1269597
- TitlePhotograph album of Egypt and England, 1915-1918 and photographic portrait of Hester Louise Mars Morton, ca 1905 / compiled by Hester Louise Mars Morton
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- Call numberPXB 758
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca 1905-1918 - Type of material
- Reference code1269597
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description1 album (91 photographs)
2 photographs
1 photographic print - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Miss Morton was born in Camden and her father was Dr Selby Mars Morton and her mother Ann Isabel Morton. She worked as a nurse during World War I with her rank at enlistment as being`masseuse’ with the No. 2 Australian General Hospital 1 to 16 and Special Reinforcements and at the time of embarkation she lived at `Beverly’ Flood Street, Little Coogee, Sydney.
She enlisted on the 3 November 1915 and returned to Australia on the 23 September 1919. Her service during the war was spent on the Western Front, Egypt and England. She died on the 17 January 1976.
Reference:
Australian War Memorial
https://www.awm.gov.au (Accessed 28.4.2015) - Collection historyThe album was originally owned by Iris and Walter Welch who were friends of Miss Mars Morton.
- Scope and ContentThe album features photographs taken during her time stationed in England (Dartford) and Egypt (Cairo, Luxor). Included is a photograph of a koala perched on the ship Orsova’s lifesaver, the same ship that Miss Mars Morton departed Sydney. There are also images of local people, mosques and places in Egypt and England including nurses, the hospital in Dartford (No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford) and Christmas celebrated in 1915 at the No. 1 Australian General Hospital (Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Cairo).
1. Photograph album of 94 images. No date.
2. Photograph of Miss Mars Morton, ca 1905. No date. Photographer, J.C Coleave, The Studio Goulburn. Inscribed on verso, "Mortie, Miss Mars Morton (brother a doctor), a dear friend over the years to Mum and Dad. John." No date.
3. Small manuscript note giving custodial history by John W. [Welch] - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Signatures / Inscriptions
Album has inscriptions underneath each photograph. - Date note
No date. Dates based on Miss Morton's time of service at the theatre of war. - Conservation note
Front cover of album is loose and has several tears. Some leaves of album are loose and some tied with cord. - Name
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