Australian Nurses in World War 1
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HOADLEY, Emily

Matron
AANS

Born Eliza Emily HOADLEY 26 June 1863 at Carcoar, NSW
Daughter of James HOADLEY and Mary Jane nee HARRISON
Age 45 years (put age down for enlistment)
Nursed in the Boer War
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915
Service with 2nd AGH, Lemnos and Egypt
Promoted to Matron 12 December 1916
Lent to India for continued service
Returned to Australia 21 March 1918 per “Osterley” On Duty
Appointment terminated 30 April 1918
Did not marry
Died 31 October 1952 at Wahroonga Sanitarium, NSW
Late of Molong, Mudgee and Taree, formerly of Sydney

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HOBBES,  Florence Narrelle Jessie

Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Born 22 August 1884 at  Merriwinga, Tilba Tilba, NSW 
Daughter of John T and Margaret HOBBES nee GOLDIE
Of Wilson Road, Cremorne, Sydney, NSW
Educated by Governess and Ladies School, Sydney, NSW
Trained at St. Kilda Private 1904 - 1906 and Cobar District, NSW 1907 - 1911
Matron at Brewarrina Hospital NSW April 1911 to May 1912
Matron Brewarrina Hospital March 1914 to January 1915
In 1914 Narelle went to London where she joined the British nursing service.
Resided 38 Guildford St. Russell Sq. W C
Enlisted QAIMNSR 15 May 1915
In May 1915, Narrelle was in Malta nursing the disastrous Gallipoli campaign.
Narrelle fell ill. 
Sick in India June 1917 to 27 March 1918
She was sent to the Himalayas to recover, but she grew sicker. 
Died at sea 10 May 1918 aboard HMAS 'Kanowna' in the Indian Ocean
Buried at Sea
Cause of death Hepatic Tumor
Aged 37 years
Commemorated Basra Memorial Panel 43
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HOBBES - At sea, May 10, Sister Narelle Hobbes, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., daughter of Mrs. Hobbes. Balblair, 
Milson road, Cremorne, and of the late J. T. Hobbes, Police Magistrate, Port Macquarie.  

Nurse Hobbs, whose death was announced in a recent issue was a sister of Mrs. A. D. Griffiths, of Leamia,- Curlewis. She was well known in the Gunnedahnedah district. She served as a military hospital nurse in Mesopotamia where the hardships undermined her health.  She ultimately, broke down under the strain and was invalided to Australia, but died at sea on her way home.  

Daily Observer Saturday 01 June 1918 page 6

Death of a Nurse.

The death is announced of Sister NarelleHobbes while en route to Australia. " Deceased, who had a long record of valuable nursing service in the military hospitals of the Mediterranean, India, and Mesopotamia, was the seventh daughter of the late Mr. J. T. Hobbes, one time Police Magistrate at Port Macquarie, and Mrs.Hobbes, of Cremorne.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate Saturday 15 June 1918 page 4


DEVOTED MOREE NURSE.

Her Fine War Service Record.  MOREE. Saturday.  

Last week Ald. C. G. Hobbos received disturbing news concerning the health of his sister, Nurse Narelle Hobbes, who for the past three years or more has been engaged in tending the sick and wounded at the front. Prior to volunteering for duty Miss Hobbes, who had spent many years of her life in Moree district, was matron of the Brewarrina Hospital, a position which she relinquished for the sterner duties at the front. When first she offered her services her state of health was not all that could be desired, as the responsibility and arduous character of her duties had left their mark: but she was determined to go, and eventually paid her own passage to England. The voyage home, and  the rest, it entailed so far restored her health that immediately on her arrival in England her services were accepted, and she was sent straight away to Malta, where she remained during the whole of the Gallipoli campaign. From there she was transferred to Mesopotamia, where she continued her good work almost ever since. Her health remained excellent, but one night, whilst out on an open boat in the Tigris River watching the phosphorescent glow caused by the darting hither and thither of the fish, a finny denizen of some size leaped clear of the water and Nurse Hobbes received the full force of the blow on the side of the head, as she was leaning over the side of the boat at the time. The effect of the blow rendered it necessary for her to be conveyed to the hospital, and whilst in that Institution, she was unfortunate enough to contract pneumonia. On recovering, sufficiently to leave the hospital she was granted two months' leave of absence and was sent down to the hills in India. Satisfactory health conditions not manifesting themselves the family (of which Ald. C. G. Hobbes is the eldest) determined, to find out what was actually wrong with, the devoted nurse, and accordingly sent the youngest sister, Elsie, over to India on the mission.  Two days before Miss Elsie Hobbes arrived in India an official cable was received by the family as follows: 'Regret Sister Hobbes seriously ill — tumor on the liver. Simia. " Three days later a cable was received from Nurse Hobbes herself, "which read as follows: "Getting on well: expecting Elsie tomorrow. Bombay." Then two days later, a third cable was received from Miss Elsie Hobbes as follows: "Narelle seriously ill. Operation useless. Home first hospital ship by Durban if fit." By the wording of this last, cable it is a matter of doubt to the family whether the operation had been performed and found useless, or whether it is considered useless to perform the operation at all.

Daily Observer Monday 25 March 1918 page 4

HOBLER, Minnie

Sister
AANS

Born Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of Francis Helvetius HOBLER and Jessie Ann nee LEARMONTH
Sister of Francis HOBLER
Enlisted 04 November 1914
Embarked 05 December 1914
Appointment terminated 24 April 1917
Died 1962 at Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom

Photograph Table Talk Thursday 10 December 1914 page 22

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HOCKINGS, Ada May

Senior Nurse
AANS

Born 01 May 1892 at Brisbane, Qld
Daughter of Albert Thomas HOCKINGS and  Ada Keeble nee JONES
Address “The Laurals” Hockings St. Eagle Junction Brisbane, Qld
Age 25 years
Enlisted 08 November 1917
Embarked 08 November 1917 per “Canberra” at Sydney
Service in Bombay
Returned to Australia per “Eastern” 13 April 1919
Appointment Terminated 12 June 1919
Repatriation contact 14 January 1959
Married Leonard Chalres BOASE in 1919 in Qld.
Died 1979 in Qld.


HOCQUARD, Annie Elsie

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1886 in Lismore, NSW
Daughter of John HOCQUARD and Sarah Ann nee NEWBERRY
Age 30 years
Enlisted 26 September 1916
Embarked 09 May 1917 in Sydney per “Ulysses”
Service in England and France
Ill with Influenza September 1918
Returned to Australia 06 May 1919 per “Karoola”
Appointment terminated 28 July 1919
Repatriation contact 16 February 1959
Married Richard THOMAS in 1947 in East Maitland,NSW
Died 28 April 1969 in Wyong, NSW
Late of Stockton, NSW

HOCQUARD, Genevieve Nimmo (Vera)

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1890 at Lismore, NSW
Daughter of John HOCQUARD and Sarah Ann nee NEWBERRY
Address Carlisle St. Stockton, Newcastle, NSW
Age 26 years
Enlisted 11 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 per “Mooltan” at Melbourne
Service in Solonika
Seriously ill with Dysentery October 1918
Returned to Australia per “Karoola” 06 May 1919
Appointment Terminated 28 July 1919
Married Alexander ANDERSON in 1942 in Woollahra, NSW
Died 1970 in Newcastle, NSW

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STOCKTON.

