MACKLIN, Elizabeth Ann
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 30 August 1888 at Maitland, SA Daughter of John MACKLIN and Mary Ann nee ALDRIDGE NOK: Cousin: A.M. TAYLOR Of Wakerie, River Murray, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 7 June 1917 Embarked 14 June 1917 from Adelaide per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 27 years Served at Salonika Returned to Australia: 18 October 1919 per ‘Berrima’ Discharged as medically unfit 11 December 1919 Married Garnet Melville HEASLIP 04 May 1921 at Rose Park, SA No Children Died 23 June 1952 at 39 Nile Street, Glenelg, SA Cause of death Lobar Pneumonia (1 week), Secondary deposits in both lungs (2 months) Hypernephroma (Grawitz tumor) of right kidney (3-6 months), Haematruia Aged 64 years Resided 24 Jervois Street, North Glenelg, SA Buried North Brighton Cemetery |
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HEASLIP— MACKLIN.— On the 4th May 1921 at Rose Park, by the Rev. Dr. Davidson, Garnet M., fourth son of the late Robert Heaslip, of Crystal Brook, to Bessie (late A.A.N.S.).youngest daughter of the late John Macklin, Adelaide.
MACROW, Clara Zoe
Nurse
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Born 1888 in Kew Vic.
Daughter of William MACROW and Clara Rachel nee SHIELD
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Born 1888 in Kew Vic.
Daughter of William MACROW and Clara Rachel nee SHIELD
In Her Opinion.
Miss Zoe Macrow writes from London that she is more than ever amazed at the wonders of that city. She says that war time conditions make it more attractive. Nevertheless she intends to return home soon to, resume her war work here.
Graphic of Australia Friday 28 July 1916 page 13
News comes by this mail that Miss Zoe Macrow, who went touring through America and England with her father, on account of his health, is remaining in London, nursing at a military hospital. Whilst there they were fortunate enough to see Lieut. Macrow, who had five days leave from France.
Graphic of Australia Friday 17 November 1916 page 11
Miss Zoe Macrow writes from London that she is more than ever amazed at the wonders of that city. She says that war time conditions make it more attractive. Nevertheless she intends to return home soon to, resume her war work here.
Graphic of Australia Friday 28 July 1916 page 13
News comes by this mail that Miss Zoe Macrow, who went touring through America and England with her father, on account of his health, is remaining in London, nursing at a military hospital. Whilst there they were fortunate enough to see Lieut. Macrow, who had five days leave from France.
Graphic of Australia Friday 17 November 1916 page 11
MAGAREY, Elizabeth JeanSister
AANS Born 16 November 1890 at Hindmarsh, SA Daughter of Thomas Charles Alfred MAGAREY and Agnes Dawson nee ROBERTSON Of Blackwood, SA Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse Aged 25 years Enlisted 10 November 1915 in Cairo, Egypt Embarked 12 November 1915 Served in France Returned to Australia 03 September 1919 per 'Indarra' Appointment terminated 27 October 1919 Married George Herbert SHILLUM Died 11 November 1968 at Glenalta, SA Resided Glenalta, SA Aged 77 years Buried West Terrace AIF Cemetery |
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MAGEE, Dorothy Mary Agnes
Sister
AANS
Born 1896 at Lismore, NSW
Daughter of Charles J and Mary A MAGEE
NOK: Aunty: Mrs. Elizabeth A CLEARY
Of 214 Glebe Rd, Sydney, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted 11 May 1917
Embarked 9 June 1917 from Sydney per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 21 years
Served in Egypt & England
Returned to Australia 30 October 1919 per ‘Plassy’ Nursing Staff’
Appointment Terminated 15 December 1919
Did not marry
Died 14 February 1987 at Greenwich
Awarded MBE June 1959
Matron Dorothy Mary Agnes Magee, of Concord, N.S.W., senior matron at the R.G.H., Concord
AANS
Born 1896 at Lismore, NSW
Daughter of Charles J and Mary A MAGEE
NOK: Aunty: Mrs. Elizabeth A CLEARY
Of 214 Glebe Rd, Sydney, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted 11 May 1917
Embarked 9 June 1917 from Sydney per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 21 years
Served in Egypt & England
Returned to Australia 30 October 1919 per ‘Plassy’ Nursing Staff’
Appointment Terminated 15 December 1919
Did not marry
Died 14 February 1987 at Greenwich
Awarded MBE June 1959
Matron Dorothy Mary Agnes Magee, of Concord, N.S.W., senior matron at the R.G.H., Concord
MAGGS, Eliza
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born c1878 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Married Edward John Quintins MAGGS
Widow - stated on records but husband did not die until 1927
Next of kin (daughter) Sybil M BAGGS
C/O St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained 3 years Borough Hospital, Birkenhead
Enlisted 27 July 1917
Embarked 6 September 1917 from Melbourne per ‘ Kyarra’
Aged 43 years
Served in Bombay, India
Returned to Australia 6 February 1919 per ‘Themistocles’
Appointment Terminated 22 March 1919
Died 12 September 1939 at Queen Victoria Hospital, Vic.
Aged 71 years
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered within the cemetery
AANS
Born c1878 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Married Edward John Quintins MAGGS
Widow - stated on records but husband did not die until 1927
Next of kin (daughter) Sybil M BAGGS
C/O St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained 3 years Borough Hospital, Birkenhead
Enlisted 27 July 1917
Embarked 6 September 1917 from Melbourne per ‘ Kyarra’
Aged 43 years
Served in Bombay, India
Returned to Australia 6 February 1919 per ‘Themistocles’
Appointment Terminated 22 March 1919
Died 12 September 1939 at Queen Victoria Hospital, Vic.
