• Title
  Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.), 1914-1919 - Principal Matron Grace Wilson and 3rd Australian General Hospital nursing sisters, Abbassia, 1916
• Call number
  PXA 1011/50
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1916
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  440336
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 22.5 x 28.5 cm. - 1 silver gelatin photoprint
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Born: 25 June 1879 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Died: 12 January 1957 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
  Wilson served as a nurse in both world wars. In the First World War she was principal matron of the 3rd Australian General Hospital in England, Lemnos, Abbassia and France. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1916 for her work in the Australian Army Nursing Service and was appointed as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 for her work in France. In the Second World War Wilson was matron-in-chief of the nursing service with the Australian Imperial Forces. She served in the Middle East until ill health forced her to return to Australia in August 1941.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  For additional information, refer to the Australian War Memorial (online)
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I pictorial material
  Digital order no:a7726001
• Name
  Australia. Army. Australian General Hospital, 3rd
  Australia. Army. Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps
  Wilson, Grace Margaret, 1879-1957
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  groups (people)
  hospitals
  matrons
  nursing sisters
  uniforms
  
• Place
  Abbassia (Cairo, Egypt)
  

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