Captain Hocquard received a cable message from his daughter, Nurse Hocquard, oil Saturday, advising that she had arrived safely at Salonica. Nurse Hocquard left with other nurses by the steamer Mooltan, and disembarked at Alexandria. Three days later, it will be remembered, that the steamer was torpedoed. Captain Hocquard has another daughter nursing in France, and one of his sons is still on active service, the other one having been killed some time ago. The captain himself has made repeated applications to enlist, but has always been turned down on account of his age.

Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate Monday 20 August 1917 page 3
STOCKTON

“Mrs J Hocquard of Carlisle St, Stockton, has received word that her daughter, Nurse Genevieve Hocquard was admitted on 22 October to the 43rd General Hospital at Salonika , seriously ill (dysentery).

Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners Advocate Monday 4 November 1918 

HODGE, Katee Payne aka Ada Florence Kate HODGE

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Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service

Born 27 November 1874 at Edgecombe near Woodville, SA
Daughter of George Payne HODGE and Elizabeth nee RIDLEY
Of Union Bank, King William Street, Adelaide, SA
Educated Adelaide High School
trained at the Wakefield Street Adelaide 1902 until 1906
Resigned 1907
In charge of hospital Semaphore 1907 - 1913 
Slum work London for 3 months November 1913 to Feb 1914

General hospital for medical and surgical cases August 1914 - July 1915 Pelwood Hospital for wooded soldiers

In 1913 she took C.M.B. with honours degree at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London.
Enlisted QAIMNSR 19 August 1915
Her war services extended from 06 August 1914 to 1920 as a sister in Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., France, Belgium and Germany and Navy Charge and C.C.S. Nurses' Home, South France. Received R.R.C. (First Class) in 1917.
Demobilized 17 January 1920
Resided 44 Clifton Street, Malvern, SA in 1920
Was made honorary treasurer P.H.W.S. Nurses Association, 1935-1938.
Did nor marry
Died 14 October 1957 at The Home for Incurables, Fullarton, SA
Cause of death Coronary Occlusion (2 days) Cerebral Thrombosis (5 years) and Arteriosclerosis (years)
Aged 82 years
Resided Home for Incurables, Fullarton, SA
Cremated at Centennial Park Cemetery

Katie became a nurse in 1915, part of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service, and after serving on a Hospital Ship, joined 49 Casualty Clearing Station at Contay, a village north of Amiens on the Somme. Although records are not clear, she may have continued serving after the war, tending long term wounded patients until 1924.

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Sister Katie Payne Hodge, an Australian, was awarded the honour ‘Royal Red Cross’ in January 1918 
For ‘showing exceptional devotion or competency in performance of nursing duties with the Army in the field, or in Naval and Military or Air Force hospitals or in an Auxiliary War hospital over a continuous or long period or who has performed some exceptional acts of bravery or devotion to the post of duty' 

Many South Australians in the State will be interested to know that Sister Katie Payne Hodge, R.R.C sister of Mrs. V. K. Jones, of Mount street. Perth, returned to Australia by the s-s. Indarra, which arrived at Fremantle on Saturday last. Nurse Hodge was in England when war was declared, having just completed a two years' course of special training in which she gained first-class honours; and although the passage was booked for her return to Australia she immediately offered her services to the Imperial Government and was detailed for duty within a few horns of the commencement of hostilities. She was first sent to Woodhall Spa, in Lincolnshire Pettwood  the beautiful country mansion of Capt. and MrS. (now Sir Archibald and Lady) Weigall (the Governor-elect of South Australia) having been offered to the Imperial Government as a hospital.  After a considerable term of duty under ideal conditions Sister Hodge was transferred to a hospital ship carrying wounded from Gallipoli to Lemnos where the conditions were the reverse of those at Pettwood. From the hospital ship she saw service in many of the war zones in France, where in 1917 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross (first class) for commendable devotion to duty in the care of wounded soldiers during the bombing of a British hospital by enemy aeroplanes.  Sister Hodge's war service has been so continuous that it was only quite recently after being invalided back to England from Germany, that the distinction was conferred upon her at Buckingham Palace. After the armistice she served with the army of occupation in Germany, and was demobilised in February last. Sister Hodge returned to Australia as the guest of Sir Archibald and Lady Weigall.

The West Australian Tuesday 08 June 1920 page 8
HUNDREDS OF MILES OF BANDAGES

Busy Workers 
Quiet City Room Where Band of Women Does Invaluable Job


In a quiet room high above the city on Wednesday, while the Tobruk men were marching through the streets, sat Sister H. Payne Hodge and some of her 80 helpers at the Red Cross Surgical Dressings Department. While the crowds cheered in the streets, the only sound in that room was the creaking of the bandage machines operated by willing workers. Sister Payne Hodge has been in control of the department since its inception two years ago yesterday.

DURING that period 11 units have been completed, each  unit comprising the necessary dressings — bandages, triangulars, gauze, swabs, towels, etc. — for 600 beds. This means equipment for 6,600 beds.The bandages alone have numbered over 100,000, and each one is six yards long. The materials are all new, and are supplied by the Red Cross Society, while many country branches have sent in material and completed dressings to assist the department.  How much has been accomplished is realised only when a survey is made of just a short period.  For instance, from July to September the following were sent to the Red Cross store: — 5,517 roller bandages. 3,212 triangular bandages, 288 T-shaped bandages, 280 ''many tailed'' bandages (all beautifully sewn at the sides to pre-vent the material tearing), 120,328 swabs of gauze. 552 finger stalls. 716 muslin bandages for plaster of paris. and hundreds of masks, eye bandages, or other dressings. In addition 669 bundles of old linen were collected — and Sister Payne Hodge wishes they were double the number. 'In fact,' she laughed, 'we are positively screaming for clean old linen. Perhaps some kindly housewives will hear us and take the trouble to look some out for us. Civil 
Defence Work 
In the past two months additional work has been undertaken by Sister Payne Hodge with voluntary assistance from her 80 workers, to provide dressings, etc. for Civil Defence.This means providing bandages, dressings, swabs, bags, pillow slips, operating stockings, screen covers, dressing gowns, bed gowns, and numerous other articles.  Already several units have been completed and deposited in Government stores ready for any emergency.  When the last war broke out Sister Payne Hodge was doing slum work in London. 'I loved the work, particularly the old women, and it is from my association with them that I feel I know the spirit of England.'' she said this week.  Sister Payne Hodge not only knows the spirit of England, but the spirit of the army and navy. She joined up with the Queen Alexandra Nursing Service, and was in a hospital ship at Gallipoli.  Awarded R.R.C. Later she served in France and Belgium, and after the armistice was with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Her war service extended from 1914 to 1920 and she received recognition from King George V. at Buckingham Palace when she was awarded the Royal Red Cross. ''The German women hated us being on their soil,' she said, 'and on one occasion when we had a puncture, they came and spat at us. It was a most unpleasant experience. 'In Cologne, where we lived in one of the finest buildings, all the furnishings, such as the curtains and the upholstering on the chairs were made of paper — the Germans were so short of materials. One wonders how they are managing in this war.' Sister Payne Hodge has all the simplicity of those who have talked with beggars and kings. After her investiture she was entertained at morning tea at St.James' Palace by Queen Alexandra. 'Her rooms were decorated with roses, while the flowers at Buckingham Palace were all chrysanthemums.' she said. 'At that time Queen Alexandra was a little old lady. 'Sister Payne Hodge also had afternoon tea with the Prince of Wales, now the Duke of Windsor, when he stayed with Sir Archibald and Lady Weigall at Government House in Adelaide.

