At 03:29 PM 13/12/02 +1100, you wrote: >Dear Dianne, I read with interest of Sister Emily Taylor's letter in the Maitland Family History Circles publication of Maitland's Great War. I feel that the Sister Emily Taylor may have married my widowed grandfather, Archibald Henry Gibson in 1930. Known as Emily Beatrice Taylor, we always knew of her as "Beatrice", the daughter of George Taylor and Sarah Hannah Andrews. At the time of her marriage, Emily was Matron of St. Lukes Hospital in Sydney. Helen Kennett. Atherton Qld. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The women of Maitland were also in the midst of the action, like Sister > > Emily Taylor, and must have seen some horrendous sights. Sister Taylor > > writing home to her mother tells of the conditions of the casualty > > clearing stations in France; "There was nothing but a bit of canvas for > > protection, and the mud floor to walk on. The bedsteads stood in mud, > > and many patients were simply on stretchers placed in the mud. > > Stretchers with patients placed handy for the evacuation were just > > covered up with tarpaulins for a bit of protection." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------