Aged 71 years
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered within the cemetery
MAHONEY, Mary Agnes
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Sister
AANS Born 22 April 1890 at Latrobe, Tasmania Daughter of Cornelius MAHONEY Of Fairy Mount French St, Launceston, Tasmania Educated Fitzroy High School Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 11 December 1916 at Fremantle, WA Embarked 18 December 1916 from Fremantle per ‘Kaiser I Hind’ Aged 28 years Served in Egypt, Port Said and Cairo Married Major Edward Theodore PASCOE on 25 March 1919 at the British Consulate Cairo Appointment terminated at own request on 25 March 1919 Returned to Australia 10 November 1919 In 1923 living in Waikerie, South Australia Family of 3 children (2 boys and 1 girl) Died 03 January 1963 at St Clare Private Hospital, Hyde Park, SA Cause of death Cerebral Thrombosis (10 days) Resided 11 Ningana Avenue, Kings Park, SA Aged 72 years Buried Centennial Park Cemetery Acacia A Path AJ Grave 492 All Australia Memorial South Australia Section O Courtesy of Michael Bates |
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MAHONEY, Nora Evelyn
Staff Nurse
AANS Born Latrobe, Tasmania Daughter of Michael Timothy MAHONEY and Mary nee LEO Niece of Mrs. N DWYER Of 24 Brisbane Street, Launceston, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse Enlisted 15 September 1915 at Melbourne Vic. Embarked 28 September 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Karmarla’ Aged 28 years Served in Bombay, India Gerard Freemont Thomas Hospital & 34th Welsh General Hospital Resigned on account of marriage: Married Commander Haldane HICKS Appointment Terminated 2 June 1919 at own request Returned to Australia 27 December 1919 per ‘Medic’ Died 15 April 1952 at Winchester England Tasmania Weekly Courier 11 January 1917 Insert 4 OBITUARY Mrs. Haldane Hicks Mrs. Haldane Hicks, who died at Winchester, England,on April 15, was a former Tasmanian, and member of the Australian nursing service. Mrs. Haldane Hicks was Sister Nora Evelyn Mahoney,of the Devon Hospital, Latrobe, where she was well known to many. At the out-break of the 1914-1918 war Sister Mahoney joined the Army Nursing Service, and was posted to Bombay, India, where she was in charge of surgical nursing at the Military Hospital until the end of the war. While in India she married Commander Haldane Hicks,R.N. When illness resulting from war service necessitated her husband's retirement from the Navy, they lived for some time in West Africa. Leaving there at the beginning of World War II, they made their home at Golden Common, Winchester, England. Deceased is survived by sisters, Mary (Mrs. Lewis. Melbourne) Veronica (Mrs Medwin. Wynyard): and brother (Timothy, New Zealand), One brother, Patrick, predeceased her. Advocate Saturday 03 May 1952 page 4 |
MAJOR, Elsie Christina
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1892 at Redfern, Sydney, NSW Daughter of Robert MAJOR and Isabella Christina nee LOUDON Of 82 Botany St., Waterloo, NSW Enlisted 11 May 1917 Aged 25 years Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan' Served in Salonika Mentioned in despatches Returned to Australia 03 October 1919 per 'Ceramic' Appointment terminated 02 November 1919 Married Captain Humphry EVATT MC in 1923 in NSW Resided Nyngan, NSW in 1929 when husband died suddenly Remarried Died 1977 in Sydney, NSW Aged 85 years Photograph www.ancestry.com Courtesy of Jan |
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MAKEHAM, Emily Katherine Rachel
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Quarter Master
Australian Red Cross Born 1869 in London, England Daughter of Christopher and Emily SANDS Educated London, England Married Chaplain Edward MAKEHAM 21 April 1892 Embarked from Fremantle 10 May 1915 Arrived in Egypt 01 June 1915 Posted to 1st A.G.H. Heliopolis the to England in July 1916 Posted to Wandsworth 3rd London General Hospital and then to the Kitchener Hospital and finally to Mile end Hospital Discharged 11 November 1919 Australia's Fighting Sons of The Empire |
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MALCOLM, Edith Eileen
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1891 in Hamilton, Vic. Daughter of Henry Charles MALCOLM and Mary Jane nee BLYTH Of Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Alfred Hospital Enlisted 4 May 1917 Embarked 17 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 26 years Served in Salonika Illness Invalided to Australia: 3 October 1918 per ‘Wiltshire’ Discharged as medically unfit 23 January 1919 Married Ralph Bodkin KELLEY - Captain with Australian Army Veterinary Corps Died 1971 in Qld. Pictured right www.awm.gov.au P03166.001 |
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MALCOLM, Margaret
Staff Nurse
AANS
Trained at Adelaide Hospital
Enlisted 03 February 1919 at 15th A G H
Sent to Quarantine depot for Influenza
Demobilized on account of reduction of staff 18 June 1919
AANS
Trained at Adelaide Hospital
Enlisted 03 February 1919 at 15th A G H
Sent to Quarantine depot for Influenza
Demobilized on account of reduction of staff 18 June 1919
MALCOLM, Stella Agnes Blythe
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Sister
AANS Born 1886 in Kerang, Victoria Daughter of Henry Charles MALCOLM and Mary Jane nee BLYTH C/O Treasury Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 28 November 1916 Embarked 6 December 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’ Aged 30 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia 23 June 1919 per ‘Devanha’ Appointment Terminated 14 August 1919 Did not marry Died 19 February 1964 in Camberwell, Vic. Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Vic. and ashes scattered Pictured left www.awm.gov.au P03166.001 |
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MALE, Ada Caroline
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born St. Arnaud, Vic.
Daughter of J MALE
Of Logan P.G, Vic.
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Enlisted 07 November 1917
Embarked from Melbourne 26 November 1917 per 'Indarra'
Served at Deccau War Hospital, Poona, India
Returned to Australia per 'City of Cairo' 31 March 1919
Did not marry
Died 07 May 1964 in Vic.