SISTER K. PAYNE HODGE. Mrs. Elsie Hamilton, Mrs. Edgar Brown, and Mrs. M. E. Cherrywinding bandages at the Red Cross Surgical Dressings Department in the Freemason's Building, North terrace.

The Mail Saturday 22 November 1941 page 8

HODGSON, Clara Phoebe

Sister
AANS

Born 27 June 1885 at Surat, Qld.
Daughter of William Thomas HODGSON and Clara nee NASON
Age 29 years
Enlisted 01 May 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915
Service in England and on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917
Returned to Australia 04 July 1919 per “Norman” On Duty
Appointment terminated 21 October 1919
Repatriation contact 18 February 1959
Married Dr. William Hart STEEL 
Died 22 March 1972 in Qld.
Aged 86 years
​Late of Ashgrove, Brisbane formerly of Melbourne, Vic.
Buried Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens Columbarium 9 Section 10

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HODGSON, Edith Ann

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1869 in Dunolly, Vic.
Daughter of Isaac HODGSON and Emily Amelia nee NONMUS
Sister of Robert B HODGSON
Age 45 years
Training Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Enlisted 3 M.D. 14 November 1917
Embarked 26 November 1917 in Melbourne per “Indarra”
Service in England
Returned to Australia 21 July 1918 per “Boonah”
Appointment terminated 05 December 1918
Did not marry
Resided Mott Street, Gaythorne, late of Sydney
Died 20 January 1953 in Qld.
Buried Lutwyche Cemetery ANZ 8 9 46


HODSON, Ada

Sister
AANS


Born 1887 at Lilydale, Vic
Daughter of George HODSON and Sarah Frances nee BATCHELDER
Sister to Mrs. C MENCKENS
Age 30 years
Enlisted 26 December 1916
Embarked 26 December 1916 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Transport duty on ships “Delta” “Ellora” and “Scicilia”
Extensive service in India and the Afghanistan border
Promoted to Sister 26 December 1918
Discharged on 13 February 1920 in London at own request.
Living with her sister in Scotland until future return to Australia
In 1952 was living in South Africa

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Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 October 1920
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1967, position 1
Date of London Gazette: 3 August 1920
Location in London Gazette: Page 8053, position 1


Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class for services in the field in the Afghan War 1919

Calling Old Cobbers  

AFTER 30 years of wondering, Sister Con Clerici, of Gladstone st., Sandringham, now knows where her bridesmaid, Sister Ada Hodson, is living.

"Calling Old Cobbers" found Sister Hodson; she is still nursing in South Africa.  Sister Clerici, who went to India in 1917 with reinforcements for the A.A.N.S., was married in Bombay in 1919, and Sister Hodson was her bridesmaid.

After leaving India, they lost touch with each other.  The day after Sister  Clerici's call for her old friend was published in"Cobbers" column, Mrs Menkes, of Upwey, visited her.

Mrs. Menkes, who came to Australia from England four years ago, is Ada Hodson's sister. She passed on Sister Hodson's South African address, and a latter from Sister Clerici is on the way.

The Argus Monday 14 July 1652 page 3

HOGAN, Mabel Elizabeth

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1892 at Busselton, WA
Daughter of John HOGAN and Martha Jane nee WISBEY
Address “Eros” 34 Ebsworth St., Mt Lawley, WA
Age 24 years
Training 3 years at Perth Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 30 November 1915
Embarked 28 August 1916 per “Mooltan” at Fremantle
Service in India
Transport Duty Hospital Ship “Delta”
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia per “Runic” 29 January 1920
Appointment Terminated 22 February 1920
Married Charles Augustine HOWARD in 1932
Died 27 June 1964 at Heidelberg, Vic.


HOGAN, Mary May 

Staff Nurse 
No 5 Sea Trans. Section

Born 13 September 1876 at Mount Gambier, SA
Daughter of John Alphonsus HOGAN & Catherine Rose Cruickhsank nee RIED
Of 31 Queen Street, Hyde Park
Occupation prior to enlistment Four year’s training at Port August Hospital
Enlisted 20 September, 1916 at Keswick, SA
Embarked 25 November 1916
Served in London
Returned to Australia per ‘Wyreema’ 01 May 1919
Appointment terminated 19 May 1919
Died 10 April 1964 at Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW

HOGG, Jessie Ellen Scholes

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Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 19 April 1888 at Goodna, Qld.
Daughter of James Ballantine HOGG and Martha Battersby nee SCHOLES
Of Rome Street, Toowoomba, Qld.
Age 30 years
Enlisted 07 October 1918
Embarked 14 October 1918 in Sydney per “Wyreema”
Intended for Salonika reinforcements but derailed at Fremantle for duty at Quarantine Station WA
Discharged 24 April 1919
Died 04 April 1943 at Mylo Private Hospital, Toowoomba, Qld.
Aged 55 years
Buried Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery PRES2-001-0006

The name of Sister J. E. S. Hogg, who has been in charge of The Grange Military Hospital, Halesowen, near Birmingham, since the beginning of the war, has been specially brought under the notice of the Secretary of State for War for "valuable services rendered during the war." Nurse Hogg is a daughter of the Late Dr. J. B. Hogg, and was born at Goodna, and trained in Toowoomba General Hospital. She was in England when the war broke out, and at once volunteered for service.

