AWM41 980 - [Nurses Narratives] Nurse S Hetherington

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WAR OF 1914-18

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AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVE ACCESS STATUS

OPEN

NURSE S. HETHERINGTON

A.W.M LIBRARY

Class 373.2

Call

980

 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 its most 

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

not compiled 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 is no obligation or inducement  to

indicate whether he is recording his own observations or incidents

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

Then, 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 greatly from notes 

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

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

and what is not likely to be historically accurate."

Hetherington
Salonica 
27/103
Short account of Army Nursing experience, 1917-19

Left Sydney, 9th June 1917, by H M S Mooltan had

quiet time round coast of Australia last port of 

call Fremantle.  Had three days at Colombo

where trip was arranged to visit Kand, a most 

beautiful spot on mountains, 100 miles from City,, spent

one day at Bombay, then called at Aden, last port

of call was Suez, where disembarkment of Sisters-

took place, Some were detailed for Cairo + others

for Alexandria, after a short stay in Egypt, which

was spent in relieving at different British Hospitals,

orders were received to proceed to Salonika, which

was reached within 48 hrs after leaving Alexandria,

For eighteen months lived in Salonika, nursing

British Tommies + at one time Greeks, no British

colonial troops were present in Macedonia during

the Great war,

After having a rather strenuous time in the East

leave was granted for England, which was 

reached Feb 4^th 1919. had three weeks

furlough, then reported for duty & detailed

for No I Aust Gen Hospital Sutton Veny

S Hetherington

A.A.N.S

Australian War Memorial

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