More than 2,000 of its members served overseas during the First World War.Īustralian nurses also worked with other organisations, such as the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, the Red Cross, or privately funded facilities. The Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) was formed in July 1903 as part of the Australian Army Medical Corps. The place reeked with the odours of blood, antiseptic dressings, and unwashed bodies … They saw soldiers in their most pitiful state - wounded, blood-stained, dirty, reeking of blood and filth. That these women worked their long hours among such surroundings without collapsing spoke volumes for their will-power and sense of duty. In large marquees, nurses, pale and weary beyond words, hurried about. After his experience in a casualty clearing station at Daours, Harold recalled admiration for the nurses’ work: Lieutenant Harold Williams was wounded at Peronne in September 1918. Some served as Royal Australian Navy Nurses and some served with allied organisations such as the Red Cross and Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. Most of the nurses served with the Australian Army Nursing Service. More than 3000 Australian women served as nurses during World War One. Once a nurse enlisted, they had no choice but to serve for the duration of the war unless they got badly injured or married.
Nurses who served in World War One were exposed to the physical and mental strain of dealing with the huge number of casualties. She was quite alone, with as many as twenty-six patients at one time, no possibility of assistance, or relief and without sufficient nourishment She died of an attack of pneumonia contracted in devotion to duty. Julia Anderson later wrote of Fanny Hines’ death on 7 August 1900: By the end of the war, the six Australian colonies had federated to become one nation, the Commonwealth of Australia. She was the first Australian military nurse to die during overseas service. Sister Fanny Hines from Victoria died in South Africa during the Boer War. Some of these nurses were paid by the government and others were privately sponsored or paid their own way.
It was the first Australian military nursing organisation and around 60 nurses from various Australian colonies served in the Boer War. In 1899, the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve was formed. Nurses were not paid well so their families often supported them. Military nurses at that time were unmarried, aged between 25 and 40 and were well educated, having trained for at least three years to become a qualified nurse. The Boer War began in South Africa in 1899 and lasted for almost three years. Some nurses have lost their lives serving their country and helping their fellow citizens. Military nurses work under difficult conditions in remote and dangerous places. Nurses often serving far from home, taking care for the sick and wounded on land, sea, and in the air. Australian nurses have been going to war for more than 100 years.
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