The Brisbane Courier Friday 28 December 1917 page 5

HOGGARTH, Jean Margaret

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 12th August 1893 at Naracoorte, South Australia.
Daughter of William Hanna HOGGARTH and Helen nee LYALL

Father resided in Port Lincoln, SA
Aged 24 years
Nursing Registration number: 5518 Date of registration: May 1919
Qualifications: Adelaide Hospital Jan 1915 - Jan 1918

Appointment date 23 December 1918 in Adelaide, SA
Duty at No 7 AGH, Quarantine Depot at Torrens Island & Port Adelaide Isolation Hospital
Demobilized 27 June 1919
At the request of Lady Munro Ferguson (Australian Red Cross) nurse transferred to Ampt Hill Nursing Institute, Madras, India after demobilization.
​Died December 1984 in Kew Vic. aged 91 years
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and remains scattered 

HOILE, Eleanor

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 25 December 1888 at Laura, SA
Daughter of Edward and HOILE and Marian Battersby nee SCHOLES
Trained as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and served in AIF Home Service
Enlisted 30 July 1915 at sea
Embarked 16 November 1916
Served in France and Belgium
Returned to Australia March 1919 per 'Delta'
Discharged as medically unfit 03 July 1919
Married Robert Walter GOUDIE 07 May 1923 at St. Theodores Church, Rose Park, SA
Died 20 March 1978
Aged 89 years
Resided Magill, SA
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery
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HOLAHAN, Ursula Ellen

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1892 at Kempsey, NSW
Daughter of William Joseph HOLAHAN and Margaret nee REILLY
Of Waverley, Sydney
Age 24 years
Training 4 years Sydney Hospital
Enlisted 14 May 1917
Embarked 10 July 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in Salonika and England
Promoted to Sister 12 July 1919
Contracted Malaria 1918
Returned to Australia per “Ceramic” 09 August 1919
Appointment Terminated 15 February 1920
Married William E SIMPSON in 1928 in NSW
Died 11 October 1976 in Halifax, North Carolina, USA

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HOLDEN, Florence Muriel

Nurse
AANS


Born 04 May 1891 at College Town SA
Daughter of Henry James HOLDEN and Mary Ann Dixon nee WHEEWALL
Of Osmond Tce Norwood, SA
Age 26 years
Training 3 years Adelaide Hospital
Enlisted 07 October 1918 at Keswick
Embarked 14 October 1918 per “Wyreema” bound for Salonika
Arrived at Cape Town in time for demobilization due to end of conflict
Returned to Australia per “Marathon” 04 December 1918 Duty for Passage
Appointment Terminated 08 December 1918 in South Africa
Married William John SHAUGHNESSY
Died 23 September 1950 in Victor Harbour, SA
​Aged 59 years
Buried Victor Harbor General Cemetery

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Known as Muriel or Phlyll - a nurse in the First World War she met and married Bill when he returned to Australia to convalesce. 

Apparently not approved by the family she married Bill who was considered below her station as she was the daughter of the Holden family who built the Holden Cars in Australia and her father was Mayor of Norwood, South Australia.

Headstone Victor Harbor General Cemetery
Courtesy of Gravesecrets at your Fingertips!
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HOLDING, Freda

Nurse 
Voluntary Aid Detachement

Born Winifred HOLDING 1889 in Hawthorn, Vic.
Daughter of Thomas HOLDING and Wanda Georgina Helen nee ZICHYWOINARSKI
Did not marry
Died 1962 in Elsternwick, Vic.


Miss Freda Holding, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holding, who has been chosen as one of the nurses' to be sent to the Anglo-French-American hospital at Neuilly, near Paris, is a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross for the 38lh County of London Regiment. She has been for some time in the Weir Hospital.

Sunday Times (Sydney) Sunday 12 September 1915 page 6s

The Consul for Trance (M Rene Turck) on behilf of the President of the French Republic, yesterday presented the Medal of French Gratitude (Reconnaissance Francaise) to Miss Winifred Holding for distinguished service during the war. Miss Holding served as a nurse for the duration of the war, and has received other decorations in recognition of her service.

The Argus Thursday 24 March 1921 page 6


HOLDSWORTH, Madge

Sister
AANS

Born Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Joseph Dixon HOLDSWORTH
Age 31 years
Enlisted 06 July 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915
Service Egypt, France and England
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia 25 January 1919 per “Delta” On Duty
Appointment terminated 14 May 1919
Married David Millar FORSYTH in Rabaul in 1929
He was an accountant and a coconut plantation owner.
Resided at 6 Nobel Street, Mosman, NSW until 1958
Madge FORSYTH (Poppy) died 28 January 1960 at Mosman, NSW (unsure if this is the correct person)
Late of Mosman, NSW

HOLLAND, Bessie Julia

Nurse
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Red Cross Hospital, Cliff House, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England

www.awm.gov.au
P03236.318
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HOLLAND, Elizabeth Letitia Rose

Sister
AANS

Born 1880 in London, England
Daughter of Henry HOLLAND and Catherine Marion nee SAWFORD
Migrated to Australia with her family in 1886
Age 36 years
Training Echuca District Hospital
Enlisted 23 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in Salonika and England
Influenza in May 1918
Returned to Australia 31 March 1919 per “Wandilla”
Appointment terminated 04 July 1919
Married Edwin Charles DUNSTAN in 1934
Died in 1956 at Marrickville, NSW

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HOLLOWAY, Eva A (Evangeline)

Sister
AANS
2nd AGH

Born 1878 at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Daughter of John HOLLOWAY and Elizabeth Susannah nee DEVLIN
Age 37 years
Enlisted 03 September 1914
Embarked 03 February 1916 per “Wandilla”
Service in Egypt, France and ships “Runic” “Kyarra”
Ill with Rothelm Disease February 1915
Promoted to Sister 30 November 1916
Returned to Australia
Resigned appointment in England 30 November 1916 due to marriage
Married Robert DAVIDSON in 1916 in Fulham, England
Resided 34 Phillip St., Parramatta, NSW in May 1922
Died (Evangeline Estelle) 21 March 1957 at  Royal Newcastle Hospital, NSW
Late of Pennant Hills, NSW
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HOLLOWAY, Florence Elizabeth (Bessie)

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1874 at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Daughter of Mrs. Eliza Susannah HOLLOWAY
Address Stafford St, Ashfield, NSW
Age 43 years
Training Bendigo General Hospital
Enlisted 27 August 1917 in Sydney
Embarked 15 September 1917 per “Ayreshire”
Service in Egypt
Returned to Australia per “Konigin Luise” 16 December 1919 On Duty
Appointment Terminated 16 March 1920
Attended a Course in Horticulture 26 May 1919 – 18 August 1919
Keen learner regarding pig raising, gardening and bee keeping
Did not marry
Died 20 September 1957 at Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
Late of Cremorne, NSW

HOLLWAY/HOLLOWAY, Ethel

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1891 in St. Leonards, NSW
Daughter of Frederick George HOLLWAY (dentist) and Maud Alice nee BUCKINGHAM
Age 25 years
Enlisted 05 June 1917
Embarked 09 November 1917 in Sydney per “Demosthenes”
Service in England
Resigned appointment 23 March 1919 in England to stay with relatives


HOLMES, Annie

Nurse
AANS

Born 1878 at Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Daughter of Thomas HOLMES and Alice nee WILLIAMS
Age 37 years
Enlisted 14 May 1915
Embarked 14 May 1915
Resigned appointment in Egypt due to marriage (date unknown)
Married Gilbert Grant INNES
Died 1960

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HOLMES, Pearl Lavinia Caroline

Sister
AANS

Born 1885 in Brisbane, Qld.
Daughter of Thomas Henry HOLMES and Elizabeth Caroline nee DEVINE
Age 30 years
Enlisted 07 February 1917
Embarked 21 March 1917 in Sydney per “Kanowna”
Service in Egypt
Promoted to Sister 21 April 1919
Attended Motoring School in London 7.2.17 to 21.3.17
Returned to Australia 22 November 1919 per “Aeneus”
Discharged as medically unfit 31 May 1920
Did not marry
Died 26 January 1961 in NSW


