By Jennifer Baker
 46 Australian Women gave their lives in WW1 while undertaking Humanitarian Aid
5 Deaths - Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) Louise (Louie) Blanche Riggall Lydia W F Grant Kathleen Adele Brennan Amy Maud Augusta Parrott Annie Alexander ( VAD Sister )
1Death - Civilian Nurses Hilda Grace Williams 3 Deaths - Merchant Navy - Stewardess Clara Louisa McMillan Edith Keighly Newton Jean Robertson 1 Death - Australian Munition Worker Rose Roseman 1 Death - Women's Royal Air Force Dora Ashley 27 Deaths - Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) Ettie Barnett Louisa Annie Bicknell Emily Clare Ruby Dickinson Pearl Stella Goodman Gertrude Agnes Grewar May Hennessy Hilda Mary Knox Irene McPhail Edith Ann Moorhouse Letita Gladys Moreton Norma Violet Mowbray Gertrude Evelyn Munro Lily Nugent Amy Veda O'Grady Rosa O'Kane Katherine Lawrence Porter Kathleen Power Edith Amelia Reed
Doris Alice Ridgway Elizabeth Rothery Mary Florence Stafford Ada Mildred Thompson Fanny Isobel Catherine Tyson Jean Miles Walker ( Matron Jean Miles-Walker) Beatrice Middleton Watson Blodwyn Elizabeth Williams 1 Deaths – Hospital Ships - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Edith Blake 7 Deaths - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Myrtle Elizabeth Wilson Charlotte Berrie Florence Narrelle Jessie Hobbes May Dickson Agnes Beryl Corfield
Nellie M Saw
(Alice) Blanche Atikinson1 Death - Doctors Laura E Forster Their Full details Note: to be taken straight to the person please click on their name below in the green index box Louise (Louie) Blanche Riggall 
Died from a cerebral haemorrhage on 31st August 1918 Rouen France - died in France 7th Sept 1918 - buried St Sever Cemetery ( Grave/Memorial Reference: Officers, B. 3. 1. )- Mentioned in Despatches for her services with the British Red Cross (BRCS) Name is recorded on the Nurses Roll of Honour in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne & RSL Memorial Hall Maffra VAD – member Australian Red Cross Society - Served in Heliopolis and 1 AGH (Australian General Hospital ) at Rouen France Australian War Memorial file Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry RIGGALL, LOUISA
Lydia W F Grant Lydia William Falconer-Grant, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty. IWM Photo WWC H2-108 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205380311  Lydia William Falconar Grant ) Died 1 April 1917 - Cause of Death Measles turned Septic Arthritis - treated at Manchester 2nd Western General Hospital - Died in England on active Service
Died from measles turned to septic arthritis at (Ducie Avenue Military Hosp) Manchester 2nd West General Hospital, England on the 1st April 1917, age 37 (reg. Chorlton, Lancashire)
[Both brothers were sent for when she fell seriously ill and Chesborough was in attendance at her death] Buried in the Southern Cemetery, Manchester. The inscription on her (private) tombstone reads:
Lydia William Falconar Grant VAD. Member of the Brisbane Branch of the Red Cross Society of Australia. Born at Falcon Hall Morningside Edinburgh and died at Ducie Avenue Military Hospital Manchester on the 1st of April 1917. Elder daughter of Peter G Grant and Emily Grant of Brisbane Queensland. Her name is listed on memorial boards at the Territorial Army Centre in Stretford, and York Cathedral VAD – Nurse British Red Cross -BRCS VAD Australian Detachment Brisbane 2 aboard HMAT Osterley, on 23 September 1916
Red Cross Wounded and Missing - Lydia Grant
Australian War Memorial file Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry - no entry found   John Hodgson photograph. Shared from Lost Cairns Facebook page Kathleen Adele Brennan Died of influenza at Leicester, England on 24 November 1918.
BURIED Welford Road Cemetery, Leichester England ( cemetery details - BRENNAN, Nurse Kathleen Adele, Australian Army Nursing Service. 24.11.1918 - Grave/Memorial Reference: Screen Wall. O1. 198.) VAD – member Australian Red Cross Society, left Australia for United Kingdom aboard HMAT Osterley, on 27 September 1916  Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry BRENNAN, K A
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/379209/BRENNAN,%20K%20A  Australian war memorial photo - P05074.004  AWM Photo J00731 Mr and Mrs A T Sharp visiting the graves of seven Australians at the Welford Road Cemetery, Leichester, including the grave of Kathleen Adele Brennan, Australian Red Cross Society, member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Amy Maud Augusta ParrottDied 24 October 1918
Age at Death 37 Cemetery or Memorial Details SOUTH AFRICA 53. Johannesburg (Brixton New) Cemetery. E.C. 2219 Family details: DAUGHTER OF COL & MRS T S PAROTT OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA VAD – Nurse Sister Unit Volunteer Aid Detachment British Red Cross -BRCS VAD - Service Allied Forces Born in Sidney. Educated at Lolaville Ladies College Raudwick. On taking up her abode in S Africa took up nursing & on the outbreakof the great war 1914 - 1918, enlisted with the S African troops as a nurse & went right through th War. On returning home an epidemic of pnemonic influenza broke out in Johannesburg. She at once offered her services, caught the dreaded disease & died in three days at the age of 29. She was accorded a Military funeral
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
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| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| McMillan, Clara Louisa | SS Wimmera (Melbourne) | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
- Rank:
- Stewardess
- Trade:
- Saln.
- Date of Death:
- 26/06/1918
- Age:
- 31
- Regiment/Service:
- Mercantile Marine
- "Wimmera" (Melbourne)
- Panel Reference
- Memorial
- TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Daughter of Mrs. Margaret McIlwraith, of 229, Bridport St., Albert Park, Australia.
Edith Keighly Newton
Died 26 June 1918
Cause of Death Killed by mine
Cemetery or Memorial Details 39. Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London
Rank Assistant Saloon Stewardess
Unit SS Wimmera (Melbourne)
Service Merchant Navy
Cause of Death Killed by mine
Cemetery or Memorial Details 39. Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London
Rank Assistant Saloon Stewardess
Unit SS Wimmera (Melbourne)
Service Merchant Navy
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Newton, Edith Keighly | SS Wimmera (Melbourne) | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
NEWTON, EDITH KEIGHLY
- Rank:
- Assistant Saloon Stewardess
- Date of Death:
- 26/06/1918
- Regiment/Service:
- Mercantile Marine
- "Wimmera" (Melbourne)
- Panel Reference
- Memorial
- TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Jean Robertson
Died 26 June 1918
Cause of Death Killed by mine
Cemetery or Memorial Details 39. Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London The Evening Post of the 28th June 1918 Rank 1st Class Stewardess
Unit SS Wimmera (Melbourne)
Service Merchant Navy
reported “that among the passengers and crew there were many splendid instances of courage. Mrs Robertson, stewardess, cheerfully helped the women and children with the scanty clothing available, and in fitting lifebelts. Then she walked to the upper deck and stood by doing what she could till the steamer took her final plunge”.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
Name Service Number Unit Conflict
Cause of Death Killed by mine
Cemetery or Memorial Details 39. Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London The Evening Post of the 28th June 1918 Rank 1st Class Stewardess
Unit SS Wimmera (Melbourne)
Service Merchant Navy
reported “that among the passengers and crew there were many splendid instances of courage. Mrs Robertson, stewardess, cheerfully helped the women and children with the scanty clothing available, and in fitting lifebelts. Then she walked to the upper deck and stood by doing what she could till the steamer took her final plunge”.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
Name Service Number Unit Conflict
| Robertson, Jean | SS Wimmera (Melbourne) | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
ROBERTSON, JEAN
- Rank:
- Stewardess
- Trade:
- 1st Cl.
