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ID number: A04728.Photographer: unknown.Place: unknown..Pearl Corkhill was one of only eight nurses to receive a Military Medal (MM) for bravery in the First World War. Serving at the 38th (British) Casualty Clearing Station on the Western Front she was awarded the MM for coolness and presence of mind where during a heavy German air raid on the Station on 27 July 1917 “she continued to attend to the wounded without any regard to her own safety, though enemy aircraft were overhead.” Sister Corkhill was not notified until July 1918 that she had received the award. She wrote to her mother:..Today word came that I had been awarded the MM. Well the C.O. sent me over a bottle of champagne and they all drank my health and now the medical officers are giving me a dinner in honour of the event. I can’t see what I’ve done to deserve it but the part I don’t like is having to face old George and Mary to get the medal. It will cost me a new mess dress, but I suppose I should not grumble at that–I’m still wearing the one I left Australian in...In the end Corkhill returned to Australia on 25 January 1919 without visiting Buckingham Palace to receive her award. The medal was finally posted to her in 1923. It is now held in the Memorial’s collection. ..Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions..This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection ( http:// ) .: /A04728 ( https:///A04728 )
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a museum, and an extensive archive. Its collections, commemorative ceremonies, exhibitions and research help Australians remember, interpret, and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society. It was in August 1916 that Charles Bean, then the Australian official war correspondent, and later the official historian, developed the idea for a memorial museum. The organisation of the collection began in May 1917 under John Treloar, a young army officer who was later appointed Director of the Memorial. He laid the foundation for all of the Memorial’s collections, which include objects, works of art, photographs, film, sound recordings, official and personal records, books, maps, and ephemera. The collection includes material from 1789 to the present.
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