HOLMES, Wilhelmina Adelaide Catherine (Mina)      

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 20 November 1873 at Sprinhshaw, Qld
Daughter of Edmund Augusts HOLMES and Caroline nee GALBRAITH
Known as 'Mina'
Sister of Miss W E HOLMES
Address Anne St. Willoughby, NSW
Age 43 years
Training Bendigo General Hospital
Enlisted 26 September 1917 in Sydney
Embarked 13 August 1919 per “Ypringa” from Sydney
Duty on Transport Ship “Ypringa” only
Returned to Australia per “Themistocles” 16 December 1919 On Duty
Appointment Terminated 23 February 1920
Did not marry
Died 02 October 1937 in NSW

Obituary
MISS W. A. C. (Mina) HOLMES

Residents of Narandera who were acquainted with Miss. W. A. C. 'Mina' Holmes, and other people who were in the Narandera District Hospital during the time she was matron there, will regret to learn of her death, which occurred in Sydney on Saturday last, 2nd October.  Miss Holmes was matron at the Narandera hospital for about 12 years, and during that time she had proved herself to be a capable administrator and a very efficient nurse.  The large number or nurses who successfully completed their training while Matron Holmes was in charge of the hospital, with credit to themselves and to the hospital spoke volumes for her efficiency.
About five years ago Miss Holmes moved to Sydney, and for a time conducted a private hospital. She however, met with an accident and for some months she had been an invalid.
She is survived by one brother (Mr. P. G. Holmes, of the Western Lands Office, Sydney) and two sisters (Mrs. Madge M. Goff) and Miss Francis G. Holmes.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser Friday 08 October 1937 page 7

HOMAN, Helen Marie Maude

Sister
AANS

Born 1876 at Ararat, Vic
Daughter of Phillip Frederick HOMAN and Charlotte Elizabeth nee LANGLEY
Age 39 years
Training Melbourne Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 04 August 1915
Embarked 24 August 1915
Service in Egypt, France and on the field then England
Contracted Measles December 1918
Attended Cookery Classes in London 16.6.19 to 16.9.19
Returned to Australia 25 September 1919 per “Mahana”
Appointment terminated 13 January 1920
Did not marry
Died 15 June 1941 in Hamel, WA
Aged 65 years
Resided West Perth, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Crematorium Rose Gardens 1 0020

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Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 889, position 29
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 33, position 8

Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class for valuable services in France and Flanders
​"For special devotion to duty at all times both in the base and in a C.C.S."

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Miss Homan, matron of the Perth Children's Hospital, who has for sometime been holidaying in Melbourne, is
now accepted for duty at the front, and shortly leaves Melbourne for Egypt. She has obtained leave of absence from the hospital till the end of the war.

Sunday Times Perth Sunday 01 August 1915 page 9s

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MISS H. HOMAN DEAD.
Nurse's Lifetime of Service.

By "Athena."

THE late Miss Helen Homan, one of the best known and most loved personalities in the nursing 
world of this State, whose death occurred in Perth on Sunday, gave a lifetime of service for her 
fellow men. Her whole life was an example of those ideals which have made the nursing profession 
one of the finest which women can follow.  At a time when the army nurses are once more making 
history, it is interesting to look back over Miss Homan's military career. Leaving Western Australia 
in June, 1915, with reinforcements for the 1st Australian General Hospital, she first saw service at 
Cairo and the following year went with the unit to Rouen, France. Her next move was to the 2nd 
Australian Casualty Clearing Station and it was while serving as a sister in this forward position 
that the Royal Red Cross was conferred on her.  She returned to the 1st Australian General 
Hospital at Rouen for further service before being transferred to England as matron of a camp 
hospital, and on her return to Australia in 1918 she took up civil nursing but remained on the 
Australian Nursing Reserve and was principal matron for the Western Command from 1926 to 1930 which saw her retirement from military life.  Despite her distinguished army career, it will be among sick children that she will be best remembered. A trainee of the Melbourne Children's Hospital, Miss Homan was one of the first matrons of the Children's Hospital in this State, holding this position from 1911 to 1925 (with a break of service during the war years). Even when she resigned from this position to take up civil nursing it was children who claimed her interest and for many years her time has been devoted to her work as matron of a private hospital for little sufferers.  Miss Homan was always keenly interested in the progress of the new generation of nurses and for 21 years was an active member of the council of the Australian Trained Nurses' Association in this State.

The West Australian Tuesday 17 June 1941 page 4


HOMEWOOD, Grace Ethel

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 14 April 1894 at Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of Alfred William HOMEWOOD and Margaret McLean nee BURNS
Sister to Martha May HOMEWOOD – AANS
Age 23 years
Enlisted 01 September 1917
Embarked 15 September 1917 per “Ayreshire”
Service in Egypt
Returned to Australia 17 July 1919 per “Dunluce Castle” On Duty
Appointment terminated 30 September 1919
Repatriation contact 07 May 1962
Did not marry
Died 14 February 1981
Aged 86 years
Buried Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens Columbarium 39 Section 2
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HOMEWOOD, Martha May

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of Alfred William and Margaret McLean HOMEWOOD
Called Jane Martha known as Mattie/Mat by her family
Sister to Grace Ethel HOMEWOOD
Age 27 years
Enlisted 11 April 1916 at Rockhampton, Qld.
Embarked 29 December 1916 per “Themistocles”
Service in France
Promoted to Sister 29 December 1918
Returned to Australia 04 July 1919 per Norman On Duty
Appointment terminated 29 September 1919
Repatriation contact 29 February 1960
Married William MYLREA in 1920 in Qld.
Died 03 July 1989 in Qld.
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HOOD, Ina Muriel

Staff Nurse
AANS
No 1 Base Hospital

Born 1879 at Hobart, Tas.
Daughter of Robin Lloyd Preston HOOD and Mary Ann nee FACY
Age 36 years
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 16 June 1915 per “Karoola”
Service in Salonika and Egypt
Resigned appointment 19 March 1916 in England due to marriage
Married Alfred Charles ELLIOTT in 1916 in Cairo, Egypt.
Returned to Australia (with approval) 19 April 1916 per “Demosthenes”
Living in Sandy Bay, Tasmania in 1930
Divorced in 1939
Died 11 September 1965
Cremated 14 September 1965 at Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tas.
Aged 87 years
Buried Cornelian Bay Cemetery Derwent Gardens Aust Imp. Forces Arch 6 6D