Resided Elsternwick, Vic.
AANS
Born St. Arnaud, Vic.
Daughter of J MALE
Of Logan P.G, Vic.
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Enlisted 07 November 1917
Embarked from Melbourne 26 November 1917 per 'Indarra'
Served at Deccau War Hospital, Poona, India
Returned to Australia per 'City of Cairo' 31 March 1919
Did not marry
Died 07 May 1964 in Vic.
Resided Elsternwick, Vic.
MALONEY, May Agnes
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born c1893 Rockhampton, Queensland
Daughter of John Joseph MALONEY/MOLONEY and Mary/Maria nee O'LAUGHLIN
Of Eton Rd, North Rockhampton, Queensland
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted: 1 May 1917
Embarkation: 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’
Age: 24 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia: 14 may 1919 per ‘City of Poona’ Nursing Staff
Appointment Terminated: 19 June 1919
Married James HOULIHAN in 1931
Died 1969 in Qld.
AANS
Born c1893 Rockhampton, Queensland
Daughter of John Joseph MALONEY/MOLONEY and Mary/Maria nee O'LAUGHLIN
Of Eton Rd, North Rockhampton, Queensland
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted: 1 May 1917
Embarkation: 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’
Age: 24 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia: 14 may 1919 per ‘City of Poona’ Nursing Staff
Appointment Terminated: 19 June 1919
Married James HOULIHAN in 1931
Died 1969 in Qld.
MALSTER, Lillian Martha
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Sister
AANS No 3 Australian General Hospital Born Hamilton, Vic. Daughter of Frederick MALSTER and Martha nee CROFT Of 'the Anchorage' Hamilton, Vic. Trained at the Austin Hospital, Heildelberg, Vic. Enlisted 20 May 1915 per 'Mootan' Aged 25 years Embarked 20 May 1915 Served in France Returned to Australia per 'Megantic' 20 February 1920 Appointment terminated 27 June 1920 Did not marry Died 08 November 1972 at Canterbury, Vic. Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered |
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NURSE ON ACTIVE SERVICE
Sister L.N. Malster, writing from Mena House, says that they have just left Lemnos Island, after many months of hard work, and she is pleased to say that there is not one of the staff left behind. Of all the sick sisters only one was carried off on a stretcher to the boat, but since they have been on the water she has recovered. The percentage of deaths among the patients was very low. During her stay on the island 7,000 patients went through their hands, and only 200 odd died. She thinks that is excellent considering the very bad cases of wounded, dysentry, and other diseases. As they were leaving the island she secured a number of good views, also a fine collection of curios, wheel, and some of the material made up. She has met several Hamilton Boys, and wishes to be remembered to all Hamilton friends. She was near the Pyramids (at the time of writing) but was on the move, and did not know where they were going. She has received several papers, including the 'Spectator' and the contents have been enjoyed by her patients, especially those from the Western district.
Hamilton Spectator Wednesday 01 March 1916 page 4
Sister L.N. Malster, writing from Mena House, says that they have just left Lemnos Island, after many months of hard work, and she is pleased to say that there is not one of the staff left behind. Of all the sick sisters only one was carried off on a stretcher to the boat, but since they have been on the water she has recovered. The percentage of deaths among the patients was very low. During her stay on the island 7,000 patients went through their hands, and only 200 odd died. She thinks that is excellent considering the very bad cases of wounded, dysentry, and other diseases. As they were leaving the island she secured a number of good views, also a fine collection of curios, wheel, and some of the material made up. She has met several Hamilton Boys, and wishes to be remembered to all Hamilton friends. She was near the Pyramids (at the time of writing) but was on the move, and did not know where they were going. She has received several papers, including the 'Spectator' and the contents have been enjoyed by her patients, especially those from the Western district.
Hamilton Spectator Wednesday 01 March 1916 page 4
MANING, Mary Louisa Beresford
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born at sea on the Atlantic Ocean
Daughter of Marcus Anthony MANNING and Laura Louisa nee ROBINSON
Of ‘Sumner’ Bambra Rd, Caufield, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained at the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria
Enlisted 23 April 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 27 years
Served in Egypt & England
Returned to Australia 22 May 1919 per ‘Tras Montes’
Appointment Terminated 6 July 1919
Died in 31 August 1972 in Vic.
Resided Windsor, Vic.
AANS
Born at sea on the Atlantic Ocean
Daughter of Marcus Anthony MANNING and Laura Louisa nee ROBINSON
Of ‘Sumner’ Bambra Rd, Caufield, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained at the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria
Enlisted 23 April 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 27 years
Served in Egypt & England
Returned to Australia 22 May 1919 per ‘Tras Montes’
Appointment Terminated 6 July 1919
Died in 31 August 1972 in Vic.
Resided Windsor, Vic.