- Date of Death:
- 26/06/1918
- Regiment/Service:
- Mercantile Marine
- "Wimmera" (Melbourne)
- Panel Reference
- Memorial
- TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Rose Roseman
![[IMAGE] North Sheen Cemetery - Roseman, Rose](http://twgpp.org/photos/19802/Roseman_R.jpg)
Died 25 November 1918 Cemetery or Memorial Details SURREY 150. Fulham New Cemetery, North Sheen. FC. 306
Australian Munition Worker - Service No. B/539
note: it now thought that this could be a mistake in the name
and could be infact Ross Roseman )
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Roseman, R | B/539 | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
ROSEMAN, ROSS
- Rank:
- Worker
- Service No:
- B/539
- Date of Death:
- 25/11/1918
- Age:
- 49
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Munition Worker
- Grave Reference
- FC. 306.
- Cemetery
- NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY
Dora Ashley
Died 4 November 1918
Cause of Death Died of pneumonia
Age at Death 27
Cemetery or Memorial Details LONDON 8. Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery. 198. 19. 460933
Service Number 17663
Unit No 10 Motor Transport Repair Depot, Women's Royal Air Force
Service Women's Royal Air Force
Cause of Death Died of pneumonia
Age at Death 27
Cemetery or Memorial Details LONDON 8. Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery. 198. 19. 460933
Service Number 17663
Unit No 10 Motor Transport Repair Depot, Women's Royal Air Force
Service Women's Royal Air Force
Daughter of E. B. and Fanny Ashley of Woodlands Longwarry South Drouin Victoria Australia.
there was a mistack in the name which was picked up and fixed for Dora Ashley's headstone memorial
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley, Dora | 17663 | No 10 Motor Transport Repair Depot, Women's Royal Air Force | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
ASHLEY, DORA
- Rank:
- Member
- Service No:
- 17663
- Date of Death:
- 04/11/1918
- Age:
- 27
- Regiment/Service:
- Women's Royal Air Force
- No.10 Motor Transport Repair Depot
- Grave Reference
- 198. 19. 460933.
- Cemetery
- KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of E. B. and Fanny Ashley, of Woodlands, Longwarry South, Drouin, Victoria, Australia.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2905563/ASHLEY,%20DORA
Ettie Barnett
Died 1921
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details - New Zealand
![[IMAGE] Cairo War Memorial Cemetery - Bicknell, Louisa Annie](http://twgpp.org/photos/20707/Bicknell_LA.JPG)
Died 25 June 1915
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details EGYPT 9 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916
Australian Army Nursing Service
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details - New Zealand
On Nominal Roll Fate: Drowned ( no date or place given)
Family give death as died 1921 in New Zealand
Rank Staff Nurse / Masseuse
Australian Army Nursing Service
known as Mother Anzac by the Soldiers
Australian War Memorial search - no entry found
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry - no entry found
Louisa Annie BicknelI
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details EGYPT 9 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916
Australian Army Nursing Service
Daughter of Mrs. Eliza Bicknell, of 205, Longridge St., Abbotsford
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=22257
WWI Memorial Plaque with "She Died.." awarded to Australian nurse Louisa Annie Bicknell. Extremely rare, the women's award is much rarer than the men's, the Memorial Plaque only awarded to 21 AANS Officers. [Louisa Annie Bicknell was born at Abbottsford, Vic and died on 25 June 1915 and is buried at Cairo, Egypt].
WWI Memorial Plaque with "She Died.." awarded to Australian nurse Louisa Annie Bicknell. Extremely rare, the women's award is much rarer than the men's, the Memorial Plaque only awarded to 21 AANS Officers. [Louisa Annie Bicknell was born at Abbottsford, Vic and died on 25 June 1915 and is buried at Cairo, Egypt].
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicknell, Louisa Annie | 1 General Hospital Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
BICKNELL, LOUISA ANNIE
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 25/06/1915
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- 1st General Hosp.
- Grave Reference
- B. 306.
- Cemetery
- CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of Mrs. Eliza Bicknell, of 205, Longridge St., Abbotsford, Victoria
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/112157/BICKNELL,%20LOUISA%20ANNIE
Emily Clare
Died 17 October 1918
Cause of Death Died of pneumonia
Cemetery or Memorial Details INDIA 10 Deolali Government Cemetery / KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL (India)
Place Of Enlistment Stawell, VIC
War Grave Register Notes CLARE, Sister Emily. Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia 17th Oct., 1918. Age 28. Daughter of Peter and Mary Clare, of 34, Lynch St., Footscray, Victoria, Australia. M. 2. 22.
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Clare, Emily | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
CLARE, EMILY
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 17/10/1918
- Age:
- 28
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Plot RC. Row M2. Grave 22.
- Cemetery
- DEOLALI GOVERNMENT CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of Peter and Mary Clare, of 34, Lynch St., Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1498814/CLARE,%20EMILY
Ruby Dickinson
Died 23 June 1918
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Cemetery or Memorial Details Middlesex 82 Harefield (St Mary) Churchyard
Place Of Enlistment Sydney, NSW
War Grave Register Notes Dickinson, Staff Nurse Ruby. Australian Army Nursing Service. 23rd June, 1918. Age 32. Daughter of William and Julia Dickinson, of Arizona, Almora St., Mosman, Queensland. Born at Forbes, New South Wales. Aust.
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service
Service Army
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Cemetery or Memorial Details Middlesex 82 Harefield (St Mary) Churchyard
Place Of Enlistment Sydney, NSW
War Grave Register Notes Dickinson, Staff Nurse Ruby. Australian Army Nursing Service. 23rd June, 1918. Age 32. Daughter of William and Julia Dickinson, of Arizona, Almora St., Mosman, Queensland. Born at Forbes, New South Wales. Aust.
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service
Service Army
Headstone of Ruby Dickinson Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS)
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=78847
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=78847
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Dickinson, Ruby | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
DICKINSON, RUBY
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 23/06/1918
- Age:
- 32
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Aust. 57.
- Cemetery
- HAREFIELD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Daughter of William and Julia Dickinson, of "Arizona," Almora St., Mosman, Queensland. Born at Forbes, New South Wales.
