Red Cross Units Photos

No. 1 Australian Auxilliary Hospital

Harefield House Hospital

AWM Photo P02402.005

Exterior of `Harefield House' the former stately home taken over by the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH) in 1915-03. On the right is the corner of one of the first wards and hidden from view behind the shrubbery is the bay window of the first operating theatre (formerly the sitting room).

AWM Photo P00162.033

HAREFIELD, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, 1914-18. NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN AUXILIARY HOSPITAL AND HOUSE. NOTE THE GROUP PLAYING CROQUET ON RIGHT.

AWM Photo P02402.012

Informal group portrait of four nurses in uniform in the grounds of No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH). Left to right: back row: Miss Thompson, Miss Nancy Birdwood (daughter of Lieutenant General Sir William Riddell Birdwood); front row: Mrs Jackson, Miss Alston.

AWM Photo P02402.016

Interior of the canteen at No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH). Soldiers are seated at tables with cups of tea and smoking while others stand at the counter talking with the female staff. Note the advertising signs on the walls for Colgate's, Pascall's chocolates and Wrigley's chewing gum.

AWM Photo P02402.019

Interior of the kitchen of No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH). Two women and four men (one in uniform) work at the large vats and kettles and a trolley of food trays. In the background a civilian watches through a window from a covered walkway which possibly led to the dining room.

AWM Photo P02402.018

Interior of Ward 23 of the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH) with Sister Janey McRobie Lempriere seated in the middle of the patients who are seated and lying on the beds. Note The British Australasian and The Bulletin newspapers held by two of the soldiers.

AWM Photo P02402.017

Interior of the billiard room of No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH). It was opened at the end of December 1915 and held two three quarter sized playing tables and a full sized one loaned by Mr Leake. Note the wounded soldiers in the foreground playing draughts at a small table.

AWM Photo P02402.006

Side view of the military ambulance used at No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH) for conveying patients, staff and goods especially to Denham Station. Five military personnel are seated in the ambulance while four medical staff, most with red cross arm badges, stand and sit outside

AWM Photo P02402.011

Informal group portrait of some staff and others on the departure of former patients of the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1AAH) for Australia. Left to right: Captain Gray; Mr Matthews; Colonel Hayward, Officer Commanding; Mr Pollard, War Office (front with medical arm badge); Major Cameron (probably Donald Allan Cameron AAMC); Major James Alexander Smeal AAMC.