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HOOK, Daisy May

Sister
AANS

Born 03 March 1887 in Melbourne, Vic
Daughter of Frederick John and E E HOOK 
Of Tutt Ave, Kingswood SA
Age 30 years
Training 3 years Adelaide Hospital
Left Australia 08 April 1915 with QAIMNS
Duty 2 month in Cairo and Hospital Ships “Assaze” and “Morea” in Dardanelles and 14 months in Egypt
Resigned Appointment
Re-enlisted AIF 07 June 1917 at Keswick SA
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in Salonika
Promoted Temp/Head Sister September 1918
Returned to Australia per “Leicestershire” 23 January 1919
Appointment Terminated 14 June 1919 Medically Unfit
Married Alan Cameron Walker 11 March 1922 at St. Columba's Church, Hawthorn, SA
Died 23 December 1982
Aged 95 years
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery RSL Walls

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HOOKE, Louisa Augusta

Nurse
Queen Alexanderia's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Born 10 December 1873 at Singleton, NSW
Daughter of Augustus HOOKE and Louisa Barbara nee McKAY
Resided 'Erriboll' Killara, NSW
Educated by Governess  and Claremont College, Sydney, NSW
Trained at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney May 1897 - 10 July 1900
Theatre Nurse, Head Nurse, Acting Charge Nurse and Home Nursing
Appointed 03 June 1915
Stationed at Gibraltar
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'Staff Nurse Hoooke has served under me since June 1915.  Her knowledge of practical nursing is good, her administrative capacity poor.  She is handicapped by training done no nursing for some years, but I find she is recovering her past knowledge and duly becoming more efficient.  She is very zealous, keenly interested in her work and her patients, reliable and becoming more self reliant.  Her ward is not always quite smartly kept but her patients are always thoroughly well cared for.  She has not during this period acted in a rank higher than that she at present holds.  I consider her fitted for promotion in due course.  30 October 1915'
Served at Bagthorpe Military Hospital, Nottingham
Termination of service 19 May 1919 - Demobilization
Embarked for return to Australia 04 June 1919 per 'Bremen'
Did not marry
Died 25 April 1938 at Private Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Resided 'Errobol', Stanhope Road, Killara, NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium
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HOOKER, Ethel

Sister
AANS

Born 1880 in Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Charles HOOKER and Mary nee CAMPER
Sister of Florence HOOKER
Age 35 years
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 16 May 1915
Transport duty England to Australia
Ships “Argyleshire” “Demosthenes”  “Karoola” “Clan McGillivray”
Promoted to Sister 1 October 1918
Service in France
Returned to Australia 14 January 1919 per “City of York” On Duty
Appointment terminated 27 April 1919
Did not marry
Resided 20 Leonora Street, Earlwood, NSW
Died 29 May 1954 in NSW
​Late of Earlwood, NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium


HOOPER, Bessie

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 27 May 1878 at Burnside, SA
Daughter of John HOOPER and Elizabeth nee LILLECRAPP
Age 38 years
Enlisted 20 May 1917
Embarked 31 May 1917 in Adelaide per “Khiva”
Service in India and England
Promoted to Sister 26 June 1919
Ill with Influenza September 1919
Returned to Australia 06 September 1919 per “Euripides” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 30 November 1919
Married James William BERRY MBE, in Calcutta, India
Died 16 February 1968 at Adelaide, SA
Resided Hawthorn, SA
Aged 87 years
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery Acacia E Path 39 Grave 705B

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Nursing the Turks

Staff Nurse Bessie Hooper, who left with a nursing unit in May, has written to friends in Adelaide as follows:-  "We are 1,600 ft. higher, consequently much cooler.  The railway service is splendid, one evidence of the greatness of  British rule.  The place consists of a large hospital, remount station and garrison, and a straggling native village.  The climate is delightful.  The patients are Turkish prisoners - all surgical cases - and the poor fellows are grateful, and clean and immaculate in person.  Two of the smarter ones help with the dressings, and they are quite clever and deft.  If you could see some of the cases, you would say Gallipoli has been avenged.  The men stay here until their wounds are healed, and are then sent on to an internment camp.  Those unfit for service are sent home again; so grateful were the last lot for the kind treatment received, that they told their comrades, and hundreds surrendered.  In fact, they say some of the officers are going to take up arms for the British."

The Register Friday 07 September 1917 page 7
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Woman's Trips To Big Game Country In Eastern Bengal


Holidaying in Adelaide with  her sister. Mrs. Reg Goode, of Mitcham, Mrs W. J. Berry, whose home is in Dacca. Eastern Bengal, has seen much more of Indian life during  her 17 years there, than is the good fortune of many European residents; for her husband is a special officer attached to the public health department, and his long and frequent trips take him to many outlying parts of the Bengal province. Yesterday Mrs. Berry recalled her visits with her husband into the foothills of the wild Chittagong Mountains, a happy hunting ground for big game shooters. 'But I was quite content to see nothing bigger than droves of wild monkeys drinking on the river banks, and chattering shrilly as our motorboat went by,' she said. The goal on this occasion was Rungamutti, an isolated little group of villages on the borders of Assam. Here Mr. Berry supervised the building of works to purify the river water, a formidable task in some respects, because allowance had to be made for the abnormal rise of the river during the monsoon season. Before these works were erected. Mrs. Berry said, the health of the villagers was appalling, due to the contaminated water in the wells. 
University Life 
Decca itself is an important administrative centre, with a University, and Mrs. Berry said it was interesting that positions which. 10 years ago. were filled by English professors, were now staffed by natives who had been educated at Cambridge or Oxford. Women attended the University as students, mostly medical, as the need for skilled aid was tremendous. Just outside Decca a residential agricultural college for natives was being built. Students were being selected from various villages for intensive training, so that, in their turn, they might be of community service.  'Race days at Dacca are colorful occasions,' said Mrs. Berry. 'The Punjabi and Gurkha regimental pipe bands parade, and I never cease to be amazed at the way in which these natives have adapted themselves to English music. The racehorses and jockeys, to unaccustomed eyes, are most amusing. The horses are hardy and unkempt little animals, which the natives ride bare back, going 'all out' for a mile or so round the course. Of course, there area few imported horses, but to me they are not nearly so much fun as the wiry little B class mounts, as they are called.'As president of the Bengal Province Council of Women, Mrs. Berry has studied thoroughly the social welfare problem as it affects the natives, and, although women are gradually realising what is being done for them, their apathy is still a stumbling block.'The higher class women, for instance, who subscribe to various welfare movements, hesitate to renew their subscriptions because they can see no concrete results,'' said Mrs. Berry.  
Mixed Baby Show 
Mrs. Berry has amusing recollections of a native baby show at which she was a judge. The contest was held in a garden, and because some of the mothers were 'purdah' and others members of the 'untouchables,' the committee had a lively time in allocating special sections for the various castes. 'We rigged a temporary pavilion for the 'purdah' mothers with gunny sacking,' said Mrs. Berry, 'and all went well until some masculine visitors peeped beneath it. As for the 'untouchable' babies, they were put in a corner by themselves, and their mothers looked thoroughly depressed until a member of the committee presented a number of frocks for the children. Unfortunately, the babies out numbered the frocks, and only a hand-to-hand scuffle decided the issue.'  Mrs. Berry, who before her marriage was Miss Bessie Hooper, of Adelaide, will return to India in September.


