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The U-boat menace - Public domain portrait print
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ID number: P11193.005.Photographer: unknown.Place: New South Wales..In the early morning of 26 February 1918 the hospital ship Glenart Castle was torpedoed by the German U-boat UC-56. Among those killed was Edith Blake, an Australian sister serving with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Service. Her family placed a small memorial notice in the Sydney Morning Herald on the first anniversary of her death:..For her there were no flowers.To adorn the unmarked surface of the water;.The ocean alone decks her grave with gifts of pearls and shell,.And wreathes her brow with seaweeds rare...Sister Blake's next of kin were sent a memorial plaque in 1923 as “a solace for bereavement and as a memento”. Sixty thousand of these plaques were issued in Australia‚ only 25 to the families of Australian nurses. They bore the unique inscription, “She died for freedom and honour”...Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions..This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection ( http:// ) .: /HP11193.005 ( https:///HP11193.005 )
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a museum, and an extensive archive. Its collections, commemorative ceremonies, exhibitions and research help Australians remember, interpret, and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society. It was in August 1916 that Charles Bean, then the Australian official war correspondent, and later the official historian, developed the idea for a memorial museum. The organisation of the collection began in May 1917 under John Treloar, a young army officer who was later appointed Director of the Memorial. He laid the foundation for all of the Memorial’s collections, which include objects, works of art, photographs, film, sound recordings, official and personal records, books, maps, and ephemera. The collection includes material from 1789 to the present.
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