Pearl Stella Goodman
First World War Embarkation Rolls:
Pearl Stella Goodman
Rank: Staff Nurse
Roll title: Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 29 December 1916
Place of embarkation: Sydney
Ship embarked on: HMAT Themistocles A32
Digitised Record
View digitised record
War Service Record
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=4787018&I=1&SE=1
GOODMAN, Pearl Stella
Service no: Staff nurse
Place of birth: Millthorpe, 31 May 1886
Address: Enoggera, QLD
Occupation: Nurse
Next of kin: Frances Helena Tait (sister), Federal Farm, Forest Reefs
Date of enlistment: 7 December 1916
Place of enlistment: N/A
Age at enlistment: 30
Fate: Embarked Themistocles Sydney 29 December 1916. Disembarked Plymouth 3 March 1917.
Proceeded to France 12 March 1917. Posted to 7th General Hospital, Rouen, 14 March 1917.
Admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station 22 October 1917.
Transferred to Southwell Gardens Hospital, England 18 November 1917 suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. Returned to Australia 16 February 1918. Discharged 15 August 1918 due to medical unfitness.
Date of death: 6 March 1919, Malabar Convalescent Home, Pennant Hills
Buried: Rookwood Cemetery
Pearl Stella Goodman, trained at Orange District Hospital and gained nursing experience in Dubbo, Kurri Kurri and Cairns before becoming matron of Enoggera Military Camp. She left Sydney in December 1916 on the Themistocles, and after a short spell in England was posted to Rouen in France. After just eight months’ service in France she became ill and was diagnosed with tuberculosis. After a couple of months’ hospitalisation in England, she was sent back to Australia in December 1917. On her return, she spent time in Prince Alfred Hospital, knitting socks for soldiers until she became too weak to continue. She died at Malabar Convalescent Home in Pennant Hills in March 1919.
Sadly for her family in Australia, that was not the end of the matter. When Nurse Goodman joined up, she nominated her eldest sister, Frances Helena Tait, of Federal Farm, Forest Reefs, as her next of kin (both their parents were dead). When the Defence Department wished to pass on her British War and Victory medals to her next of kin, a problem arose: the department had a clearly defined line of succession for the distribution of medals to relations of deceased service men and women, which boiled down in Miss Goodman’s case to the eldest surviving brother. Mrs Tait informed the department that the family in Australia had not heard from the eldest brother, Albert Goodman, for some years, and that he was believed to be living in America. The department tracked him down to Indianapolis and asked him if he would like to receive the medals. Goodman said he would and the medals were posted to him. Thus the medals left Australia, although Albert Goodman said in acknowledgement that he was very pleased to have them and would prize them highly.
Pearl was buried at Rookwood Cemetery with military honours; her cousin, Rev. Robert Goodman officiated at the graveside. Her name appears on Memorial Gates in both Millthorpe and Cairns.
Ref:
Edwards, Elisabeth 2011, In sickness and in health: how medicine helped shape Orange's history, Orange City Council, Orange, NSW
Central Western Daily, 1964, ‘A Pioneer and his family’, January 18, p. 9.
AWM Photo - A03240
Place made Australia: Queensland
Date made 4 September 1916
Description
Group portrait of nursing staff of the 13th Australian General Hospital at Enoggera in Queensland.
From left to right, back row: Staff Nurses Sarah Cairns, Phillips, Catherine Reid Black, Cave, Caroline Rose Griffith, Annie Isabel Warner, Janet Barron, Burt, Gertrude May Skyring, Martha May Homewood. Front row: Staff Nurses Rowe, Bryden, Sister Florence Lynch, Matron Emily Anne Ralston, Sister Goodman, Staff Nurses Lawson and Edith Mary Toft.
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry - No entry found
Newspaper - Articles
Cairns, Queensland WWI Cenotaph, now located on the Esplanade.
John Hodgson photograph. Shared from Lost Cairns Facebook page
Ref: Orange Wiki Page on Pearl Stella Goodman
http://www.theorangewiki.orange.nsw.gov.au/index.php?title=Pearl_Stella_Goodman
Died 24 May 1921
Buried Waverley General Cemetery, NSW Rank Staff Nurse
Cause of Death: ?
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Service Army
Buried Waverley General Cemetery, NSW Rank Staff Nurse
Cause of Death: ?
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Service Army
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
NO ENTRY FOUND
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
GREWAR, GERTRUDE AGNES
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 24/05/1921
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Pres. B. 54.
- Cemetery
- SWANWATER WEST GENERAL CEMETERY
May Hennessy
Died 9 Apr 1919 Cause of Death: Malaria
Age 25
Cemetery or Memorial Details Bendigo VIC C of E H 1 24202
Next Of Kin Mrs Helen Hennessy, Mother
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Unit Australian Army Nursing Service
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=134742
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Hennessy, May | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
HENNESSY, MAY
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 09/04/1919
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- C.E. H1. 24202.
- Cemetery
- BENDIGO CIVIL CEMETERY
Hilda Knox, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 February 1917.
IWM Photo WWC H22-13
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//402/media-402169/mid.jpg
Died 17 February 1917
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details FRANCE 145 St Sever Cemetery Rouen
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details FRANCE 145 St Sever Cemetery Rouen
War Grave Register Notes KNOX, Sister Hilda Mary. Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of sickness 17th Feb., 1917. Age 33. Daughter of James and Isabella Knox, of Benalla, Victoria, Australia. Officers, B. 4. 10.
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 14 Australian General Hospital and Reinforcements (July 1916 - November 1917)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=167859
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 14 Australian General Hospital and Reinforcements (July 1916 - November 1917)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=167859
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Knox, Hilda Mary | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
KNOX, HILDA MARY
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 17/02/1917
- Age:
- 33
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Officers, B. 4. 10.
- Cemetery
- ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Additional Information:
Daughter of James and Isabella Knox, of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/515321/KNOX,%20HILDA%20MARY
Irene McPhail
Died 4 August 1920Cemetery or Memorial Details Brighton VIC C of E Compt Z a 1689
Next Of Kin Mrs J MacNeece, Aunt
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| McPhail, Irene | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
McPHAIL, IRENE
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 04/08/1920
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- C.E. ZA. 1689. (GRM/3*).
- Cemetery
- BRIGHTON GENERAL CEMETERY, VICTORIA
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/134752/McPHAIL,%20IRENE
Edith Ann Moorhouse
![[IMAGE] Lille Southern Cemetery - Moorhouse, Edith Ann](http://twgpp.org/photos/24910/Moorhouse_E%20(Large).JPG)
Died 24 November 1918 Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details France 1027 Lille Southern Cemetery
War Grave Register Notes Moorhouse, Sister Edith Ann. Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of sickness 24th Nov., 1918.
Daughter of Frederick and Deborah Moorhouse. Born at Undera, Victoria, Australia. I. C. 25.
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Unit 2 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 16 and Special Reinforcements (December 1914 - March 1916)
Service Army
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Unit 2 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 16 and Special Reinforcements (December 1914 - March 1916)
Service Army
Australian War Memorial file
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1050061--1-.pdf
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1050061--1-.pdf
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Moorhouse, Edith Ann | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
MOORHOUSE, EDITH ANN
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 24/11/1918
- Age:
- 33
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- I. C. 25.
