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With the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in the Serbian/Bulgarian war
- Date
- 1916-1917
- 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).
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- Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
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- 46 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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UnknownMedical and army personnel at a hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish W...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-09-2
Description: Medical and army personnel at a hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I. Photographs taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer. Upper photograph shows nurses, and members of the Serbian army, by an ambulance. Lower photograph shows Agnes Bennett. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, mounted on brown paper
Patients taking sun baths at the main hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scot...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-12-2
Description: Patients taking sun baths at the main hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Serbia, during World War I. Shows them in their beds, outdoors. Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - [in ink] Sun baths in winter [in pencil] at Ostrovo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6.1 x 8.8 cm, mounted on paper
Wounded Serbian soldiers with medical staff at a hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit ...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-14-1
Description: Wounded Serbian soldiers with medical staff at a hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I. From left to right: Stefan Miloschevick (lying on ground at left); Miladin [Araugelovich ?] (seated behind man in foreground); Miss Reid; Vilomir [Loukilch ?] (foreground); Nikola Givan; Vaselin Purich; Sister [Dow?]; Miss Morrison; Miliovic [Hekilch ?] Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer, probably at the main camp in Ostrovo. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - 1. Stefan Miloschevick Ws of scrotum (stretcher] 2. Miladin [Araugelovich ?] Buttock 3. Vilomir Loukilch Shattered thigh 4. Miss Reid 5. Nikola Givan Arm 6. Vaselin Purich Face 7. Sister [Dow?] 8. Miss Morrison 9. Miliovic [Hekilch?] Reception Tent Orderly Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6.1 x 8.7 cm, mounted on paper
View over Dobroveni, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I, including a dressing statio...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-10-1
Description: View over Dobraveni, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I, including a dressing station of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. Photograph taken between 1916-1917 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Dobroveni S.W.H Dressing Station Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6.1 x 8.8 cm, mounted on brown paper
Field hospital of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Se...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-01-2
Description: Field hospital of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I. Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - S.W.H R.S.A Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 7.5 x 10 cm (approx, unevenly trimmed)
Serbian soldiers hauling a lorry stuck in winter mud at Ostrovo, Macedonia, Serbia, dur...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-12-1
Description: Serbian soldiers hauling a lorry stuck in winter mud at Ostrovo, Macedonia, during World War I. Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer, probably near the main hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Ostrovo; Mount recto - beneath image - Winter Roads Mud bound lorries Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6.2 x 8.5 cm, mounted on paper
Medical staff standing on a giant Red Cross flag at the main hospital camp of the 7th M...
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-22-2
Description: Medical staff standing on a giant Red Cross flag at the main hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Serbia, during World War I. Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Ostrovo; Mount recto - beneath image - Red Cross Flag Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6.2 x 8.8 cm, mounted on brown paper
Scenes at the main hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospit...
Date: 1916, [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-20
Description: Scenes at the main hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Serbia, during World War I. Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer. Upper photograph shows a woman blowing a bugle to announce Christmas dinner, on Christmas Day, 1916. Lower photograph shows a row of doctors' tents. Inscriptions: Mount recto - [top] S. W. H Ostrovo; Mount recto - [beneath top photo] Dinner Xmas Day 1916; Mount recto - [above lower photo] Ostrovo; Mount recto - [beneath lower photo] Doctors' tents (Harley St) Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Dead bodies of soldiers after the battle of Kaymakchalan, Macedonia, Serbia, during Wor...
Date: [1917?]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-25-2
Description: Dead bodies of soldiers after the battle of Kaymakchalan, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I. Photograph taken circa 1917 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - Kaymakchalan Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 4.2 x 6.2 cm
Vehicle wrecked during an air raid, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I
Date: [between 1916-1917]
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6972-12-08
Description: Vehicle (ambulance?) wrecked during an air raid, Macedonia, Serbia, during World War I. Members of the Serbian army stand nearby. In the background is a hospital camp of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. Photograph taken between 1916-1917, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - S.W.H R.S.A Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 17.1 cm, mounted on brown paper