MANN, Ella Jane
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1889 at Armidale, NSW Daughter of William John MANN and Mary nee ROBSON Of Hillgrove, NSW Enlisted 24 May 1917 Aged 27 years Embarked 09 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan' Served in Salonika and England Returned to Australia 03 October 1919 per 'Ceramic' Discharged as medically unfit 19 December 1919 Married James Cameron RODGER Died 16 April 1977 in NSW |
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MANN, Margaret May
Staff Nurse
AANS 4th Australian General Hospital Born 05 March 1884 at Lillimur, Victoria Daughter of John Smith MANN and Mary Ann nee YELLAND of 8 Hill Street, Parkside, SA Graduated RAH 1912 Occuaption prior to enlistment Nurse at Adelaide Hospital (3 years) Enlisted 20 March 1916 in Cairo, Egypt Embarked 26 August 1915 per 'Morea' Served in France Listed as injured Feburary 1918 Returned to Australia per 20 December 1918 per 'Wyreema' A.T.N.A, R.B.N.A., A.A.N.S. Discharged 25 May 1919 Was Matron at Minda Home Incorporated 1929 - 1932 Died 30 March 1971 at Daw Park, SA Aged 87 years Resided Highgate, SA Buried Mitcham Cemetery |
MANNING, Constance Mary
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 22 March 1892 at Henley Park, SA Daughter of John William MANNING and Rosina Mary nee ANTONIO Of Woolnaugh Rd, Largs Bay, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 4 years North Adelaide Private Hospital Enlisted 1 June 1917 Embarked 13 September 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Runic’ Aged 25 years Served in Egypt Returned to Australia 11 June 1919 per ‘Dorset’ Appointment terminated due to marriage 07 July 1919 Married Roy WOON 07 September 1920 at Sacred Heart Church, Semaphore, SA Died 12 July 1973 Aged 83 years Resided Magill, SA Buried Centennial Park Cemetery Derrick Gardens Path 9 Grave 195 Courtesy of Guy Dollman |
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MANNING, Florence Agnes
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born Bendigo, Vic. Daughter of Mr. R. & Annie Craig MANNING Of College Ave, Claremont, WA Embarked 24 August 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Morea’ Enlisted in Cairo, Egypt on 10 March 1916 Aged 26 years Served in Egypt & England 10th Australian General Hospital, 1st Australian General Hospital Resigned due to be married on 23 April 1917 to Captain Mitchell Married Hugh William Fancourt MITCHELL Died 17 October 1949 Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Tristania Garden G3 Bed 5 Rose 23 |
Courtesy of
Kathryn Shapland,
Recollections of War Museum, Gallery and Library.
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MANNING, Nellie Mabel
Sister
AANS
Born 10 June 1891 at Tatura, Victoria
Daughter of Victor George MANNING and Emma Eliza nee HEARLE
Of ‘Ravenstone’ Harston, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 1 October 1918
Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyreema’
Aged 27 years
Served at Salonika
Returned to Australia 28 January 1919 per ‘Wyreema’
Appointment Terminated 11 February 1919
Did not marry
Died 02 August 1983
Cremated Fawkner Cemetery, Vic.
AANS
Born 10 June 1891 at Tatura, Victoria
Daughter of Victor George MANNING and Emma Eliza nee HEARLE
Of ‘Ravenstone’ Harston, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 1 October 1918
Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyreema’
Aged 27 years
Served at Salonika
Returned to Australia 28 January 1919 per ‘Wyreema’
Appointment Terminated 11 February 1919
Did not marry
Died 02 August 1983
Cremated Fawkner Cemetery, Vic.
MARCHANT, Jessey Jean
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Sister
AANS Born 23 November 1886 at Mannanarie, South Australia Daughter of George & Jessey MARCHANT nee TRIMMER Of Burnside, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Adelaide Hospital Enlisted 9 July 1915 Embarked 17 July 1915 per 'Orsova' Aged 27 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia 11 April 1919 per ‘Balmoral Castle’ Appointment Terminated 7 July 1919 Married Gordon Fenner TRIPP in South Africa in 1938 Died in South Africa 1950 |
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MARCHANT, Lucy Amy
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 01 December 1884 at Mannanarie, SA
Daughter of George MARCHANT and Jessie nee TRIMMER
Sister of Eliza MARCHANT
Of High St, Burnside, South Australia
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Trained 4 years Private Hospital Wakefield St, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlisted 5 November 1915 at Heliopolis, Egypt
Embarked Transport ship ‘Orsova’ November 1915
Aged 31 Years
Served in Egypt, Salonika & India
Suffered from Enteric Fever
Returned to Australia 24 December 1919 per ‘Medic’
Appointment Terminated 23 April 1920
Died 1936 in South Africa
Miss Lucy Marchant and Miss Octavia Marchant arrived in Adelaide in the Ceramic this week from South Africa. Miss Lucy Marchant who is owner and matron of Carlington Private Hospital at Johannesburg, will spend six months' holiday with her sisters at Burnside. and Miss Octavia Marchant has returned to Adelaide after having spent 18 months in South Africa. Another sister, Miss Jean Marchant, is a partner in the hospital.
News Saturday 06 October 1934 page 6
OBITUARY
The sudden death In South Africa of Miss Lucy Amy Marchant late matron of the Carrington Private Hospital, Johannesburg, has deprived the nursing profession of a courageous worker. Born in Adelaide about 50 years ago Miss Marchant adopted nursing as her profession, and entered an Adelaide hospital for her training. When she completed her course, she was awarded the silver medal of her hospital for her year. In the Great War, Miss Marchant enlisted and served with the Australian Nursing Service for the whole period of the war, her duties taking her to Egypt, Salonika, and ultimately to India for the Afghan campaign of 1919. Salonika made in roads upon her health, but her indomitable courage always reinforced her strength. After the Afghan campaign and a period of recuperation at her home in Adelaide, she and her sister Jean left for South Africa in private practice, ultimately opening their own private hospital where they have practised their profession for the last five and a half years.
The Advertiser Thursday 07 May 1936 page 19
AANS
Born 01 December 1884 at Mannanarie, SA
Daughter of George MARCHANT and Jessie nee TRIMMER
Sister of Eliza MARCHANT
Of High St, Burnside, South Australia
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Trained 4 years Private Hospital Wakefield St, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlisted 5 November 1915 at Heliopolis, Egypt
Embarked Transport ship ‘Orsova’ November 1915
Aged 31 Years
Served in Egypt, Salonika & India
Suffered from Enteric Fever
Returned to Australia 24 December 1919 per ‘Medic’
Appointment Terminated 23 April 1920
Died 1936 in South Africa
Miss Lucy Marchant and Miss Octavia Marchant arrived in Adelaide in the Ceramic this week from South Africa. Miss Lucy Marchant who is owner and matron of Carlington Private Hospital at Johannesburg, will spend six months' holiday with her sisters at Burnside. and Miss Octavia Marchant has returned to Adelaide after having spent 18 months in South Africa. Another sister, Miss Jean Marchant, is a partner in the hospital.