The Advertiser Wednesday 21 July 1937 page 8

HOPE, Gwendoleyne Frances

Staff Nurse
AANS
No1 Hospital Ship “Karoola”

Born 1183 in Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of Adam HOPE and Mary Theresa nee O'HEA
Sister of Kathleen HOPE
Age 31 years
Enlisted 29 November 1915 in Vic.
Embarked 12 June 1918 in Melbourne per “Karoola”
Duty aboard Hospital Ship “Karoola” throughout term of appointment
Returned to Australia 08 March 1919 per “Somali” On Duty
Appointment terminated 08 March 1919
Married Jacob MOORREES in 1919 in Vic.
Died 1966 in Heidelberg, Vic.


HOPKINS, Vallis Harriet Blanch

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born Harriet Beatrice Vallis MURPHY 25 September 1875 in Adelaide, SA
Daughter of Thomas Burton MURPHY and Emily nee POOLE
Training Adelaide Children’s Hospital
Married Marcus HOPKINS 08 May 1909 at the Residence of J B MURPHY, Rose Park, SA
Her husband died 1916
Appointed 06 December 1915
Duty at No 17 AGH and No 15 AGH
Demobilized at own request 01 February 1919
Married Laurence Constable LEECH in 17 March 1925 at Res. of Mrs. HOPKINS, Rose Park, SA
Died 06 June 1959 in Vic.


HORAN, Ellen

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Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1886 at Castlemaine, Vic
Daughter of Michael HORAN and Catherine nee O'CALLAGHAN
Address 35 Tongue St, Yarraville, Vic
Age 30 years
Enlisted 22 August 1916
Service in India
Returned to Australia per “Port Lyttleton”
Discharged 25 November 1918 for “family reasons”
Married Cecil Robert PORRETT in 1921 in India
Died 1976 in North Walsham, Norfolk, England

Punch Thursday 17 February 1916 page 17


HORE, Julia May

Sister
Non AIF

Embarked 24 September 1914 from Brisbane per 'Omrah'
Returned to Australia 19 April 1920 per 'Naldera'

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HORNE, Elizabeth Lawrence

Sister
AANS

Born 1877 in Brunswick, Vic.
Daughter of John HORNE and Sarah Ann nee LAWRENCE
Enlisted 16 August 1916
Embarked 22 August 1916
Appointment terminated 28 November 1920
Did not marry
Resided Main Road, Tecoma, Vic.
Died 01 December 1949 in Vic.
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Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 14 March 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 422, position 17
Date of London Gazette: 16 November 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 13565, position 6


HORNSBY, Ada Louise

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 23 October 1891 at Mundalla, SA
Daughter of Samuel HORNSBY and Martha nee JONES
Enlisted in Fremantle, WA
Embarked 23 November 1917
Married ERenst James WANSBOROUGH 22 November 1921
Died 03 January 1984 in WA
Aged 92 years
Resided Applecross, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Garden of Remembrance Crematorium Rose Gardens H 0092

WANSBROUGH-HORNSBY. - On November 22, 1921 at St. George's Church, Wagin. Rev. V. E. Brewis.-Ernest James Wansbrough (late A.I.F.). younger son of Mr.James Wansbrough and the late Mrs. Wansbrough. Northam, to Ada Louise Hornsby (late A.A.N.S., A.I.F.). elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hornsby, of Wagin East. Present address, Youanmi, Murchison.

HORNSEY, Ruby Millie

Staff Nurse/ Sister 
AANS
1st AGH

Born Old Beach, Tas
Daughter of John HORNSEY and May Ann nee THORNE
Address Dover, Tas
Age 32 years
Training Launceston General Hospital
Enlisted 21 August 1915 in Launceston, Tas
Embarked 24 August 1915 per “Morea”
Service in Egypt, England and in the field in France
Contracted Influenza 1916
Transport Duty to Australia 18 September 1917 per “Euripides”
Re-embarked 05 January 1918 at Adelaide per “Borda”
Service in England
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia 11 January 1919 per “Osterley” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 01 April 1919
Married William John CONNELL in 10 December 1929 in Launceston, Tas.
Died 30 December 1969 in Launceston, Tas.
Aged 84 years
Buried Carr Villa Cemetery Cremation Rose Garden B 7.00 B18

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NOON HOUR WEDDING
Simple Ceremony


Only relatives and intimate friends were present in the Church of the Apostles shortly after noon yesterday, when the wedding of Miss R. AM. Hornsey, daughter of Mrs. J.H.  Hornsey, of Launceston, and the late Mr. John H. Hornsey, to Mr. W. J. Connell, "Benwerrin," St. Leonards, was celebrated by the Very Rev. Dean Hennessy. The bride was escorted by her brother-in-law, Mr. Landon Fairthorne. She wore an exquisite French model frock of palest apricot georgette and silk lace to match. The lace was inset to adorn the bodice and formed a deep border to the skirt, which was very full and longer at both sides to achieve an uneven effect. Her hat of apricot baku had swathe of velvet in slightly deeper apricot tint. The bride's sister, Mrs. Landon Fairthorne, was very smartly gowned in navy crepe de Chine, inset at the waist a line in front with the material on the cross and finishing with a sash at the back. A vest and cuffs of beige geogette, piped with scarlet, were becomingly in contrast with the frock and a large droop hat of navy baku was worn. After the ceremony the wedding party lunched at the Brisbane, Mr. and Mrs. Connell leaving immediately afterwards for the North-West Coast.  The bride travelled in a frock of almond green silk moracain, with Jabot collar and cuffs of white georgette scalloped and embroidered in green.  Her hat was of lemon felt and she also wore a handsome pink marmot coat. Mr. and Mrs. Connell will reside at St. Leonards.

Examiner Wednesday 11 December 1929 page 12

HORSWILL, Valetta Applin

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1890 at Inverell, NSW
Daughter of Edwin HORSWILL and Elizabeth (Bessie) nee COLLINS
Enlisted 12 September 1917
Embarked 05 January 1918
Appointment terminated 01 September 1919
Did not marry
Died 01 May 1965 at Cremorne, NSW
Late of Graythwaite and Lady Gowrie

HORTON, Edith

Sister
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HORTON, Ethel Meta

Sister
AANS

Born 1881 at Port Albert, Vic.
Daughter of Charles Thomas HORTON and Mary Eliza nee WATSON
Of 'The Reef' Alberton, South Gippsland, Vic.
Aged 36 years
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Enlisted 24 May 1917 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 12 June 1917 per 'Mooltan' from Melbourne
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia per 'Indarra' 06 September 1919
Appointment terminated 29 December 1919
Married Henry HIND in 1927
Died 20 June 1972 in Yarram, Vic.
​Resided won Wron, Vic.

