AANS A to D
Name
Address
Unit name
Rank on enlistment
Rank from Nominal Roll
Medals & Other notes
ABBOTT, Vera
ACRES, Linda
Sandringham, Victoria
Launceston, Tasmania
Hospital Transport Corps
No 1 Australian General Hospital
Probationary Nurse
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
AANS Service Record
AANS Service Summary
AANS Service Record
AANS Service Summary
Hobart, Tasmania
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Blayney, New South Wales
Caulfield, Victoria
Armadale, Victoria
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Bogabilla via Goondiwindi, Queensland
Boggabilla, New South Wales
Melbourne, Victoria
Adelaide, South Australia
Lindfield, New South Wales
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Enoggera, Queensland
West Coburg, Victoria
East Brisbane, Queensland
Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Ballarat, Victoria
Melbourne, Victoria
Kogarah, New South Wales
Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Arncliffe, New South Wales
Tamworth, New South Wales
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Penrith, New South Wales
Whittlesea, Victoria
Brisbane, Queensland
Enoggera, Queensland
Semaphore, South Australia
Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Sydney, New South Wales
Hawthorn, Victoria
Subiaco, Western Australia
Mosman, New South Wales
Waverley, New South Wales
Glebe Point, New South Wales
Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia
Nhill, Victoria
Northcote, Victoria
Adelaide, South Australia
Bondi, New South Wales
Bondi, New South Wales
Geelong, Victoria
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Surrey Hills, Victoria
Braidwood, New South Wales
Ballarat, Victoria
Epping, New South Wales
Geelong, Victoria
Ballarat, Victoria
Adelaide, South Australia
Sale, Victoria
St Kilda, Victoria
Croydon, New South Wales
Portarlington, Victoria
Glenferrie, Victoria
Adelaide, South Australia
Enoggera, Queensland
Kyneton, Victoria
Windsor, Queensland
Cottesloe, Western Australia
Enoggera, Queensland
Enoggera, Queensland
Penshurst, New South Wales
Melbourne, Victoria
Mossgiel via Hay, New South Wales
Bay View Hill, Mascot, New South Wales
Ballarat, Victoria
Melbourne, Victoria
Claremont, Western Australia
Orange, New South Wales
Kempsey, New South Wales
Enoggera, Queensland
Sandringham, Victoria
Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Subiaco, Western Australia
Neutral Bay, New South Wales
Wahroonga, New South Wales
Adelaide, South Australia
Terang, Victoria
East Melbourne, Victoria
Mosman, New South Wales
Caulfield, Victoria
Sydney, New South Wales
Brisbane, Queensland
Paddington, New South Wales
Randwick, New South Wales
Enoggera, Queensland
Gippsland, Victoria
Sydney, New South Wales
Armadale, Victoria
Woodville Road, Birkenhead, England
Melbourne, Victoria
Mosman, New South Wales
Unley, South Australia
Sydney, New South Wales
Mosman, New South Wales
Landsborough, Queensland
Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Kilcoy, Queensland
Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Melbourne, Victoria
Darling Point, New South Wales
Bendigo, Victoria
Frankston, Victoria
Orbost, Victoria
Orbost, Victoria
Stanthorpe, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney, New South Wales
Hackney, South Australia
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
14th Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No Service details found
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Medical Officers
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
Australian Army Nursing Service
Hospital Transport Corps
No details found
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No 1 Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Medical Officers
Australian Army Nursing Service
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No details found
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
No 3 Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2, Nursing Service
No 1 Australian General Hospital
14th Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No details found
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Hospital Transport Corps
No details found
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
14th Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
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Temporary Sister
Staff Nurse
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Sister
Staff Nurse
Masseuse
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Staff Nurse
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Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Sister
AANS Service Record
AANS Service Summary
RRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
ARRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
Medal for Military merit, 4th Class (Greece)
On Nominal Roll Fate: Drowned ( no date given)
Family give death as died 1922 in New Zealand
What a woman she was .... wonder what happened to her kids ??
She drank her scotch straight, ("scotch is for drinking, not bathing in" she would say), she did her talking the same way, played poker to beat the boys and ran ballroom functions in Brisbane that were attended by the high and mighty.
She grew up in gold mining towns, was widowed in 1891 with 3 little kids to raise but in the great flood of 1893 she climbed into a boat and went to rescue stranded families.
She did a tour of duty with the AIF after enlisting at age 57 (she 'forgot' 10 years of her age on her papers) and she signed up for another.
She worked with the Maoris in NZ after she contracted diabetes, was buried with full Maori tribal honours and along the way she revolutionised the AIF attitude to massage (now called physiotherapy).
