NRS-19529 | Register of first aid certificates [NSW Railways and Tramways Ambulance Corps]

Full description

This series consists of a register providing a record of first aid certificates issued by the NSW Government Railways and Tramways Ambulance Corps. The Railways and Tramways Ambulance Corps functioned to provide basic medical treatment to staff and the travelling public. The Corps held examinations which certified members as qualified to render first aid to the injured. Topics covered by the classes included anatomy, bandaging, treating of wounds, arresting haemorrhage and transport of the injured and sick.

A typed label on the front of the ledger reads 'Railways First Aid Corps 1901-1911 Certificates Isssued Nos. 1786 to 6162'.

The handwritten ledger is divided into five columns recording: [Certificate] Number; Name; Position [of person being examined]; Examined at [location the exam took place]; Certificate numbers recorded in the ledger range from 161 to 682, and 1786 to 6162.

Custody History
From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an in house archives consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the State Rail Archives the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R299. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R299 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.