News Saturday 06 October 1934 page 6
OBITUARY
The sudden death In South Africa of Miss Lucy Amy Marchant late matron of the Carrington Private Hospital, Johannesburg, has deprived the nursing profession of a courageous worker. Born in Adelaide about 50 years ago Miss Marchant adopted nursing as her profession, and entered an Adelaide hospital for her training. When she completed her course, she was awarded the silver medal of her hospital for her year. In the Great War, Miss Marchant enlisted and served with the Australian Nursing Service for the whole period of the war, her duties taking her to Egypt, Salonika, and ultimately to India for the Afghan campaign of 1919. Salonika made in roads upon her health, but her indomitable courage always reinforced her strength. After the Afghan campaign and a period of recuperation at her home in Adelaide, she and her sister Jean left for South Africa in private practice, ultimately opening their own private hospital where they have practised their profession for the last five and a half years.
The Advertiser Thursday 07 May 1936 page 19
MARDON, Emily Clarice Lilla
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Staff Nurse
AANS 1st Australian General Hospital Born 1890 at Brisbane, Qld. Daughter of Edward John MARDON and Charlotte Louisa nee COOLING Of Lower Bowen Tce, Brisbane Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 12 June 1915 Embarked 12 June 1915 from Brisbane per ‘Karoola’ Aged 25 years Served in Egypt, France & England Returned to Australia per ‘Anchises’ Appointment terminated at own request on 19 January 1918 for family reasons Died in Queensland in 1975 Photograph Sydney Mail Wednesday 28 July 1915 page 28 |
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The Rev. John Egerton Jacob (eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob, Dover, England) was married to Miss Emily Clarice Lilla Mardon (second daughter of Mr. Ed. J. Mardon and the late Mrs. Mardon, of Albion) April 14, at the Valley Methodist Church. The Rev. Bernard Frederick officiated, and the bride was given away by her father. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at a city cafe. The Rev. and Mrs. John Egerton will take up work on the Papuan mission field. Blue Mountains for the honeymoon.
The Queenslander Saturday 05 June 1920 page 20
The Queenslander Saturday 05 June 1920 page 20
MARKS, Adelina
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born Adelina LEDERS 1880 in Ballarat East, Vic. Daughter of Jacob Mark LEDERS - later known as MARKS - and Rebekah/Rebecca nee TOBIAS Of ‘Le Chalet’, Merchant St, Stranmore, Sydney, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting: Trained Nurse Enlisted: 7 December 1916 Embarkation: 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Age: 36 years Served in 27th & 14th Australian General Hospital, Egypt Returned to Australia: 13 March 1919 per ‘Ceramic’ Appointment Terminated: 15 April 1919 Did not marry Died 09 August 1963 in Concord, Sydney, NSW |
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MARQUARDT, Mary
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1871 in Geelong, Vic. Sister of Frederick MARQUARDT amd Elizabeth nee LEECH Of Mundy St, Geelong, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 27 April 1917 Embarked 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’ Aged 36 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia 1 August 1919 per ‘Ormonde’ Appointment Terminated 26 October 1919 Did not marry Died 11 September 1951 Buried Geelong Cemetery EAS COE 07 807 002 Cemetery photograph courtesy of Cheryl Baulch |
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MARR, Mary Osborne Margery
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1884 at Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Harry Frank MARR and Alice Augusta nee OSBORNE
Of Liberty St, Stanmore, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse
Enlisted 10 September 1917
Embarked 16 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Malta’
Aged 32 years
Served in Bombay, India
Returned to Australia 10 January 1920 per ‘Mataram’
Appointment Terminated 25 January 1920
Married John Stuart CAMPBELL in 1921
Died 24 June 1956 in Marrickville, NSW
CAMPBELL-MARR
Dr. John Stuart Campbell, of Marrlckviile, and Miss Mary Osborne Margery Marr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Marr, of Newnham, Stanmore, and Moss Vale, were married at St Philip's Church,on the evening of the 14th April,
by the Rev. Canon B Bedinham. The bride, Sister Marr, after nursing for about three years at Randwick Military Hospital, enlisted for active service abroad with the A IF, and returned quite recently from India, wore a bridal gown of ivory charmense veiled in silk net and Limerick lace ; her sisters, Daisy and Edith, in pale blue and pink, were bridesmaids ; little Miss Patricia Rae and Master Billy Campbell acted as train bearers ; Captain R. M. Teece and Mr Fred Lingley, best man and groomsman, respectively. A reception was held afterwards at the' Wentworth'. where the bride's mother, in a gown of pale grey charmense veiled in georgette and black panne hat touched with silver and black ostrich tips, received upwards of one hundred guests The dining hall of the 'Wentworth' was decorated with beautiful pink, flowers for the occasion. Mrs. Campbell's going away dress was of lime shade charmense with touches of pale green, hat black trimmed with gold tissue.