She was Staff Nurse Esther Barnett. She enlisted on August 18, 1915 when the terrible cost of Gallipoli was starting to be realised. Born 1857, she was 57 when she enlisted but she 'forgot' a few years. 3 days after enlisting the qualified masseuse who had worked in London hospitals, was on her way. She and the other 17 male and female practitioners of the art of medical massage were on their way to Egypt. They worked on up to 40 cases per day in a field that was only just starting to be recognised by military authorities. Many patients, particularly shell shocked ones in total or near total paralysis responded well and quickly. Shell shock was likened by many to fear or cowardice but is now recognised as PTSD. She came home in 1917 and worked with the Matron at the 6th Australian General Hospital but duty called and she returned overseas in June of 1918. Illness stopped her getting there and she disembarked in Wellington NZ. After release from hospital she worked amongst the Maori tribes until her death in 1921.
ARRC, 1919 AANS - Services in India
on board No 2 Hospital Ship Kanowa on 25 September 1917
ARRC, 1917 Australian Army Nursing Service
ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Salonika
BENNETT, Alma - RRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
ARRC, 1917 Australian Army Nursing Service
Royal Red Cross, Second Class BOISSIER, Phyllis Mary - ARRC, 1916 Australian Army Nursing Service
- ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in the Balkans
BONNAR, Agnes Grace - ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Egypt
BORWICK, Isabella Tait - ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Egypt
Royal Red Cross, Second Class
BOUGHTON, Lucy - ARRC, 1917 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
ARRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
BROWNE, Emily Gertrude - ARRC, 1919 AANS - Services in India
BRYDON, Jean - ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in the Balkans
RRC, 1919 AANS - 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital
ARRC, 1917 AANS - with QAIMNS
BURNS, Grace Helena - ARRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
Mention in Despatches
ARRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
Has two service entries
BUCKHAM, Jean Binnie
CAMPBELL, Olive Catherine Emma
CASHIN, Alice Ellen
CAVE, Annie Freda Francis Scully
CROSSMAN, Mary Elspeth Margharita
Melbourne Hospital, Victoria
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
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Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
No Details Found
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Australian Army Nursing Service
14th Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
14th Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
Australian Army Nursing Service
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
14th Australian General Hospital
Australian General Hospital 2
Australian Army Nursing Service
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No 1 Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No 1 Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
No 1 Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
14th Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No 1 Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service
No 3 Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
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Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
3rd Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nursing Staff
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Staff for No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola'
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nursing Staff
Australian Army Nursing Service
No details found
No details found
Australian Army Nursing Service
2 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 16 and Special Reinforcements (December 1914 - March 1916) [II]
Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Australian ANSCorporal
Australian Army Nursing Service Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Medical Officers
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian General Hospital 2
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
1 Australian General Hospital - 1 to 6 and Special Reinforcements (February 1915 - April 1916)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No details found
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
No 3 Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
14th Australian General Hospital
Nurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian General Hospital 2
Australian Army Nursing Service
Staff Nurse
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Nurse
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Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Sister
Masseuse
Masseuse
SISTER
Matron-in-Chief
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse
Sister
Staff Nurse
Sister
Staff Nurse
Sister
Staff Nurse
Sister
Matron
Staff Nurse
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Matron
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Matron
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Head Sister
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Staff Nurse
Masseuse
Staff Nurse
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Staff Nurse
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Staff Nurse
ARRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
RRC, 1918 AANS - With British forces in Salonika
Medaille des Epidemies (en Vermeil)
Mention in Despatches
Medal for Military Merit, 4th Class (Greece)
Medal for Military Merit, 4th Class (Greece)
RRC, 1917 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
CAWOOD, Dorothy Gwendoline - MM, 1917 AUST ANS. MM 28/9/1917 LOND GAZ 30312
Nurse and Servicewoman
Born: 9 December 1884 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 16 February 1962 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
Dorothy Cawood commenced her nursing training in 1909, and on 14 November 1914 enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). On 22 July 1917, while attached to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Armentieres, Cawood along with two other sisters, Clare Deacon and Alice Ross-King (later Appleford), evacuated patients from burning buildings while the station was being bombed. All three sisters were awarded Military Medals for their action. Later, while stationed at the 6th Australian General Hospital, Cawood was mentioned in despatches for 'distinguished and gallant service in the field'. At the end of the war, Cawood joined the nursing staff at the State Hospital (Liverpool) and in 1928 became matron at the David Berry Hospital, Berry, a position she held until her retirement in 1943.
Dorothy Cawood never married and died on 16 February 1962
Mention in Despatches
CHAPMAN, Eva Helen - RRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Egypt
Mention in Despatches
Mention in Despatches
ARRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
Associate of the Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
RRC 1916, CBE(M) 1919, Australian Army Nursing Service
Matron and Servicewoman
Born: 1 March 1870 Invercargill, New Zealand. Died: 6 September 1944.
