kjharris Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 Dear all I am looking for info on 24CCS in Italy in 1918, and more specifically any details on locations, and staffing. An Australian nurse was the sister in charge - Sister Lily Mackenzie - so anything mentioning her would be terrific. many thanks Kirsty Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspector Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 (edited) Hi Kirsty Have you seen the photo of Sister Selina Lily Mackenzie outside the Heliopolis Dairy Building? Source meseumvictoria.com.au. Still looking..... Regards Barry Previous post by "Indunna" on GWF dated 12.6.07 has full list of AANS personnel. inc. Sister Mackenzie. I presume you know she enlisted at Melbourne on 5.10.15 and was a matron at a hospital in Taihape. 24CCS was North of Venice, she had 30 staff, stayed there for 5 months. SEE BELOW Museum Victoria has a special project devoted to Sister Lil for the 2014 anniversary. Full details online. Edited 3 October , 2013 by The Inspector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 As far as locations go it was at: Cittadella 23/11/17 to 2/12/17 Istrana 7/12/17 to 25/3/18 Montecchio Precalcino 24/3/18 to 28/2/19 I can have a look at the war diary when I'm at TNA next, but they don't often seem to mention the nursing staff. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjharris Posted 3 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2013 Many thanks for this info folks. I had actually read your entry Sue but wondered if the Italy experts had some more info. Re Museum Victoria, I am actually working with them on this exhibition for Lily Mackenzie but in the process of correcting their information (!). eg. the hospital was north of Vicenza, not Venice. They queried why the CCSs were in these locations in Italy, and why Sr Mackenzie became SIC at 24CCS. According to my database, she hadn't served at a CCS before this and I can't see any mention of her specialising in theatre work which might have made her an appropriate choice. A wild guess - she spoke Italian?? Anyone know how close to the front the CCS was? And the sort of patients they took in - British only?? all info appreciated. cheers Kirsty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted 31 December , 2013 Share Posted 31 December , 2013 I have a map here which shows the front line (in solid red) in Italy http://www.bertspires.co.uk/images/finalbattlemap.jpg Not sure of the date of the map but I think it reasonable to assume end of 1917 or first half of 1918. The front hardly moved at all. Your 24 CCS locations were therefore 17 to 22 Km behind the front. I don't know whether this is typical but 12 CCS (Proven, Belgium) was about 20km behind the Ypres salient front line, so maybe it is. I believe that there were only dressing stations up on the Asiago plateau. In his diary, Bdr Bert Spires mentions a signaller dying at a dressing station. He also wrote home that a comrade of his had had a minor wound and would spend "a week or two down below", presumably in a CCS/hospital on the plain below the plateau. The 24 CCS locations given in posts above seem to be following Bert's deployments, first to Montello ridge and then to Asiago plateau i.e. British units Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjharris Posted 13 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2014 Hi Ted Apologies for the lack of timely response from me - but many thanks for the map and your comments. Most helpful. regards Kirsty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 September , 2017 Share Posted 12 September , 2017 Hello Kirsty Found you by not knowing what C.C.S. stood for (hurray for Google yet again!) Are you still looking? Husband's grandfather was in the Royal Garrison Artillery in northern Italy and took photographs. One was of 24 C.C.S.! and others of friends and nurses somewhere in Italy. (I'll post the C.C.S. one now) Regards, Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianshuter Posted 8 January Share Posted 8 January I am trying to discover the location of the burials conducted by the 24th Casualty Clearing Station around 22 Dec 1917. I am researching Corp 44595 Frederick Reed who died of pneumonia on 22 Dec 1917 when 24 CCS was as Istrana (per the above). He is currently buried at Giavera British Cemetery but a letter in his service file from his Battalion (13th Durham Light Infantry) to his widow states that "it has been necessary to exhume his for a proper burial at Giavera. However it does not give the location from which his remains were removed. Of course the Italy war diary's are not online so I cannot look in them without a visit to Kew which will is not on the cards for me. Just now, ianshuter said: I am trying to discover the location of the burials conducted by the 24th Casualty Clearing Station around 22 Dec 1917. I am researching Corp 44595 Frederick Reed who died of pneumonia on 22 Dec 1917 when 24 CCS was as Istrana (per the above). He is currently buried at Giavera British Cemetery but a letter in his service file from his Battalion (13th Durham Light Infantry) to his widow states that "it has been necessary to exhume his for a proper burial at Giavera. However it does not give the location from which his remains were removed. Of course the Italy war diary's are not online so I cannot look in them without a visit to Kew which will is not on the cards for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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