Militaria

Lot 1722    SESSION 7 (11.30AM TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST)    Militaria

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $700

AUSTRALIA, WWI trench art, a Greek silver sixty drachma of 1910-11 with obverse shaved smooth and inscribed, 'AANS' in centre and around the outside, 'S. SORENSEN/BALKANS 30.9.18'. Very fine.

Christense Sorensen, nurse, age 29, born at Nashville, Qld; trained at Brisbane General Hospital and passed State Registration exam in 1913; Enl.10Nov1914 at Brisbane, Qld in AANS; Emb.21Nov1914; proceeded to join MEF at Gallipoli 05Jul1915; to Nursing Sister 01Dec1915; RTA 22Jan1917; Re-Enl.02Jun1917; Emb.12Jun1917; to Salonika 08Aug1917; Sister 31Aug1917; T/Head Sister 01Sep1917; T/Matron 22Aug1918 at 60th British General Hospital at Salonika with about 2,000 beds, all under canvas; RTA 15Nov1919; Disch.02Mar1920 as Sister; Apr1921 appt'd Matron of Rosemont Repatriation Hospital in Qld; in Mar1922 appt'd Matron of Hospital for Sick Children; in 1928 was appointed General Matron of Hospitals under the control of the Brisbane and South Coast Hospitals Board; Retired in Dec1951; Died 1958.

For her wartime services Matron C.Sorensen received Royal Red Cross 1st Class; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19 with MID; French Medaille des Epidemies en Vermeil (Gold). She was also awarded an MBE (Civil) in the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours list for 23 years service as Matron of Brisbane General Hospital.