Reports by the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John

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Series[UMA-SRE-20160054] HISTORY, ROLE AND STRUCTUREAccession[UMA-AC-000000293] Australian Red Cross 2016 transferIdentifierUMA-ITE-2016005400024Scope and ContentPrinted volume ‘Reports by the Joint War Committee and the Joint War Finance Committee of the British Red Cross and The Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England on Voluntary Aid rendered to the Sick and Wounded at Home and Abroad and to the British Prisoners of War.
Comprises 32 reports on ‘Headquarters Work and Finance’ including but not limited to General Management, Sources of Income, Finance, Personnel, Stores, Ambulances, Voluntary Aid Department, Hospitals, Convalescent Homes and Camps, After-care of Disabled men, Central Work Rooms, War Library, Auxiliary and other Bodies to which Grants have been made. Reports on ‘Work Abroad’ including in France, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro, Malta, Egypt, Palestine, Gallipoli (Turkey) Italy, Russia, Romania, Salonika and Corfu (Greece), Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa. Reports on the ‘Wounded and Missing, and Prisoner of War’ Bureau and concluding with detailed reports on ‘Demobilization’ at the end of the war.
Comprising 12 Appendices including but not limited to: Official agreement between the British Red Cross and the Order of Saint John; Roll of Country Directors in England, Wales the Channel Islands and Ireland: Roll of Auxiliary Homes & Hospitals; Roll of Convalescent Homes and Auxiliary Hospitals for Officers; Hotels where Hospitality was Offered for Sick and Wounded Officers; Work Parties; Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross (with maps); Red Cross work in Ireland: Report on the work of the Orthopedic Department: Geneva Convention and The Hague Conference; Bibliography of selected books and reports relating to subjects connected with the Red Cross; Specifications for Ambulances (motor, train, boat); Main Index.
Printed volume, black binding. Gold embossed title on spine ‘Reports by the Joint War Committee and the Joint War Finance Committee of the British Red Cross and The Order of St. John 1914-1918’. Paginated, 823 pages. Published 1921Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2016.0054 Unit 0001Conditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright in records created by the Red Cross is owned by the University of Melbourne. However, use of the Red Cross emblem (a red cross on a white background) is protected by the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. Researchers should be referred to the Red Cross for permission to use the emblem. Contact the Red Cross Archivist in the first instance heritage@redcross.org.au Note that this condition does NOT affect the ability of researchers to request copies of documents including the emblem. Requests for reproduction can be responded to in the normal manner. The obligation concerns the use which researchers subsequently make of the emblem. However, if publishing, researchers need to obtain permission from the Red Cross to use any reproduction which includes the emblem.

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CreatorAustralian Red Cross Society, National OfficeRoleProvenance

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Date1914-1918

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Previous System ID2016.0054.00024

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Reports by the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John