AWM Collection Record: ART02756
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ID Number: | ART02756 |
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| Title: | Mrs Chisholm of Kantara | ||
| Maker: | Lambert, George | ||
| Object type: | Drawing | ||
| Place made: | North Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Kantara | ||
| Date made: | 25 March 1918 | ||
| Physical description: | pencil on paper | ||
| Measurements: | 35.5 cm x 24.7 cm | ||
| Summary: | A head and shoulders portrait of Mrs (later Dame) Alice Chisholm (DBE) who ran soldiers' canteens in the Middle East during the First World War. On her own initiative and with her own funds she established the first canteen at Heliopolis in Egypt. She later managed the canteen at Kantara. With the assistance of Miss Rania MacPhillamy, she expanded this into a large-scale venture that provided meals and refreshments to thousands of troops daily. She employed a large staff of mainly Egyptian workers. Official historian Henry Gullett wrote: 'Mrs Alice Chisholm's work was a bright example of the devotion of Australia's womanhood to the distant troops.' (Gullett, p. 649.) | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Canteens; Portraits | ||
| Related place: | North Africa: Egypt; North Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Rafa; North Africa: Egypt, Heliopolis; North Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Kantara; North Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said; Ottoman Empire: Jerusalem | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:26:05 GMT
