Frances Agnes Bennett papers, 1880-1918
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Frances Agnes Bennett papers, 1880-1918
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MLMSS 345
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16AJ7yen
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Frances Agnes Bennett papers, 1880-1918
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Date
1880-1918
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MLMSS 345
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0.06 metres of textual material (1 box)
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Copyright status : In copyright
Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Out of copyright : Photograph created before 1955
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Contents
Various letters from Frances Agnes Bennett, 1915-1918. Subjects include: serving in Queen Alexandria Imperial Nursing Service, hospital ships in the Mediterranean, HMHS Mauretania where she was Sub-Matron, calls at Mediterranean ports and Southampton England 1915, description of passage to France 1916, No.19 General Ward France, No.4 Carriers Alder...
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Frances Agnes Bennett papers, 1880-1918
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Digital order no:Album ID : 1331502
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
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Presented by Dr Agnes Bennett, 1955
Administrative / Biographical history
After being refused entry in to the Australian Army Nursing Service for being over age, Frances Agnes Bennett (1864-1933) went to England and then Egypt in 1915, where she enlisted in the Queen Alexandria Nursing Service. As Sub-Matron on HMHS Mauretania she nursed at all the Mediterranean ports, and was also in charge of barges on the French canal...
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MLMSS 345
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16AJ7yen
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