AWM41 1044 - [Nurses Narratives] Myrah Smith

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MYRAH SMITH.
A.W.M
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Class No. 373.2
Cat
[1044]
 

The Official War Historian of the Commonwealth
Government (Dr. C. E. W. Bean), after his study of the
collection of private war records preserved in the Australian
War Memorial Library, wrote:-

"The private diaries in this collection furnish some of the most

valuable historical records, but, like all private memoirs which were

not completed with any historical purpose, they should not be

regarded as first-hand evidence except where it is certain that they

are so. The diarist is almost always sincere in his desire to record

accurately, but he is subject to no obligation or inducement to

indicate whether he is recording his own observations or incidents

told him by friends or heard at third or fourth hand at the mess-table.

Thus, in some of the diaries in this collection, scenes described with

vivid detail, and without any warning that they are told at second

or third hand, have been found to be completely inaccurate in

important details. A certain number also have been written up

or revised long after the events, though doubtless usually from notes

made at the time. In most cases the student must rely on his

experience and on internal evidence to guide him in judging what is 

and what is not likely to be historically accurate."

France

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Leaving Australia in May 1915
in the Mootlan brought me at about
the end of three months to the Island
of Lemnos where I first did nursing
abroad with No 3 A.G.H. remaining
attached to the same hospital while
in Egypt & Brighton (Eng) In France
did about two months at Casuallis
clearing station & then to Calais
to a British Stationary Hospital (No28)
& remained attached to same while in
Italy, leaving Italy in Oct July '18
& remained in England attached to
Harefield Park No 1 A.A.H. & No 1 A.G.H.
Sutton Veny respectively.
No 1 A.G.H..
Sutton Veny

Myrah Smith

A.A.N.S.
27/6/19 

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