With the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in the Serbian/Bulgarian war

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.\")

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