- Cemetery
- LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of Frederick and Deborah Moorhouse. Born at Undera, Victoria, Australia.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/278592/MOORHOUSE,%20EDITH%20ANN
Letita Gladys Moreton
Died 11 November 1916
Place of Death Quetta, India
Cause of Death Enteric fever
Cemetery or Memorial Details 43 Delhi Memorial India
War Grave Register Notes MORETON, Sister Letittia Gladys. Australian Nursing Service, attd. Australian Gen. Hosp. No. 2. Died of enteric 11th Nov., 1916. Age 26. Daughter of Samuel Henry and Letetia Dexter Moreton. Born at Brim, Victoria, Australia. (Buried Quetta Govt. Cem. 209
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Nursing Service attached Australian Gen Hosp No 2
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=213649
Place of Death Quetta, India
Cause of Death Enteric fever
Cemetery or Memorial Details 43 Delhi Memorial India
War Grave Register Notes MORETON, Sister Letittia Gladys. Australian Nursing Service, attd. Australian Gen. Hosp. No. 2. Died of enteric 11th Nov., 1916. Age 26. Daughter of Samuel Henry and Letetia Dexter Moreton. Born at Brim, Victoria, Australia. (Buried Quetta Govt. Cem. 209
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Nursing Service attached Australian Gen Hosp No 2
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=213649
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Moreton, Letittia Gladys | Australian Nursing Service att Australian General Hospital No 2 | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
MORETON, LETETIA GLADYS
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 11/11/1916
- Age:
- 26
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Australian Gen. Hosp. No. 2.
- Panel Reference
- Face 23.
- Memorial
- DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)
Additional Information:
Daughter of Samuel Henry and Letetia Dexter Moreton. Born at Brim, Victoria, Australia. (Buried Quetta Govt. Cem. 2092).
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1437569/MORETON,%20LETETIA%20GLADYS
![[IMAGE] Delhi Memorial (India Gate) - Moreton, Letetia Gladys](http://twgpp.org/photos/22424/Delhi%20Gate.JPG)
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Norma Violet Mowbray
![[IMAGE] Cairo War Memorial Cemetery - Mowbray, Norma Violet](http://twgpp.org/photos/20707/Mowbray_N.JPG)
Norma Violet Mowbray, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty.
IWM Photo WWC H22-8
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//402/media-402198/mid.jpg
IWM Photo WWC H22-8
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//402/media-402198/mid.jpg
Died 21 January 1916
Cause of Death Pneumonia
Cemetery or Memorial Details EGYPT 9 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register Notes MOWBRAY, Staff Nurse Norma Violet. Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia 21st Jan., 1916. Age 32. Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Barclay Mowbray, of Longville, Dickson St., Eagle Junction, Queensland. Born at St. George, Queensland. D. 271.
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Unit 1 Australian General Hospital (November 1914)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=216491
Cause of Death Pneumonia
Cemetery or Memorial Details EGYPT 9 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register Notes MOWBRAY, Staff Nurse Norma Violet. Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia 21st Jan., 1916. Age 32. Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Barclay Mowbray, of Longville, Dickson St., Eagle Junction, Queensland. Born at St. George, Queensland. D. 271.
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Unit 1 Australian General Hospital (November 1914)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=216491
Australian War Memorial file
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
Died 10 September 1918
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Mowbray, Norma Violet | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
MOWBRAY, NORMA VIOLET
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 21/01/1916
- Age:
- 32
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- D. 271.
- Cemetery
- CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Barclay Mowbray, of Longville, Dickson St., Eagle Junction, Queensland. Born at St. George, Queensland.
AWM Photo C01794
Soldiers and nurses stand by some soldiers' graves in the Old Cairo Cemetery on the anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. They came to lay wreaths and bouquets on the graves after attending a memorial service and marching through the city streets. In the foreground is the grave of Sister Norma Violet Mowbray, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), who died of pneumonia on 21 January 1916.
Soldiers and nurses stand by some soldiers' graves in the Old Cairo Cemetery on the anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. They came to lay wreaths and bouquets on the graves after attending a memorial service and marching through the city streets. In the foreground is the grave of Sister Norma Violet Mowbray, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), who died of pneumonia on 21 January 1916.
Gertrude Evelyn Munro
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details GREECE 9 Mikra British Cemetery Salonika
War Grave Register Notes MUNRO, Sister Gertrude Evelyn. Aust. Army Nursing Service. Died of sickness 10th Sept., 1918. Age 36. Daughter of Mr. A. B. and Mrs. E. P. Munro, of 5, Gillies St., Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria Australia. 591.
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
Cemetery or Memorial Details GREECE 9 Mikra British Cemetery Salonika
War Grave Register Notes MUNRO, Sister Gertrude Evelyn. Aust. Army Nursing Service. Died of sickness 10th Sept., 1918. Age 36. Daughter of Mr. A. B. and Mrs. E. P. Munro, of 5, Gillies St., Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria Australia. 591.
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
AWM Photo H13100
Greece. Sisters Gertrude Evelyn Munro and Amy Christie of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). The photograph was probably taken at the 60th British General Hospital, Salonica. Sister Munro died at Salonica on 10 October 1918 of pneumonia and malaria.
Greece. Sisters Gertrude Evelyn Munro and Amy Christie of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). The photograph was probably taken at the 60th British General Hospital, Salonica. Sister Munro died at Salonica on 10 October 1918 of pneumonia and malaria.
Australian War Memorial file
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Munro, Gertrude Evelyn | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
MUNRO, GERTRUDE EVELYN
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 10/09/1918
- Age:
- 36
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- 591.
- Cemetery
- MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA
Additional Information:
Daughter of Mr. A. B. and Mrs. E. P. Munro, of 5, Gillies St., Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/341461/MUNRO,%20GERTRUDE%20EVELYN
![[IMAGE] Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria - Munro, Gertrude Evelyn](http://twgpp.org/photos/14600/Munro_G_E.jpg)
Lily Nugent
Died 21 February 1918Place of Death Sydney
Next Of Kin Michael Curtin, Step brother at Wagga
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service
Service Army
Conflict 1914-1918
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Nugent, Lily | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
NUGENT, LILY
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 21/02/1918
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- R.C. L. 962.
- Cemetery
- ROOKWOOD NECROPOLIS, SYDNEY
Amy Veda O'Grady
Date of Death 12 August 1916
Place of Death Bombay
Cemetery or Memorial Details Sewree Bombay /KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Next Of Kin O'Grady, Brother at Preston VIC
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=227692
Australian War Memorial file
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| O'Grady, Amy Veda | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
O'GRADY, AMY VEDA
- Rank:
- Nursing Sister
- Date of Death:
- 12/08/1916
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Panel Reference
- Face F.
- Memorial
- KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Rosa O'Kane
Died 21 December 1918 Place of Death Woodmans Point WA
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
photos courtesy of Woodman Point Quarantine Station
& Mr Earle Seubert & Ms. Donna Baldry
& Mr Earle Seubert & Ms. Donna Baldry
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| O'Kane, Rosa | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
O'KANE, ROSA
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 21/12/1918
- Age:
- 28
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- (GRM/6).
