No women landed at Gallipoli during the Gallipoli
campaign of World War 1. However, many Australian women served as nurses
on nearby hospital ships and on the nearby Greek islands
of Lemnos and Imbros (as well at hospitals in
Egypt, Malta and England). These nurses treated the Anzac
soldiers who had been wounded at Gallipoli or were
suffering from illness.
View of Anzac Cove from a hospital ship
Nurses on hospital ships:
conditions
The
nurses' experience of Gallipoli from their letters (archived from anzacportal.dva.gov.au) The top half of this page provides descriptions of
the heavy workload and occasional danger suffered by nurses on
hospital ships anchored off Anzac Cove.
The Nurses of
Anzac Cove
(nursecpdonline.com.au) This contribution makes the point
that bullets sometimes reached the hospital ships anchored off Anzac
Cove.
A nurse's letter from Gallipoli (theguardian.com)
This story from The Guardian entitled 'From the archive, 27 July
1915: A nurse's letter from Gallipoli' quotes a letter by an unnamed
nurse describing life and work on a hospital ship transporting
wounded Gallipoli soldiers.
Nurses on Lemnos:
conditions
The
nurses' experience of Gallipoli from their letters (archived from anzacportal.dva.gov.au) The bottom half of this page (commencing with "The Gallipoli
hospital ships deposited their cargoes...") describes the life of
nurses on the Greek island of Lemnos and the conditions they worked
under.
Hospital ship
HMHS Assaye (24) (awm.gov.au) HMHS Assaye at Alexandria
(Eqypt) in 1915 before sailing to Gallipoli. [AWM Accession No.
P01840.007.]
TV drama: ANZAC Girls
ANZAC Girls (abc.net.au) ANZAC Girls is a six-part televison
drama series based on the true stories of five Australian and New
Zealand nurses who served near Gallipoli and at the Western Front.
'ANZAC Girls' - Australian and New Zealand nurses at war
(discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au) You
can find more information about the four of the five nurses
mentioned in the previous item by clicking on their names and images
in the right-hand column - or here: - Matron
Grace Wilson - Sister
Alice Ross-King (see also
Australian women in WW1) - Sister
Olive Haynes - Sister
Elsie Cook - Sister
Hilda Steele (remueraheritage.org.nz/) Hilda
Steele was born in New Zealand but served with the Australian Army
Nurses.
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