New webpage on the Sea Transport Service

Post date: 13-Feb-2015 18:27:42

New webpage on the Sea Transport Service

In July 1915, sea transport sections were raised to allow transports to return casualties instead of having to carry them on hospital ships. Each section made several voyages, staying in England for a few days to a few weeks before making another voyage, usually from the same port but on a different ship.

Each section consisted of a medical practitioner, a matron, two nursing sisters, four staff nurses, a masseuse (staff sergeant), a quarter master sergeant (staff sergeant), a pharmacist (staff sergeant, later a lieutenant), a sergeant, a corporal, and three (later eight) orderlies (privates).

93 Australian Women served with this service unit

• 2 Matrons
• 8 Sister-Acting Matron / Sister Temporary Matron / Sister in Charge
• 24 Sisters
• 55 Staff Nurses
• 2 Masseuse

AWM Photo PB0601 "Miltiades" A28 Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne 1 August 1916

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