Australian Nurses in World War 1
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PHELAN, Kathleen Agnes

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born Catherine Agnes PHELAN 06 June 1885 at Minalton, SA
Daughter of William PHELAN and Bridget Ellen nee QUIRKE
Appointed 04 September 1917
Trained at Adelaide Hospital
Service history lost
Discharged on account of marriage 07 September 1918
Married Ercildoune FITZGERALD 06 March 1918 at St. Patrick's Church, Adelaide
Died 19 June 1964 at North Adelaide, SA
Aged 79 years
Resided Joslin, SA
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery Catholic C Path CK Grave 845

PHILLIPS, Dorothy Elizabeth

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 24 July 1892 at Charlton, Vic.
Daughter of Arthur PHILLIPS and Evelyn Alice Williamson nee LANGLEY
Of 242 Bay St., Brighton, Vic.
Aged 26 years
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Enlisted 12 August 1918
Embarked 09 November 1918 from Sydney per 'Wiltshire'
Posted to Deccan War Hospital, India 04 December 1918
Transferred to King George War Hospital, Poona, India 19 March 1916
Embarked from Bombay for Australia via Singapore per 'Dilwara 17 August 1919
Returned to Australia (Frematle) 02 March 1920 per 'Charon' then via overland to Melbourne 
Discharged 02 March 1920
Did not marry
Died 31 May 1957 in Melbourne, Vic.
​Late of South Yarra, Vic.

PHILLIPS, Gertrude Edith

Staff Nurse
AANS
No 3 General Hospital

Born 1886 in Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Joshua PHILLIPS and Eliza Frances nee HALL
Sister of Beatrice PHILLIPS
Of 'Heatherbrae' Glover St., Mosman, NSW
Aged 28 years
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Served in Lemnos, Alexandria, Abbassia
Returned to Australia 08 February 1916 per 'Nestor' Nursing duties
Appointment terminated 28 March 1919
Married Robert DRAYTON (Acting Attorney General at Jerusalem, Palestine in 1924) - later Sir Robert Harry DRAYTON
Died 1967 in Oxford, England

PHILLIPS, Gertrude Frances Julia

Masseuse
AANS

Born 26 April 1875 in Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of Mrs. C W BELL
Of 384 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, Vic.
Enlisted 30 May 1918
Aged 43 years
Embarked 15 June 1918 per 'Orontes'
Served in England at 3rd A A H
Granted leave from 23 May 1919 to 23 August 1919 with pat to attend Hospital for Epilepsy & Paralysis 
Returned to Australia 28 November 1919 per 'Morea'
Appointment terminated 19 March 1920

PHILLIPS, Miriam

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1884 in Stawell, Vic.
Daughter of Robert Balderson PHILLIPS and Alice Rosetta nee ANDREWS
Of P.O. Stawell, Vic.
Resided at Home of Peace, Subiaco
Aged 33 years
Trained at Perth Public Hospital
Enlisted 24 September 1917 at 8th AGH Fremantle, WA
Embarked 23 November 1917 at Fremantle per 'Ormonde'
Disembarked at Bombay 26 March 1918
Billetted on Hospital Ship Egypt 16 May 1918
Posted to Colaba War Hospital, Bombay 16 May1918
Transferred to King George War Hospital Poona, Bombay 11 October 1918
Transferred to Bombay and embarked for Australia via Singapore per 'Dilwara' 17 November 1919
Returned to Australia per 'Charon' 
Discharged 19 January 1920
Married Harrie John WILKINS 18 June 1935
Died 19 July 1963 in Perth, WA
Aged 79 years
Resided Mount Pleasant WA
Ashes scattered at Karrakatta Cemetery

Miriam Phillips, matron of the Home of Peace, Subiaco, for the past 20 years, said her nursing staff was one trained nurse and seven untrained nurses. The number of occupied beds had varied from 41 to 44 for a number of years. Her duties included general supervision of the hospital.