The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press Wednesday 21 April 1920 page 2
AANS
Born 1884 at Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Harry Frank MARR and Alice Augusta nee OSBORNE
Of Liberty St, Stanmore, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse
Enlisted 10 September 1917
Embarked 16 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Malta’
Aged 32 years
Served in Bombay, India
Returned to Australia 10 January 1920 per ‘Mataram’
Appointment Terminated 25 January 1920
Married John Stuart CAMPBELL in 1921
Died 24 June 1956 in Marrickville, NSW
CAMPBELL-MARR
Dr. John Stuart Campbell, of Marrlckviile, and Miss Mary Osborne Margery Marr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Marr, of Newnham, Stanmore, and Moss Vale, were married at St Philip's Church,on the evening of the 14th April,
by the Rev. Canon B Bedinham. The bride, Sister Marr, after nursing for about three years at Randwick Military Hospital, enlisted for active service abroad with the A IF, and returned quite recently from India, wore a bridal gown of ivory charmense veiled in silk net and Limerick lace ; her sisters, Daisy and Edith, in pale blue and pink, were bridesmaids ; little Miss Patricia Rae and Master Billy Campbell acted as train bearers ; Captain R. M. Teece and Mr Fred Lingley, best man and groomsman, respectively. A reception was held afterwards at the' Wentworth'. where the bride's mother, in a gown of pale grey charmense veiled in georgette and black panne hat touched with silver and black ostrich tips, received upwards of one hundred guests The dining hall of the 'Wentworth' was decorated with beautiful pink, flowers for the occasion. Mrs. Campbell's going away dress was of lime shade charmense with touches of pale green, hat black trimmed with gold tissue.
The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press Wednesday 21 April 1920 page 2
MARRON, Sara May (Marie)
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Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Born 1874 at Geelong, Vic. Daughter of Edward and Sara MARRON Of 'Aylesbury', Hawthorn, Vic. Embarked for UK per 'Orontes' 14 April 1915 Joined QAIMNSR 09 June 1915 Sent to France No 3 General Hospital 01 August 1915 Transferred to S Midland Casualty Clearing Station 08 December 1915 'Staff Nurse Marron has proved a reliable nurse, methodical in her work, fairly tactful in her management of orderlies. Is very kind and willing. Fairly quiet at her work. Has given general satisfaction.' 2 General Hospital 05 March 1916 England on leave 05 May 1916 - 17 June 1916 2 General Hospital 24 June 1916 25 Ambulance Train 08 August 1916 13 General Hospital 16 August 1916 25 Ambulance Train 22 August 1916 6 General Hospital 12 September 1916 Resigned 27 November 1916 'dissatisfied with the conditions of the British Nursing Service' 'I must decline to make any further explanation, but will be obliged, if you will, at your earliest possible convenience accept my resignation, as I find my position Intolerable.' To England resigning 08 January 1917 Embarked for Australian 13 February 1917 per 'Iona' Resided 'Aylesbury', Hawthorn, Vic. Did not marry Died 21 January 1954 Resided 162 Power Street, Hawthorn, Vic. Privately interred at Brighton Cemetery |
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MARSDEN, Nora Lydia
Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 24 March 1884 at Creive
Parents living at Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Trained Sydney Hospital, NSW 01 May 1910 - 01 May 1914
Did Private Medical and Surgical nursing in Africa from August 1914 - March 1915
Arrived in UK from Durban, South Africa 24 March 1915 per 'Balmoral Castle'
Enlisted 10 August 1915
Residing at St. Jame's Home, Walthamstow
Transferred to Warrington 02 February 1916
Renewed Contract 01 August 1916
Embarked for Egypt 23 August 1917
Arrived Egypt 26 September 1917
Posted to 68 General Hospital 28 September 1917
Served at 78 General Hospital, Palestine 30 July 1918
Suffered from Amoebic Dysentery 30 July 1918
Invalided home to England 30 January 1919 per 'Duncluce Castle'
At Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, UK 18 February 1919
Sailed for South Africa 18 February 1920 per 'S.S, Rugia'
Demobilised 18 February 1920
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 24 March 1884 at Creive
Parents living at Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Trained Sydney Hospital, NSW 01 May 1910 - 01 May 1914
Did Private Medical and Surgical nursing in Africa from August 1914 - March 1915
Arrived in UK from Durban, South Africa 24 March 1915 per 'Balmoral Castle'
Enlisted 10 August 1915
Residing at St. Jame's Home, Walthamstow
Transferred to Warrington 02 February 1916
Renewed Contract 01 August 1916
Embarked for Egypt 23 August 1917
Arrived Egypt 26 September 1917
Posted to 68 General Hospital 28 September 1917
Served at 78 General Hospital, Palestine 30 July 1918
Suffered from Amoebic Dysentery 30 July 1918
Invalided home to England 30 January 1919 per 'Duncluce Castle'
At Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, UK 18 February 1919
Sailed for South Africa 18 February 1920 per 'S.S, Rugia'
Demobilised 18 February 1920
MARSH, Elsie May
Sister
AANS
2nd AGH
Born 1886 in Victoria
Daughter of Henry MARSH and Mary Ann nee HISCOCKS
Of Coomandook, SA
Trained at Adelaide Public Hospital
Enlisted 15 August 1914
Embarked from Egypt 18 January 1916 per H S 'Formosa'
Admitted to No 3 AGH Cairo with Appendicitis 30 June 1916
Rejoined unit 11 August 1916 in Egypt
Proceeded overseas to England per 'Kanowna' 13 August 1916
Duty at No 2 Australian Auxillary Hospital, Southall 17 October 1916
Transferred to No 3 Australian Auxillary Hospital 22 October 1916
Returned to Australia per 'Suevic' Nursing Staff 27 September 1917
Married Joseph Horace DOWNING in 1918
Died 1959 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Aged 72 years
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery - No further details
AANS
2nd AGH
Born 1886 in Victoria
Daughter of Henry MARSH and Mary Ann nee HISCOCKS
Of Coomandook, SA
Trained at Adelaide Public Hospital
Enlisted 15 August 1914
Embarked from Egypt 18 January 1916 per H S 'Formosa'
Admitted to No 3 AGH Cairo with Appendicitis 30 June 1916
Rejoined unit 11 August 1916 in Egypt
Proceeded overseas to England per 'Kanowna' 13 August 1916
Duty at No 2 Australian Auxillary Hospital, Southall 17 October 1916
Transferred to No 3 Australian Auxillary Hospital 22 October 1916
Returned to Australia per 'Suevic' Nursing Staff 27 September 1917
Married Joseph Horace DOWNING in 1918
Died 1959 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Aged 72 years
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery - No further details
PARTED IN EGYPT 23 YEARS AGO
Nurses Meet Today