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HORWOOD, Constance Adelaide

Sister
AANS

Born 1887 at Castlemaine, Vic.
Daughter of John William HORWOOD and Helen Ann nee BLACK
Of 9 Scott St., Canterbury, Vic.
Aged 29 years
Trained Melbourne Hospital 4 years
Enlisted 24 May 1917
Embarked for Active Service Abroad 12 June 1917
Embarked to Suez arriving per 'Mooltan' 19 July 1917
Embarked 26 July 1917 from Port Said per 'Gordon'
Served in Salonika - 66th Gen Hospital, 52nd Gen Hospital, Red Cross Conv. Home, 43rd Gen Hosp. 3rd AGH
Returned to Australia 07 September 1919 per 'Takada' to Melbourne,Vic.
Appointment terminated 07 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 06 October 1959 at Ringwood, Vic.
Resided Dandenong, Vic.
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HOTSTON, Frances Hilliar Marian

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born Coonabarabran, NSW
Daughter of William HOTSTON
Enlisted 25 October 1916 in Sydney, NSW
Embarked 09 May 1916
Appointment terminated 01 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 11 January 1974 at Private Hospital, Gordon, NSW
​Aged 86 years

HOUGH, Edith Evelyn

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1894 at Bussleton, WA
Daughter of Christopher HOUGH and Isabella Anne nee McCONNELL
Address Cantle St, Mount Lawley, WA
Age 23 years
Training Perth Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 16 November 1917 in Perth, WA
Embarked 23 November 1917 per “Canberra”  
Service in Egypt at No 14 AGH at Port Said
Resigned appointment due to marriage in England 16 January 1919
Married Captain Otto Ludwig VETTER of the Royal Air Force in 1919 in London, England
Died 08 August 1972 in Perth, WA
Aged 76 years
Resided South Perth, WA
Cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery and ashes collected by Funeral Director

Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire
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HOUGH, Minnie

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Sister 
Australian Red Cross

Born Mary Eliza HOUGH in 1877 in Balmain, NSW
Daughter of Canon William HOUGH and Annie nee GREEN
Embarked for France from NSW July 1916 per 'Kanowa' 
Did not marry
Died 23 June 1932 in NSW

Mobile Surgical Hospital No 1. The hospital was established by Mrs Mary Borden-Turner, to 
operate in the French section of the lines on the Western Front. In 1917-18 she employed, 
through the Australian Red Cross, four Australians to nurse wounded French soldiers at 
her hospital, known in French as Hospital Surgical Mobile No. 1.
The hospital was situated first at Beverau, twenty miles from Dunkirk, then at Oest Hoek. 

Part of a party of twenty Australian Red Cross nurses, sponsored by the NSW Jockey Club, and know as the 'Bluebirds' because of their blue uniforms.

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Matron Hough, of the Convalescent Home (Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children) Collaroy, was one of the first Australian nurses to leave on active service. She was with the first batch of 20 that were sent by the Red Cross Society to France, the expenses of which it will be remembered were borne by the A.J.C. Matron Hough is a daughter of the late Canon Hough, and was trained at the Children's Hospital.    

Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 12 January 1922 page 5


HOULGRAVE, Ellis Mary

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 21 January 1891 at Kensington Park, SA
Daughter of Celestine HOULGRAVE and Carolina nee BENDA
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse
Enlisted 18 November 1916 in North Adelaide, SA
Embarked 25 November 1916
Served on transport duty and at Keswick Military Hospital, SA
Returned to Australia May 1917 per 'Beltana'
Discharged 30 May 1917
Entered Home Service at Keswick Military Hospital until she was demobilized to be married 20 February 1919
Married Engineer Lieutenant George OSWALD (formerly of Royal Navy) Military Road Largs Bay on 13 March 1919 in Kensington Park, SA
Died 23 August 1950 in North Sydney, NSW
Mother of Patricia, Janet and Ellis.

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HOWARD, Ethel Netta

Sister
AANS
1st AGH

Born 19 March 1879 at Carcoar, NSW
Daughter of John Howman HOWARD and Annie nee HEARNE
Next of kin Emily HALBERG
Trained at Tamworth HOspital
Enlisted 26 April 1915 in Sydney, NSW
Embarked 15 May 1915
Served in France
Granted extension of leave from 15 August 1919 to 15 September 1919 with pay & subs to attend Domestic economy course at British School of Cookery 316 Regent St., London.
Returned to Australia 29 December 1919 per 'Ormonde'
Appointment terminated 27 February 1920
Did not marry
Died 18 June 1962 in Chatswood, Sydney, NSW
Aged 83 years

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HOWARTH, Laura

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1878 at Ballarat, Vic
Daughter of Frederick HOWARTH and Mary nee PHEAR
Address Gregory St, Ballarat, Vic
Age 36 years
Training Ballarat Hospital
Enlisted 18 April 1917
Embarked 29 May 1917 per “Khiva” in Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Resigned appointment due to marriage in India 14 September 1917
Married John Henry MURCH at St. Thomas's Cathedral, Bombay India 20 September 1917
Resided  2 Jairaz House, Colaba, Bombay, India
Died October 1936 in Elwood, Vic.
Buried 12 October 1936 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Tristania Wall 1B Niche 23


HOWIE, Lena Chloris

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 27 February 1886 at Caltowie,  SA
Daughter of William HOWIE and Annie nee BAKER
Training Adelaide Hospital – Gold Medalist
Appointed 08 March 1918
Volunteered to nurse influenza at 7 AGH, WA
To WA – East West Rail
Return to SA per “Konigin Luise”
Demobilized on 22 August 1919
Married Melville CHAMBERLAIN
Died 03 November 1983 in NSW


HOWITT, Florence Maud

Sister
AANS
3rd Australian General Hospital

born 08 October 1882 at Bright, Vic.
Enlisted 26 November 1914
Embarked 20 May 1915
Recommended for Mention in despatches
Served for 3 years and 8 months
Served at Lemnos, Egypt, England and France
Appointment terminated 12 April 1920
Married Thomas Archibald LEINSTER
Died c 05 June 1961 in New Norfolk, Tas.
Aged 82 years
Cremated 07 June 1961 at  Cornelian Bay Cemetery 

HOWMAN,  Florence Mary

Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve


(on left)

Born 1887 at Harrietville, Vic.
Daughter of William HOWMAN and Sarah nee HONES
Of 'Marna', Harrietvile, Vic.
Embarked from Australia 16 May 1915
Disembarked at Egypt for duty 15 June 1915
From England 05 March 1917
Served No 2 General Hospital 
Appointment terminated due to resignation on completion of contract 16 November 1917
Address on discharge 'Marna' Harrietville, Vic.
Did not marry
Died 22 March 1972 in Heidelberg, Vic.
​Resided Parkville, Vic.
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Banksia Wall ZE Niche 144

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Army sister retires

Past and present nurses farewelled Sister M. F. Howman, recently acting matron of the Repatriation General Hospital, Caulfield, at a cocktail party held at the nurses'home last night.

Sister Howman has been 27 years at the hospital—the longest period of service any sister has given at
Caulfield.

Leaving Australia in May, 1915, Sister Howman served with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Reserve in Egypt and France, and was for some time on hospital ships.  On her return to Australia she continued her nursing, and has been on the staff of military and repatriation hospitals ever since.

The Argus Friday 15 August 1947 page 8

Photograph Table Talk Thursday 03 June 1915 page 14

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