogy: Australian nurses in India (Scarlet Poppies) \u2013 Australian College of Nursing<\/a>
\nInside the writing of The Trilogy: Our nurses in Gallipoli (Scarlet Poppies) \u2013 Australian College of Nursing<\/a>
\nInside the writing of the Trilogy: Our nurses in Salonica and on the home front (Veiled Lives) \u2013 Australian College of Nursing<\/a>
\nInside the writing of the Trilogy: Gas attacks in France & the Influenza Pandemic (Scarlet Poppies) \u2013 Australian College of Nursing<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPaul Simadas, RFD Lieutenant Colonel
\nChairman Australian Branch Western Front Association
\nVice President, Families and Friends of the First AIF
\nOne of Paul’s FFFAIF responsibilities is liaison with kindred organisations with an interest in commemorating the service and sacrifice of Australian service men and women and their families during and after The Great War. Paul has liaised with most of the researchers listed above, and each researcher has consented to the publication of links to their work.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nurses\/Sr-Nellie-Pike-Laffin.jpg\")
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\nMatron Gray with Sisters at Sutton Veny<\/p>\n