- Cemetery
- QUARANTINE STATION, WOODMAN POINT
Additional Information:
Daughter of Mrs. J. E. O'Kane, of Charters Towers, Queensland.
Died 16 July 1919
Place of Death NSW
Cemetery or Memorial Details Waverley RC
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=243821
Place of Death NSW
Cemetery or Memorial Details Waverley RC
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=243821
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Porter, Katherine Agnes Lawrence | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
PORTER, KATHERINE AGNES LAWRENCE
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 16/07/1919
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Awards:
- R R C, Mentioned in Despatches
- Grave Reference
- R.C. Vault. 16. 649A. (GRM/2*).
- Cemetery
- SYDNEY (WAVERLEY) GENERAL CEMETERY
she was awarded were
the British War Medal 1914-1920
The 1914-15 Star Medal
The Victory Medal with added Oak Leaf because she was mentioned in despatches
The
Royal Red Cross Medal with added Oak Leaves (awarded after she passed
away and which was presented to her Mother, at a ceremony in Milton NSW
by representatives of the AIF and British Army)
( info on medals supplied by Heather Hewson her grandniece by email on 4/ 11/ 2014 )
Kathleen Power
Died 13 August 1916
Age 28
Cause of Death Died of sickness Cholera
Cemetery or Memorial Details INDIA 8 Bomboy (Sewri) Cemetery /KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Rank Staff Nurse - Nursing Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
Age 28
Cause of Death Died of sickness Cholera
Cemetery or Memorial Details INDIA 8 Bomboy (Sewri) Cemetery /KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Rank Staff Nurse - Nursing Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
Daughter of Michael and Johanna Power, of Garrygauge, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
Australian War Memorial file
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Power, Kathleen | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
POWER, KATHLEEN
- Rank:
- Nursing Sister
- Date of Death:
- 13/08/1916
- Age:
- 28
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Panel Reference
- Face F.
- Memorial
- KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Daughter of Michael and Johanna Power, of Garrygauge, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland.
![[IMAGE] Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial - Power, Kathleen](http://twgpp.org/photos/30571/Kirkee%201914-1918%20Memorial%20(2).JPG)
Edith Amelia Reed
Died 4 Aug 1921
cause of death - post-discharge of tuberculosis
Cemetery or Memorial Details - Path 25 South. Grave 5908, NORTH ROAD ANGLICAN CEMETERY, South Aust.
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service -
Service Army
cause of death - post-discharge of tuberculosis
Cemetery or Memorial Details - Path 25 South. Grave 5908, NORTH ROAD ANGLICAN CEMETERY, South Aust.
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service -
Service Army
The Register - Adelaide, SA Tuesday 9 August 1921 Page 8
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/63186722
A correspondent writes:— Keswick Mili-tary Hospital witnessed on Wednesday night last the passing of one of the heroines of the great war, in the person of Staff Nurse Edith N. Reed, A.N.S., A.I.F. The nurses were not in the public gaze as were the soldiers and sailors engaged in that world-shaking strife, but their patriotism and devotion to duty were worthy of being held in lasting remembrance, and many of them laid life itself on the altar of their country's service. Miss Reed was engaged in the Adelaide Hospital when the call came. She received a nurse's training in that institution, passing her examination with honours and winning the gold medal. She was accepted for military service in 1917,and sent to India to assist in the 31st Welsh Hospital at Deolali. In 1918 she was sent for a brief time to an Egyptian hospital, and then to England to the Australian General Hospital at Dart-ford. In May, 1919, she returned to Australia, and was appointed staff nurse at Keswick. In the end of the following year the complaint that ended a life full of goodness and with the promise of great usefulness, began to manifest itself. The doc-tors were long puzzled at the nature of the disease. Possibly the seeds of it weres own in the heat and filth of Indian cities.But it gradually sapped her intense energy,and although Sister Reed met it with the most stubborn will to live, she at lengthsuccumbed. Miss Reed's father was well known in Terowie as a successful businessman and a grazier. Her mother was a member of the well-known Jacka family.Both have joined the great majority. Her brother William was a gunner in the artillery— 2nd Division of the Australian Army—and her brother-in-law, Mr. Whittle, of Pinnaroo (sergeant-major) was in the infantry, 48th Battalion. They enlisted early in 1915. Mr. Whittle was severely wounded and invalided home earlier but Mr.Reed completed his four years' of army service. One of her uncles is Sir Stanley Reed, editor of a leading Indian newspaper,and at his home in the hills the nurse was able to snatch an occasional much-needed furlough. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon at the North Road Cemetery,and was conducted with military honours.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
REED, EDITH AMELIA
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 04/08/1921
- Age:
- 29
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Path 25 South. Grave 5908.
- Cemetery
- NORTH ROAD ANGLICAN CEMETERY
Died 6 January 1919
Cemetery or Memorial Details Woodman's Point WA C of E 15
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service -
Service Army
Cemetery or Memorial Details Woodman's Point WA C of E 15
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service -
Service Army
Newspaper -
Nurse Doris Ridgeway; aged 26; daughter of Mr and Mrs Ridgeway of Cooke's Plains, South Australia died of influenza on the 7 January 1919 at the quarantine station, Woodman's Point, Western Australia. She was buried will full military honours. Along with eleven other nurses she volunteered to go into quarantine to care for returning soldiers with pneumonic influenza. She made the supreme sacrifice.
photo courtesy of Woodman Point Quarantine Station
& Mr Earle Seubert
& Mr Earle Seubert
Woodman Point Quarantine Station website dedication to her
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Ridgway, Doris Alice | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
RIDGWAY, DORIS ALICE
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 06/01/1919
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- NC1. 7.
- Cemetery
- PERTH WAR CEMETERY AND ANNEX
Additional Information:
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ridgway, of Wolseley, South Australia.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/135690/RIDGWAY,%20DORIS%20ALICE
Elizabeth Rothery
Died 15 June 1918Place of Death Beechworth VIC
Cemetery or Memorial Details Beechworth Vic C of E B 419
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Unit AAMC ( Australian Army Medical Corps)
Unit Hospital Transport Corps (May 1915 - September 1918)
Ship Name HMAT Karoola - Ship number No 1 Hospital Ship
Service Army
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Rothery, Elizabeth | Australian Army Medical Corps | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
ROTHERY, ELIZABETH
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 15/06/1918
- Age:
- 33
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- C.E. B. 419. (GRM/3*).