Evelyn Conyers was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Commander (Military) on 22 March 1919 for nursing service with the army during World War I. She had previously been awarded the Royal Red Cross on 3 June 1916
Born and educated in New Zealand, Evelyn Conyers migrated to Victoria, Australia in the 1890s. After training at the Children's (1894) and Melbourne (1896) hospitals she became matron of a private hospital in Melbourne in 1901.
Active in professional nurse's organisations, in 1903 she helped found the Victorian Trained Nurses' Association. When the Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital at Fairfield was established in 1904, Evelyn Conyers became the first matron. In 1907, she and Sister Jessie MacBeth opened a private hospital in Kew.
An original member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in the Third Military District, Evelyn Conyers sailed on the Shropshire on 20 October 1914. Aged 45 years, she was appointed matron-in-chief, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 12 January 1916. She held this position until she was discharged on 6 March 1920. During this time she worked closely with the Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Service (QAIMNS) British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Miss (Dame from 1918) Maud McCarthy.
Evelyn Conyers was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Commander (Military) on 22 March 1919 for nursing service with the army during World War I. She had previously been awarded the Royal Red Cross on 3 June 1916.
After the war Evelyn Conyers returned to 'Lancewood' Private Hospital in Kew, Victoria. She was appointed to the board set up under the provisions of the Nurses' Registration Act (1923), was made a Life Member of the Royal Victorian College of Nurses, was a founder and director of the Victorian Trained Nurses Club Ltd, and a member of the Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing Federation. Evelyn Conyers also was a member of the board of management of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, a trustee of the Edith Cavell Trust Fund, and belonged to the Returned Nurses' Club.
On 6 September 1944 Evelyn Conyers died at Epworth Private Hospital, Richmond and was buried with full military honours in Boroondara cemetery, Kew.
Mention in Despatches
KBE
COOKE, Elsie May - ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Egypt
COOMBES, Annie Isobel - ARRC, 1919 AANS - 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital
Royal Red Cross, Second Class
COOPER, Alice Mary - RRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
COOPER, Alice Mary - ARRC, 1917 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
Military Medal 1918 LOND GAZ 3085
Mention in Despatches
ARRC, 1917, RRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
Member of the Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Royal Red Cross, Second Class
ARRC, 1917 Australian Army Nursing Service
Royal Red Cross, Second Class
CREAL, Rose - RRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Egypt
ARRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
ARRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
ARRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
Medal for Military Merit, 4th Class (Greece)
RRC, 1920 AANS - Service in the Afghan War
Kaisar-I-Hind Medal
The King has been graciously pleased to make the following award for Public Service in India.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 42
Date: 20 May 1920
ARRC, 1916, RRC, 1918, CBE(M), 1919 , Australian Army Nursing Service
Nurse and Servicewoman
Born: 19 June 1872 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Died: 21 April 1939 Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Ophaned at the age of five, Ethel Davidson grew up with her half-brothers and sisters - children from her father's first marriage. After completing her nursing training at Adelaide Hospital, she worked in district and private nursing.
In 1904 Davidson became a reserve member of the Australian Army Nursing Service, enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in 1914. During World War I she was stationed at Mena, Cairo, where she was mentioned in despatches. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal, 2nd class, for her nursing service in England and France. On 3 June 1919 Davidson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military) for services to army nursing.
After leaving the army, Davidson became matron of the military hospital at Keswick (SA), a post she held until her retirement in 1933. From 1922 to 1926 she was president of the Returned Army Nurses' Association of South Australia. In 1924 the Association became a sub-branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League.
Ethel Davidson never married and died on 21 April 1939. She is buried in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.
Mention in Despatches
Mention in Despatches
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class
OBE
Military Medal 1917 AUST ANS MM LOND GAZ 30312
- ARRC, 1919 Australian Army Nursing Service
- ARRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
Medal card of Derrer, Mary Jane
DERRER, Mary Jane - MM, 1917 AUST ANS. MM 28/9/1917 LOND GAZ 30312
Mention in Despatches
DICKSON, Clarice Molyneux - RRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
DOHERTY, Gertrude Marion - ARRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
ARRC, 1919 AANS - With British forces in Egypt
ARRC, 1916 Australian Army Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches
Royal Red Cross, Second Class
DOWSLEY, Annie Elizabeth - RRC, 1918 Australian Army Nursing Service
Member of the Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Mention in Despatches
Mention in Despatches
Medal for Military Merit, 4th Class (Greece)
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DEMENT, Ethel Maud
DEMESTRE, Sarah Melanie
DONALDSON, Katherine Minnie