Military nursing - Serbia

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-15

Description: Most of the images in this collection record the military and the sites of frontline action. There are fewer images of the ambulance units, dressing stations and field hospitals. In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-12

Description: The 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army known as the American Unit, commanded by Dr Agnes Bennett. This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record wounded being brought in, views of the hospital camps and dressing stations in Serbia at Dobraveni, Skocivir, and Lake Ostrovo which seems to have been the main centre for the unit's medical operations. There are images of various activities and work at the dressing stations and of soldiers being treated and recovering. Several photographs show nurses celebrating May Day at the camp at Lake Ostrovo. Others show Soldiers graves, a Serbian priest at a burial, an ambulance destroyed during an air raid, and the countryside In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. All of the places are in Macedonia, a large part of which, in 1917, was in Serbia. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1014

Description: The 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army known as the American Unit, commanded by Dr Agnes Bennett. This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record women in military uniform with motor vehicles at Cricklewood photographed 16 July 1916, and on shipboard bound for Salonica (Thessaloniki) Greece, which was the headquarters of the allied troops involved in the conflict. Many of the images show the unit in operation, setting up tents at Lake Ostrovo in Serbian Macedonia which seems to have been their centre of operations, bringing in the wounded, and views of the hospital camps and dressing stations. There are photographs of Serbian military personel, of an ambulance on a rail transport, and some of the local population. In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1013

Description: The 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army known as the American Unit, and commanded by Dr Agnes Bennett. This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record wounded being brought in, views of the hospital camps and dressing stations in Serbian Macedonia at Dobraveni, Skocivir, and Ostrovo which seems to have been the main center for the unit's medical operations. There are photographs of the nursing staff, of Serbian military personel, of French engineers constructing a bridge over the Brod River, of Lake Ostrovo and Ostrovo Township, of Vodena (Edhessa) east of Ostrovo, and the town of Monastir (Bitola) in Serbian Macedonia which was the focus of one of the battles in the Serbian-Bulgarian war in March 1917. Several photographs show nurses celebrating May Day at the camp at Ostrovo. Others show Soldiers graves, a Serbian military funeral, two people watching the bombardment of Monastir from the summit of Mount Kaymakchalan, an amunition dump at Pelatino, a bombed church at Brod in Serbian Macedonia, Bulgarian guns captured by the Serbs, and samples of the local populations both Christian and Islamic. In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The second battle of Monistir (Bitola) took place from the 11th to the 19th of March, 1917. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-14

Description: This collection contains photographs relating to the Balkans campaign which began in October 1915 and centred on Bulgaria and Serbia. Official photographs record the arrival of allied troops in Thessaloniki (Salonica), Greece, commanded by General Maurice Sarrail, and intended as support for Serbia against Bulgaria. The rest of the photographs relate to this campaign as it was faught in Serbia during 1916-1917. The particular view of the collection is that of Dr Agnes Bennett in command of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army (also known as the American Unit). This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record wounded being brought in, views of the hospital camps and dressing stations at Dobraveni, Skocivir, and Ostrovo, all in Serbian Macedonia. Ostrovo seems to have been the main centre for the unit's medical operations. There are images of various activities and work at the dressing stations and of soldiers being treated and recovering. Several photographs show nurses celebrating May Day at the camp at Ostrovo which was beside a lake. Others show The Serbian army in the field, captured Bulgarian guns, the wreckage of a German airship, women and children of the local population in traditional dress, and the countryside In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 93 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s).