- Cemetery
- BEECHWORTH CEMETERY
Mary Florence Stafford ( May Florence Stafford )
Died 20 March 1919Place of Death Torrens Park SA
Cemetery or Memorial Details West Terrace Adelaide A I F Light Oval
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service – 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=285388
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Stafford, Mary Florence | 1914-1918 |
Photos believed to be of Mary Florence Stafford burial at West Terrace AIF Cemetery
West terrace Cemetery - Establishment of Australia's first Dedicated Military burial Ground, The Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) OFFICIALLY Cemetery was opened in 1920 soon after peace was declared in the Great War 1914-1918. Dedicated exclusively for the burial of ex-service personnel this project was the first soldiers' burial ground in the Commonwealth. - Nurse Originally Strafford was buried in the Mitcham Cemetery, re-interned into the AIF section
Newspaper article - OUR GARDEN OF MEMORY. ' _
An interesting aspect in connection with the Soldiers' Cemetery, Which has Been aptly termed 'Our garden of memory,' is the Fact That the Cemetery Trust has Been Able to Arrange for re-interments of the Remains of members of the AIF Buried Elsewhere into this cemetery.These of the first was the Removal of the re-mains of Nurse Stafford from the Mitcham Cemetery,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64121326
An interesting aspect in connection with the Soldiers' Cemetery, Which has Been aptly termed 'Our garden of memory,' is the Fact That the Cemetery Trust has Been Able to Arrange for re-interments of the Remains of members of the AIF Buried Elsewhere into this cemetery.These of the first was the Removal of the re-mains of Nurse Stafford from the Mitcham Cemetery,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64121326
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
STAFFORD, MARY FLORENCE
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 19/03/1919
- Age:
- 27
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- 1 Aust. Gen. Hosp.
- Grave Reference
- Light Oval. 55. SE.
- Cemetery
- ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE) CEMETERY
Ada Mildred Thompson
Place of Death West Australia
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service – Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Service Army
photos courtesy of Woodman Point Quarantine Station
& Mr Earle Seubert
& Mr Earle Seubert
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Thompson, Ada Mildred | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
THOMPSON, ADA MILDRED
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 01/01/1919
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Ang. A. 806. (GRM/6).
- Cemetery
- FREMANTLE CEMETERY
Fanny Isobel Catherine Tyson
Died 20 April 1919
Cause of Death - Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details WILTSHIRE 167 Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard
Rank Sister
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Service Army
Daughter of John and Teresa Tyson, of 18, Blanche St., Elsternwick, Victoria. Born at Balranald, New South Wales.
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Tyson, Fanny Isobel Catherine | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
TYSON, FANNY ISOBEL CATHERINE
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 20/04/1919
- Age:
- 28
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- 85. L. 5.
- Cemetery
- SUTTON VENY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Daughter of John and Teresa Tyson, of 18, Blanche St., Elsternwick, Victoria. Born at Balranald, New South Wales.
Jean Miles Walker ( Matron Jean Miles-Walker)
Age 39
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details WILTSHIRE 167 Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard
Rank Nursing Sister - later promoted to Matron
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Unit 2 Australian General Hospital (November 1914)
Service Army
Conflict 1914-1918
Daughter of Alfred and Louisa Miles Walker, of "Allowah," Dunbarra Rd., Bellevue Hill, Sydney.
Born in Tasmania.
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=311028
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=311028
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Walker, Jean Miles | Australian Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross 1 Class | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
WALKER, JEAN MILES
- Rank:
- Matron
- Date of Death:
- 30/10/1918
- Age:
- 39
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Awards:
- R R C
- Grave Reference
- 15. H. 1.
- Cemetery
- SUTTON VENY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Daughter of Alfred and Louisa Miles Walker, of "Allowah," Dunbarra Rd., Bellevue Hill, Sydney. Born in Tasmania.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406707/WALKER,%20JEAN%20MILES
Beatrice Middleton Watson
IWM Photo WWC H22-16
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//402/media-402172/mid.jpg
Died 2 June 1916
Age 34.
Cause of Death Died of sickness
Cemetery or Memorial Details EGYPT 8 Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - 1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916) - attached 1 Aust Stat Hosp
Service Army
B/W Photo: The original grave of Staff Nurse Beatrice Middleton Watson, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Elsternwick, Vic. Attached to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, she died of illness on 2 June 1916 and is buried in Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Daughter of William Galley Watson and Jane Ada Watson, of Middleton, Kooyong Rd., Elsternwick, Victoria. Born at Elsternwick.
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=315279
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=315279
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Watson, Beatrice Middleton | Australian Army Nursing Service att 1 Australian Stat Hospital | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
WATSON, BEATRICE MIDDLETON
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 02/06/1916
- Age:
- 34
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- attd. 1st Aust. Stat. Hosp.
- Grave Reference
- B. 67.
- Cemetery
- ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of William Galley Watson and Jane Ada Watson, of Middleton, Kooyong Rd., Elsternwick, Victoria. Born at Elsternwick.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/111155/WATSON,%20BEATRICE%20MIDDLETON
![[IMAGE] Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery - Watson, Beatrice Middleton](http://twgpp.org/photos/25993/Watson_B%20(Large).JPG)
Blodwyn Elizabeth Williams
Place of Death Caulfield
Unit Australian Army Nursing Service - Unit 2 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 16 and Special Reinforcements (December 1914 - March 1916)
Service Army
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=324344
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Williams, Blodwyn Elizabeth | Australian Army Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
WILLIAMS, BLODWYN ELIZABETH
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 24/05/1920
- Age:
- 38
- Regiment/Service:
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Private B. 7. 28.
- Cemetery
- BALLARAT (NEW) GENERAL CEMETERY
Hospital Ships - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service - 1 Death
Edith Blake
IWM Photo WWC H21-35
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//402/media-402144/mid.jpg
![[IMAGE] Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton - Blake, Edith](http://twgpp.org/photos/10073/HollybrookMem.jpg)
Died 26 February 1918
Cause of Death Drowned at sea on the Glenart Castle Hospital ship
Age at Death 32
Cemetery or Memorial Details 40. Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service - Glenart Castle Hospital ship & a year to nursing German prisoners of war at Belmont, Surrey.
Service British Army
Edith Blake ( Blake St. Nurse: E., Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. killed on HS Glenart Castle - sunk 26/2/1918 )
Cause of Death Drowned at sea on the Glenart Castle Hospital ship
Age at Death 32
Cemetery or Memorial Details 40. Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton
Rank Staff Nurse
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service - Glenart Castle Hospital ship & a year to nursing German prisoners of war at Belmont, Surrey.
Service British Army
Edith Blake ( Blake St. Nurse: E., Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. killed on HS Glenart Castle - sunk 26/2/1918 )
Daughter of Charles and Catherine Blake, of 9, Vista St., Sans Souci, Sydney.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Blake, Edith | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
BLAKE, EDITH
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 26/02/1918
- Age:
- 32
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Panel Reference
- Memorial
- HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
Additional Information:
Daughter of Charles and Catherine Blake, of 9, Vista St., Sans Souci, Sydney.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2894293/BLAKE,%20EDITH
Died 23 December 1915
Cause of Death Died of pneumonia
Age at Death 38
Cemetery or Memorial Details FRANCE Wimereux Communal Cemetery
Rank Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Headstone - Sister Myrtle Wilson
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died on 23rd December 1915 aged 38
Daughter of Andrew Wilson and Catherine Wilson, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Left Queensland for Nursing Service, April 1915
Cause of Death Died of pneumonia
Age at Death 38
Cemetery or Memorial Details FRANCE Wimereux Communal Cemetery
Rank Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Headstone - Sister Myrtle Wilson
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died on 23rd December 1915 aged 38
Daughter of Andrew Wilson and Catherine Wilson, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Left Queensland for Nursing Service, April 1915
Grave: III M 1
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Wilson, Myrtle Elizabeth | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
WILSON, MYRTLE ELIZABETH
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 23/12/1915
- Age:
- 38
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- III. M. 1.
