Austen album

Austen album
Date
1914-1918
Reference
PA1-o-026
Description

Photographs of the 1st NZEF in Egypt, Gallipoli and the Western Front collected by nursing sister Edith Jane Austen, while serving aboard HMHS Salta. They include images of daily life in Egypt and Malta, as well as images of soldiers, trenches, landing mules, cannons, nursing staff, hospitals, ships, and various slings for transporting wounded personnel from lighters onto the hospital ship.

Inscriptions: Album page - top left - E J Austen

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Cloth bound album

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Part of
Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Cloth bound album
There are 2 sub-groups.
There are 15 items in total.
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Austen album. Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I. Ref: PA1-o-026. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22704677

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There are 15 items in this group.
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Taking wounded on board, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-34-7

Description: Taking wounded soldiers on board ship, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed ca 1915 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - At Gallipoli Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8 x 5.5 cm, mounted on album page

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Staff on the deck of HMHS Salta

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-03-3

Description: Group portrait of staff on the deck of the hospital ship HMHS 'Salta', taken ca 1915 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Staff on H.M.H.S. "Salta" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.1 x 10.9 cm, mounted on album page

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Boats used to bring wounded soldiers to the ship, Cyprus

Date: [ca 1915-1917]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-20-4

Description: Boats used to bring wounded soldiers to the ship, Cyprus. Photographed ca 1915-1917 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Taking wounded aboard at Cyprus Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10 x 7.5 cm, mounted on album page

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Soldiers boarding HMHS Salta

Date: [ca 1915-1917]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-12-5

Description: View of hospital ship HMHS 'Salta' during World War I. Soldiers stand on the wharf, while other walk up the gangway onto the ship. Photographed ca 1915-1917 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10 x 7.5 cm, mounted on album page

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Soldier telephoning in a dug out, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, during World...

Date: 1915

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-23-7

Description: Soldier telephoning in a dug out, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, during World War I. Photograph taken in 1915 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Caption on album page Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Telephoning in a dug out; Album page - beneath image - Anzac Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print q6 x 8.5 cm, mounted on album page

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Maori soldiers carrying iron girders, Gallipoli, Turkey

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-42-3

Description: Maori soldiers carrying iron girders uphill, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed in ca 1915 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Maoris carrying heavy; Album page - beneath image - iron girders Anzac Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8 x 5.8 cm, mounted on album page

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An unidentified New Zealand soldier outside his dug-out

Date: 1914-1918

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-22-5

Description: An unidentified soldier outside his dug-out in a trench during World War I. A sign above the 'door' reads "Whangamomona". The soldier is wearing an Australian Light Horse hat with emu feather. Taken by an unidentified photographer between 1914-1918. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - NZ boy's crack dugout Anzac Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Sick officers on board HMHS Salta

Date: [ca 1915-1917]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-12-4

Description: View of officers sitting on the deck of the hospital ship HMHS 'Salta' during World War I, taken ca 1915-1917 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Sick Officers walking cases Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.6 x 8 cm, mounted on album page

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Two New Zealand nurses, Egypt

Date: [ca 1915-1917]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-39-7

Description: Two New Zealand nurses in Egypt. Photographed in ca 1915-1917 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Two NZ sisters. One on right died at Alex of typhoid Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.5 x 5.5 cm, mounted on album page

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Three New Zealand nurses on HMHS Egypt

Date: [ca 1915-1917]

From: Nevill, G T (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs collected by Sister Edith Jane Austen during World War I

Reference: PA1-o-026-14-6

Description: Three New Zealand nurses on HMHS Egypt. All are engaged in crochet work. Photographed in ca 1915-1917 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - NZ sisters on HS "Egypt" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.7 x 5.2 cm, mounted on album page