The West Australia Saturday 06 July 1935 page 17

WILKINS —PHILLIPS. —On Thursday, June 18, at Ross Memorial Church, by the Rev. Dr. Munro Ford, Miriam Phillips, of Subiaco, to Harrie John Wilkins, of Narbethung, Kondinin.

The West Australian Saturday 4 July 1936 page 1

A MATRON FARE WELLED. 
Function at the Home of Peace.

After having served as matron of the Home of Peace, Subiaco, for the past 23 years, Miss M. Phillips, whose marriage to Mr. H. J. Wilkins, of Kondinin. will take place shortly, was presented with a silver tea and coffee service by the committee at the home yesterday afternoon. In the absence of the president (Archbishop Le Fanu) the honorary treasurer (Mr. B. H. Darbyshire) presided and extended good wishes to Miss Phillips.  During the time she had been connected with the home, he said, she had alleviated the sufferings of countless people, doing everything within her power to brighten the lives of those placed in her care. The committee had been proud to be associated with her in her work.  Rabbi Freedman (honorary secretary)also spoke eulogistically of the work of Miss Phillips and expressed the regret of the committee at having to sever association with her.  There had only been two people in the position of matron, he said, the first who had filled the position for 12 years, being the late Miss K. Anderson, and the second Miss Phillips.  Both had given wonderful service, and to them was due the splendid record of the home. TheHome of Peace, he explained, was ahome for the dying and incurable and,as such, was unique. Unlike a hospital, which patients entered with feelings of hope, it received only those who had no hope of recovery, yet never were there heard any moaning or groaning. Instead a spirit of comfort, ease and even of happiness had prevailed in the home since its inception, a fact that had been commented on not only by the patients but by their closest relatives. Some of the inmates had been in the home for periods exceeding 20 years. It was the matron and her staff of nurses who were entirely responsible for this happy state of affairs, he continued, and to them also could be handed the credit for arousing the sympathy of so many friends who had bequeathed legacies to the institution. As a result of some of these it was now possible to extend the home to almost double its size, a work that would very shortly be put in hand. At present there was accommodation for 22 men and 22 women. The Rabbi's remarks were supported by Mr. Sydney Stubbs, M.L.A.. after which the presentation was made by Mrs. Malcolm Fraser, a foundation member of the committee. The presentation, it was explained, was not from the Home of Peace, but from the committee as individuals. Committee members present included Sir Talbot Hobbs, Rabbi D. L Freedman. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Stubbs. Mr. andMrs. B. H. Darbyshire, Mr. and Mrs. W.Richardson, Mesdames Malcolm Fraser. A. F. Elgee, F. M. Wilkinson. M. R.Lukin, T. Ambrose, E. A. Officer. J. J.Holmes, Percy Robinson, H. L. Downe.A. C. McCallum and A. C. N. Olden. Miss A. Lee Steere, Dr. C. H. Bennett and Messrs. A. H. Dickson and Felix Levinson.  During tea, which was served after the presentation, Miss Phillips received the  good wishes of individual members of the committee.  Miss Phillips was trained at the Perth Hospital and before joining the staff of the Home of Peace, was in charge of the infectious diseases hospital. She served for three years in India as an army nurse during the Great War. Her successor is Sister R. Bottle, a trainee of the Fremantle Hospital, who has been a member of the King Edward Memorial Hospital staff for the past 14 years. Sister Bottle served as a probationer at the Home of Peace and was at the war for four years, being attached to the British Army Nurses. She served in Egypt, Mesopotamia, German East Africa and on transports.