- Cemetery
- WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Daughter of Andrew Stevens Wilson and Catherine Wilson, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Left Queensland for Nursing Service, April, 1915.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/85406/WILSON,%20MYRTLE%20ELIZABETH
Charlotte Berrie
![[IMAGE] Jerusalem War Cemetery - Berrie, Charlotte](http://twgpp.org/photos/14520/Berrie_C.JPG)
Died 8 January 1919 Age at Death 32
Cemetery or Memorial Details PALESTINE 3. Jerusalem War Cemetery. Q. 107
Rank Nursing Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Sister of Mrs. Gladys M. Macgrega of 12 Brightmore St. Neutral Bay Sydney New South Wales.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Berrie, Charlotte | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
BERRIE, CHARLOTTE
- Rank:
- Nursing Sister
- Date of Death:
- 08/01/1919
- Age:
- 32
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Q. 107.
- Cemetery
- JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Sister of Mrs. Gladys M. Macgrega, of 12, Brightmore St., Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/646252/BERRIE,%20CHARLOTTE
Date of Death 10 May 1918
Cause of Death Died at sea
Age at Death 37
Cemetery or Memorial Details BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq . Panel 43
Rank Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Cause of Death Died at sea
Age at Death 37
Cemetery or Memorial Details BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq . Panel 43
Rank Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Buried at sea 10/05/18 Aged 37 Panel 43. Daughter of the late J.F. and Margaret Hobbes.
Basra Memorial was originally erected in the city of Basra but was dismantled and re-erected in the Desert by Saddam Hussein's regime. The panels were poorly fitted and in some cases have now been destroyed. Many names are obscured by cement or damaged.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Hobbes, Florence Narrelle Jessie | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
HOBBES, NARRELLE
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 10/05/1918
- Age:
- 37
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Panel Reference
- Panel 43.
- Memorial
- BASRA MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Daughter of the late J.F. and Margaret Hobbes.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/866030/HOBBES,%20NARRELLE
![[IMAGE] Basra Memorial - Hobbes, Narrelle](http://twgpp.org/photos/31533/Basra%20Memorial.jpg)
May Dickson
Died 4 October 1917
Cause of Death Illness
Age at Death 37
Place of Death Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Cemetery or Memorial Details Coburg Cemetery, Vic, Australia
Rank Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Cause of Death Illness
Age at Death 37
Place of Death Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Cemetery or Memorial Details Coburg Cemetery, Vic, Australia
Rank Sister
Unit Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service British Army
Sister May Dickson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS), the first Australian woman to be buried in Australia with full military honours. Sister Dickson was a native of Australia and her education as a nurse began here. Not long after the war broke out she went to England and joined the QAIMNS. When her health broke down under strain, it was thought that the climate of her homeland might restore it. She was on her way home to Sydney, but when the vessel reached Melbourne she was so ill that it was necessary to take her ashore. Sister Dickson died of illness in Melbourne 4 October 1917
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Dickson, May | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry - no entry found
Agnes Beryl Corfield
![[IMAGE] Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery - Corfield, Agnes Beryl](http://twgpp.org/photos/21012/Corfield_AB.JPG)
Died 2 February 1916,
Cause of Death Illness typhoid
Age at Death -
Age at Death -
Place of Death Alexandria
Cemetery or Memorial Details - Chatby Military cemetery, Alexandria
Rank Staff Nurse ,
Unit QAIMNS,
of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia,
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Corfield, Agnes Beryl | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service |
1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
CORFIELD, AGNES BERYL
- Rank:
- Sister
- Date of Death:
- 02/02/1916
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- 15th Gen. Hosp.
- Grave Reference
- Q. 561.
- Cemetery
- ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Nellie M Saw
![[IMAGE] Albany Public Cemetery (Old) - Saw, Nellie Mabel](http://twgpp.org/photos/28302/Saw_NM.JPG)
Service number: R40618
Rank: Staff Nurse
Unit: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service: British Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 31 March 1919
Place of death: Albany Hospital, Western Australia
Cause of death: Illness (Tuberculosis)
Cemetery or memorial details: Albany Public Cemetery (Old), Western Australia
Source: AWM file
Rank: Staff Nurse
Unit: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Service: British Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 31 March 1919
Place of death: Albany Hospital, Western Australia
Cause of death: Illness (Tuberculosis)
Cemetery or memorial details: Albany Public Cemetery (Old), Western Australia
Source: AWM file
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll entry
| Name | Service Number | Unit | Conflict |
|---|
| Saw, Nellie M | R40618 | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | 1914-1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
SAW, NELLIE
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Service No:
- R40618
- Date of Death:
- 31/03/1919
- Age:
- 29
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- Meth Section. Row A. Grave 1
- Cemetery
- ALBANY PUBLIC CEMETERY (OLD)
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75200138/SAW,%20NELLIE
Place of death:Crafers, Sth Australia
Cause of death: Illness
Cemetery or memorial details:Stirling East Cemetery, SA (Now Stirling General Cemetery )
Source: Great War Forum
Newspaper -
Staff nurse Blanche Atkinson; eldest daughter of Mrs M. A. Atkinson and the late Mr F. J. Atkinson of Crafers; born at Crafers; served at the Adelaide Hospital and in Western Australia; went to England at the outbreak of war and joined the Royal British Nursing Association; on staff at the Brockenhurst Military Hospital when due to overwork became ill and was hospitalised. While in her hosptial bed the King decorated her with the Royal Red Cross for her "devotion to service"; once well enough to travel she was invalided back to Adelaide. From the effects of TB and physical and mental exhaustion she died 9 December 1916, Crafers; aged 38.
Australian War Memorial search - no entry found
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
ATKINSON, BLANCHE
- Rank:
- Staff Nurse
- Date of Death:
- 09/12/1916
- Age:
- 38
- Regiment/Service:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Grave Reference
- General Section Grave 177/178
- Cemetery
- STIRLING DISTRICT CEMETERY
Additional Information:
N.B.
