Letter · 19 Aug 1915 · Alexandria, Egypt

A nurse's residence in Egypt


She died at Alexandria Hospital from typhoid, which she contracted while tending her patients.

From
Ada Gilbert Hawken
To
Lottie Le Gallais
Sent from
Alexandria, Egypt
Date
19 August 1915

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"We are living in a nurses home, a huge place. New Khedivial Hotel, but cannot tell you what street it is in. These French names get me tangled up. This hospital used to be kept by German Sisters but of course is wholly British now."

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