The West Australian Friday 12 June 1936 page 8

PHILLIPS, Nora O'Connell

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 25 December 1880 at Murchison, Vic.
Daughter of William PHILLIPS and Isabella Walkinshaw Smith nee CROCKETT
Sister of C PHILLIPS
Enlisted 05 November 1917
Aged 37 years
Trained at Austin Hospital
Embarked 16 November 1917 from Sydney per 'Canberra'
Disembarked at Bombay 11 December 1917
Posted to 44th British General Hospital Bombay 09 January 1918
Promoted to Sister at Gharial 13 Novmeber 1919
Returned to Australia from Bombay per 'Medic' 27 December 1919
Discharged 19 June 1920
Did not marry
Died 01 April 1965 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Late of Heidelberg, Vic.

PHILLIPS, Rachel Onge

Staff Nurse
AAS
India

Born  04 January 1881 at Brisbane, Qld.
Daughter of George PHILLIPS and Elizabeth Susan nee BOURNER
Of 'Undercliffe' Flinders Parade, Sandgate, Qld.
Aged 31 years
Enlisted 19 May 1917
Embarked 26 May 1917 at Sydney per 'Khira'
Served in India and England
Contracted Influenza at Declaili in Stationary Hospital Declali for three weeks
Returned to Australia 03 May 1919 per 'Plassy'
Discharged as medically unfit 07 June 1919
Married David Llewellyn DAVIES (MC and Bar late Captain of Royal Engineers, Imperial Army)  03 January 1921 at the City Tabernacle,
Died 17 February 1962 at Adelaide, SA
Aged 75 years
Resided Hyde Park, SA
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery Painter Wall 202 Niche J011

PHILLIPS, Violet May

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1893 at Mount Morgan, Qld.
Daughter of George PHILLIPS and Elizabeth nee DORRELL
Of Vindela, Mount Morgan, Qld.
Enlisted 16 March 1917
Aged 23 years
Embarked 21 March 1917 from Sydney per 'Kanowna'
Served at 14th AGH Port Said
Resigned appointment in Egypt 12 February 1919
In 1951 Mrs. V M FAIRLEY
Of Flat 2, St. James, 6 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic.
Died 01 February 1965
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery - ashes scattered

Mr. Justice MacFarlan granted the petition of Violet May Fairley, of Armadale, for the dissolution of her marriage with Dr. Neil Hamilton Fairley. Petitioner was formerly a nurse, and the marriage was celebrated in Cairo

The Argus Saturday 22 November 1924 page 34

PHILLIPS, Zoe Somerset

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 17 March 1986 at Prospect, SA
Daughter of John PHILLIPS and Mary Collis nee NESBIT
Appointed 24 November 1917
Aged 21 years
Trained at Adelaide University and Adelaide Hospital
Member of the Australian Massage Association
Volunteered 21 November 1918
Did not proceed overseas
Did not marry
Died 1986 in Adelaide, SA

PHILP, Edith Maud

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 12 April 1881 at Blualla, Vic.
Daughter of Rev. Robert PHILP
Of Rochester Road, Canterbury, Vic.
Aged 36 years
Trained at Launceston General Hospital
Enlisted 07 November 1917
Embarked 16 November 1917 at Sydney per 'Canberra'
Served in Bombay
Returned to Australia per 'Plassy' 25 October 1919
Appointment terminated 03 March 1920
Did not marry
Died 22 May 1972 in Vic.
​Late of Canterbury, Vic.

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PHIPPS, Emily Beatrice

Sister
AANS

Born 17 January 1882 at Albany, WA
Daughter of Abraham (George) Arnold PHIPPS and Anna Maud Estell nee ANDERSON
Of 209 Beaufort St., Perth WA
Aged 36 years
Trained at Perth Public Hospital
Enlisted 05 May 1915 at Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 24 May 1915
Stationed at 2 Auxiliary Cairo, Egypt
Served on hospital ships 'Runic' and 'Themistocles' 'Karoola'
Returned to Australia 08 June 1919 per 'China'
Transferred to Home Service 04 September 1918
Appointment terminated 13 November 1920
Married John TRESILIAN in 1926
Died 14 January 1970 in Perth, WA
Aged 88 years
Resided Bentley, WA
Ashes scattered in Karrakatta Cemetery
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