Recent research has shown that Staff Nurse Atkinson is buried here. Staff Nurse Atkinson was awarded the ARRC.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75230039/ATKINSON,%20BLANCHE
Doctors - 1 death
DR LAURA E FORSTER
Born in 1858 at Ryde, NSW – daughter of William Forster & Eliza Jane Wall. William was a member of the NSW Parliament, and Premier for a short time 1859 / 60
Death - British Nursing journal gives it as January 29th 1917 and Australian news article and Medical Women at War give it as February 11th 1917, at Zaleshchiki, in Galicia
Educated in Sydney
Medical degree in Berne, Switzerland
Served as a nurse in the Balkan War
Joined the British Field Hospital, Antwerp in Sept 1914
Was severing with Millicent Fawcett Hospital Units in Russia at time of her death
Born in 1858 at Ryde, NSW – daughter of William Forster & Eliza Jane Wall. William was a member of the NSW Parliament, and Premier for a short time 1859 / 60
Death - British Nursing journal gives it as January 29th 1917 and Australian news article and Medical Women at War give it as February 11th 1917, at Zaleshchiki, in Galicia
Educated in Sydney
Medical degree in Berne, Switzerland
Served as a nurse in the Balkan War
Joined the British Field Hospital, Antwerp in Sept 1914
Was severing with Millicent Fawcett Hospital Units in Russia at time of her death
British Medal card for Laura:
British Field Hospital for Belgium – Surgeon
French Red Cross – Doctor
“Soon after the outbreak of the war Dr Forster joined the staff of the Belgian Field Hospital, which was in Antwerp. At the time of the bombardment they had to leave at very short notice, the wounded being removed in motor buses. They traveled at night time without lights by a circuitous route to Ghent, which again they had to evacuate hurriedly and move on to Ostend, where the wounded were taken on board a steamer and conveyed safely to England. After this trying experience Dr Forster decided to go to Russia, where for several months she was doing surgical work in the largest hospital in Petrograd. Thence she went on to the Caucasus, doing surgical work for the Russian Red Cross, and later on she reached Erzerum, where for a time she was in charge of a hospital. Finally she returned to Russia and took charge of a hospital at Zaleshchiki.” [SMH 16/5/17]
Laura died on the 11th February 1917 at Zaleshchiki in Galicia from heart failure after an attack of influenza.
1916 Group photograph of doctors, nursing sisters and Russian soldiers at .
AWM Photo H18592
Zaleschiki, Galicia. A group of British Nurses and other medical personnel outside a small hospital.
AWM Photo H18586
Forster, Laura (1858–1917)
from Sydney Morning Herald
from Sydney Morning Herald
16 May 1917, p 7
News has been received in Sydney of the death on February 11, at Zaleshchiki, in Galicia, of Dr. Laura Forster, daughter of the late Mr. William Forster, who was a member of the New South Wales Parliament from 1856 to 1880, holding the office of Premier from October, 1850, to March, 1860, and subsequently various portfolios. Dr. Forster's death is stated to be due to heart failure after an attack of influenza. She was educated in Sydney, and took her medical degrees at Berne, Switzerland. Her brother, Mr. C. E. Forster, resides at Point Piper, Sydney, and her aunt, Miss Forster, at Darling Point; and Mrs. Kater, wife of Mr. H. E. Kater, M.L.C., is a sister.
Soon after the outbreak of the war Dr. Forster joined the staff of the Belgian Field Hospital, which was in Antwerp. At the time of the bombardment they had to leave at very short notice, the wounded being removed in motor buses. They travelled at night time without lights by a circuitous route to Ghent, which again they had to evacuate hurriedly and move on to Ostend, where the wounded were taken on board a steamer and conveyed safely to England. After this trying experience Dr. Forster decided to go to Russia, where for several months she was doing surgical work in the largest hospital in Petrograd. Thence she went on to the Caucasus, doing surgical work tor the Russian Red Cross, and later on she reached Erzerum, where for a time she was in charge of a hospital. Finally she returned to Russia and took charge of a hospital at Zaleshchiki.
News has been received in Sydney of the death on February 11, at Zaleshchiki, in Galicia, of Dr. Laura Forster, daughter of the late Mr. William Forster, who was a member of the New South Wales Parliament from 1856 to 1880, holding the office of Premier from October, 1850, to March, 1860, and subsequently various portfolios. Dr. Forster's death is stated to be due to heart failure after an attack of influenza. She was educated in Sydney, and took her medical degrees at Berne, Switzerland. Her brother, Mr. C. E. Forster, resides at Point Piper, Sydney, and her aunt, Miss Forster, at Darling Point; and Mrs. Kater, wife of Mr. H. E. Kater, M.L.C., is a sister.
Soon after the outbreak of the war Dr. Forster joined the staff of the Belgian Field Hospital, which was in Antwerp. At the time of the bombardment they had to leave at very short notice, the wounded being removed in motor buses. They travelled at night time without lights by a circuitous route to Ghent, which again they had to evacuate hurriedly and move on to Ostend, where the wounded were taken on board a steamer and conveyed safely to England. After this trying experience Dr. Forster decided to go to Russia, where for several months she was doing surgical work in the largest hospital in Petrograd. Thence she went on to the Caucasus, doing surgical work tor the Russian Red Cross, and later on she reached Erzerum, where for a time she was in charge of a hospital. Finally she returned to Russia and took charge of a hospital at Zaleshchiki.
Newspapers articles
- is at the front with a British field hospital, West Australian, 23 November 1914, p 6 Dr. Laura Forster, sister of Mr. W. T. Forster, barrister, of Perth, and youngest daughter of the late William Forster, of Sydney, is now at the front in the British field hospital with an ambulance corps. The members of the statff are voluntary workers, and the outfit was purchased with money collected for the purpose in London. There are also at the front with their regiments two half-brothers of Mr. W. T. Forster (Captains Cyril Forster and Lionel Forster. A nephew (Stanley Forster) has started with the Australian troops for the war.
- The British Nursing Journal Volume 58, 20th January 1917 (p50) ... doctor, on a tributary of the Volga, where Dr. Alice Benham treated not only refugees, but peasants of many races and creeds, who crowded in daily from the surrounding districts. When she had t o give up her voluntary service in September, Dr. Laura Forster took over the hospital, and she will carry it on until Russian medical help is available. Dr. Mabel May is also conducting'a similar, though larger, hospital in a remote and untended district, and with Dr. Muriel Kerr, is looking after 40 in...
- The British Nursing Journal Volume 59, 27th October 1917 (p269) We are indebted t o Miss Eileen Cordner for the information that the funeral in Russia depicted in this journal last week was that of a medical woman, not a trained nurse. She writes that Dr. Forster, who contracted influenza and died from heart failure after a week`s illness, had undoubtedly overtaxed her strength. She was in the retreat from Antwerp, then went to Russia where she worked in Russian hospitals in Petrogtad, for over a year. She helped for a short time in a maternity barak in that city, then went with a Russian unit to the Caucasus. After this, she definitely joined the N.U.W.S.S. units working for some months in a large district beyond the Volga ; at the end of December, she took up work at Zaleschilry and died on January 29th, Miss Cordner writes :-“ She was beloved by all of us nurses, who had the good fortune to work under her.
- Sydney Morning Herald, 16 May 1917, p 7
- Sydney Morning Herald, 5 July 1917, p 6
References
Medical Women at War 1914 - 1918 - Pages 168 & 169
https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/medical-women-at-war-1914-1918-jvPseJhBDH/9
Medical Women at War 1914 - 1918 - Pages 168 & 169
https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/medical-women-at-war-1914-1918-jvPseJhBDH/9
Great War Forum - Entry by Frev on Dr Laura E. Forster
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=145018
http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-australian-women-doctors-of-the-great-war-38289
'Forster, Laura (1858–1917)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/forster-laura-17879/text29468, accessed 20 March 2015.
http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/forster-laura-17879
References:
Just to put this list together it took 9 months of going thru theBritish Nursing Journals archive - http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk
Commonwealth War Graves - http://www.cwgc.org/
Australian War memorial - www.awm.gov.au/
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