In 1915 two nursing sisters in Egypt were parted, having been sent to different hospitals. Today, at the Returned Sisters' Sub-branch dinner, they met again for the first time in 23 years. Sister Elsie Marsh (now Mrs. Downing, of Melbourne) and Sister Margaret Mann were the nurses. The dinner was a happy one, with the scarlet capes and white dresses of the nurses harmonising with the white tables and red flowers. Many df them arrived soaked after the morning's march. Shoes and stockings were discarded in the lounge .Sister M. Daphne Smith led the nurses in the absence of the matron of the 4th Military District (Sister Sinclair Wood), and Sister Bottrill, president of the sub-branch placed a wreath on the Cross of Sacrifice. Visitors from New Zealand, Victoria, and New South Wales were present at the dinner, besides war-time nurses from Peterborough, Port Pirie, Moorook, Port Lincoln, Orroroo, Spalding, Gladstone. Murray Bridge, Burra, and Eden Valley.Sister F. E. Pritchard. who has nursed soldiers longer than anyone else in Australia according to her fellow-nurses, was at the head of one table. She left in 1914, spent the war years in overseas hospitals, and was in repatriation hospitals until 12 months ago, when she retired. She lives at Unley Park. Several of the sisters at the dinner left with the first contingent of soldiers in the Kyarra in October, 1914
The News Monday 25 April 1938 page 9
Nurses Meet Today
In 1915 two nursing sisters in Egypt were parted, having been sent to different hospitals. Today, at the Returned Sisters' Sub-branch dinner, they met again for the first time in 23 years. Sister Elsie Marsh (now Mrs. Downing, of Melbourne) and Sister Margaret Mann were the nurses. The dinner was a happy one, with the scarlet capes and white dresses of the nurses harmonising with the white tables and red flowers. Many df them arrived soaked after the morning's march. Shoes and stockings were discarded in the lounge .Sister M. Daphne Smith led the nurses in the absence of the matron of the 4th Military District (Sister Sinclair Wood), and Sister Bottrill, president of the sub-branch placed a wreath on the Cross of Sacrifice. Visitors from New Zealand, Victoria, and New South Wales were present at the dinner, besides war-time nurses from Peterborough, Port Pirie, Moorook, Port Lincoln, Orroroo, Spalding, Gladstone. Murray Bridge, Burra, and Eden Valley.Sister F. E. Pritchard. who has nursed soldiers longer than anyone else in Australia according to her fellow-nurses, was at the head of one table. She left in 1914, spent the war years in overseas hospitals, and was in repatriation hospitals until 12 months ago, when she retired. She lives at Unley Park. Several of the sisters at the dinner left with the first contingent of soldiers in the Kyarra in October, 1914
The News Monday 25 April 1938 page 9
MARSH, Phillipa
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 20 November 1889 in Adelaide, South Australia Daughter of Henry & Sarah (Mary) MARSH nee HISCOCKS Of Coomandook, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Enlisted 6 August 1915 at Heliopolis Egypt Embarked 6 August 1915 from Adelaide per ‘Orontes’ Aged 26 years Served in Egypt, England & France Returned to Australia 18 February 19919 per ‘Karmala’ Appointment Terminated 28 July 1919 Married Austin Henry STAPLETON No Children Died 23 May 1967 at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA Cause of death Multiple Injuries Resided Flat 4/318 South Terrace, Adelaide, SA Aged 77 years Buried Centennial Park RSL Walls 136 Niche F014 |
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MARSHALL, Clementina Hay
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Matron
AANS Born 1879 at Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland Daughter of Thomas Wiseman MARSHALL and Margaret MARSHALL Enlisted 23 October 1914 Embarked 28 November 1914 Appointment terminated 08 November 1917 Enlisted 08 February 1918 at Sydney, NSW Embarked 02 Mary 1918 Appointment terminated 14 January 1919 Did not marry Died 16 August 1968 Buried Urunga Cemetery, NSW Row B plot 23 |
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Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 34
Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 1952, position 5
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 34
Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 1952, position 5
AT THE FRONT.
'CAN'T GET PINS.'
A NURSE AT THE WAR.
Nurse Kitty Marshall, who is on the H.M.A.S. 'Gascon,' doing hospital duty between the Dardanelles and Alexandria, writes her brother, Mr A. Marshall, manager of Gundagai Butter Factory, telling of hospital work. In course of her letter, the nurse says :--
'Well, we are almost at Alexandria again, on our fourth trip, with about 500 wounded on board. We have had a very heavy trip, lasting about a fortnight. We have been operating day and night, and I am beginning to feel very weary. However, we have finished this stunt, and will have a rest for a few days until we get back again.
'It is very hard for me to write a letter, and tell you things I would like to. The censorship is so strict that it leaves one practically nothing to write about.
Writing later, Nurse Marshall says : — 'I wrote you a few days ago when we were approaching Alexandria, how we have returned, and are at the Dardanelles again, at a place, called Gaba Tepe, where the Australian attack was made. There was a battle- ship called the Albion beached, and the Turks were plugging away at her
in great style. We watched her for a long time. Then they towed her off, and she was safe. It was wonderful how the shells just missed her— they were simply falling all around her. I have some photos of it which I will send you. 'Yesterday afternoon we came down to Madross Bay, Lemnos. to wait till we are required, as there seems to be a cessation of hostilities at the Dardanelles —waiting for reinforcements, or something. The ''Sicilia,' -the boat I was on first, is lying close to us. This is a safe harbour, and has a boom, that is a torpedo net, stretched across the opening to the harbour. This is open a little in the daytime, but closed at night. There is a 'sub- marine scare at present; but then there nearly always is something of the kind. I like this life very much— it is ever so much
nicer than being at a base hospital, grinding away day after day. On this stunt we never have the pa tients more than a week at the outside, and often only for three days. Of course, I told you I have the operating room, and am very pleased with it. For general hospitals two huge hotels have been taken. Mena is being retained, and Ehesirch Palace has been taken for an hospital. They have about 1,000 patients in each. It must be awfully hard work. 'Got 75 sheets of paper and 50 envelopes for 1s 3d. Alexan dria is an awful place to shop in. Hard to got anything you want. Many drapers, for instan ce never stock pins. One has to go to the milliner for pins. I don't like Alexandria nearly so well as Cairo. I simply lov ed the bazaars, etc.. .there. How ever, Alexandria seems more cosmopolitan, and is really much less eastern than Cairo.
