Prahran
1918-1919
Woman in Nurse's Uniform & Boy on Verandah of the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, 1918-1919
Registration Number: MM 110909
Photographer: William Luly
Description
A woman in a nurse's uniform, standing with a boy on hospital verandah.
This photograph shows Gwendolen Luly in her nurse's uniform standing with a boy on the verandah of the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, circa 1918-1919. Gwendolen Luly trained as a nurse at the Alfred Hospital towards the end of World War I and became Theatre Sister there in the 1920's. She later ran and owned her own Private Hospital, St Clements, on the corner of Southey and Byron Streets St Kilda South.
People Depicted:
Luly; Gwendolen; unknown man
Other Names:
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Acknowledgement:
Contributed by Ms Lexie Luly
Reproduction Rights: Museum Victoria