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate Tuesday 27 July 1915 page 2
'CAN'T GET PINS.'
A NURSE AT THE WAR.
Nurse Kitty Marshall, who is on the H.M.A.S. 'Gascon,' doing hospital duty between the Dardanelles and Alexandria, writes her brother, Mr A. Marshall, manager of Gundagai Butter Factory, telling of hospital work. In course of her letter, the nurse says :--
'Well, we are almost at Alexandria again, on our fourth trip, with about 500 wounded on board. We have had a very heavy trip, lasting about a fortnight. We have been operating day and night, and I am beginning to feel very weary. However, we have finished this stunt, and will have a rest for a few days until we get back again.
'It is very hard for me to write a letter, and tell you things I would like to. The censorship is so strict that it leaves one practically nothing to write about.
Writing later, Nurse Marshall says : — 'I wrote you a few days ago when we were approaching Alexandria, how we have returned, and are at the Dardanelles again, at a place, called Gaba Tepe, where the Australian attack was made. There was a battle- ship called the Albion beached, and the Turks were plugging away at her
in great style. We watched her for a long time. Then they towed her off, and she was safe. It was wonderful how the shells just missed her— they were simply falling all around her. I have some photos of it which I will send you. 'Yesterday afternoon we came down to Madross Bay, Lemnos. to wait till we are required, as there seems to be a cessation of hostilities at the Dardanelles —waiting for reinforcements, or something. The ''Sicilia,' -the boat I was on first, is lying close to us. This is a safe harbour, and has a boom, that is a torpedo net, stretched across the opening to the harbour. This is open a little in the daytime, but closed at night. There is a 'sub- marine scare at present; but then there nearly always is something of the kind. I like this life very much— it is ever so much
nicer than being at a base hospital, grinding away day after day. On this stunt we never have the pa tients more than a week at the outside, and often only for three days. Of course, I told you I have the operating room, and am very pleased with it. For general hospitals two huge hotels have been taken. Mena is being retained, and Ehesirch Palace has been taken for an hospital. They have about 1,000 patients in each. It must be awfully hard work. 'Got 75 sheets of paper and 50 envelopes for 1s 3d. Alexan dria is an awful place to shop in. Hard to got anything you want. Many drapers, for instan ce never stock pins. One has to go to the milliner for pins. I don't like Alexandria nearly so well as Cairo. I simply lov ed the bazaars, etc.. .there. How ever, Alexandria seems more cosmopolitan, and is really much less eastern than Cairo.
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate Tuesday 27 July 1915 page 2
Sister Marshall, who has been mentioned in despatches, is a daughter of the late Mr. T W. Marshall, of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, and was trained at the Sydney Hospital, being for several years Sister in charge of the main operating theatre at that institution. She was attached to the Australian Army Nursing Service, and left with the first expeditionary force for Egypt. Sister Marshall first went on duty at Mena House, and from there she was sent to organise the hospital at Ismalia, prior to the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, and subsequently returned to Heliopolis. From there she went on to Mudros Bay, and witnessed the landing at Gaba Tepe on April 25, 1915. When the first batch of wounded came on board she was on duty in the operating theatre for 22 consecutive hours, for which magnificent service she was mentioned in despatches. Sister Marshall was on duty when the late General Bridges was brought on board wounded, and she continued on duty on the Gascon for five months, while this boat was conveying the wounded from Anzac to Malta and Alexandria. She then went to England, and when her last letter was received at Sydney, she was on duty at No. 3 General Hospital, Wadsworth, London, but was eagerly awaiting orders to return to the front.
Sydney Morning Herald Friday 14 January 1916 page 3
Sydney Morning Herald Friday 14 January 1916 page 3
MARSHALL, Mary
Sister
AANS
Born 10 September 1894 at Coalville, Victoria
Daughter of Gilbert MARSHALL and Mary Ann nee TAYLOR
Of Coalville, Gippsland, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 25 July 1917
Embarked 7 September 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Kyarra’
Aged 22 years
Served in Bombay, India
Alexandra War Hospital, Colaba War Hospital & Hospital Ship “Secilia’
Returned to Australia 6 May 1919 per ‘Eastern’
Appointment Terminated 15 June 1919
Married Malcolm Herbert Gordon BRITTS and lived in England until returning with her family.
Died 16 February 1998 in NSW
Aged 104
AANS
Born 10 September 1894 at Coalville, Victoria
Daughter of Gilbert MARSHALL and Mary Ann nee TAYLOR
Of Coalville, Gippsland, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 25 July 1917
Embarked 7 September 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Kyarra’
Aged 22 years
Served in Bombay, India
Alexandra War Hospital, Colaba War Hospital & Hospital Ship “Secilia’
Returned to Australia 6 May 1919 per ‘Eastern’
Appointment Terminated 15 June 1919
Married Malcolm Herbert Gordon BRITTS and lived in England until returning with her family.
Died 16 February 1998 in NSW
Aged 104
MARTIN, Alice Maud
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1888 at Canning Hills, Perth, WA Daughter of George Kersley MARTIN and Rosean Sarah nee MARKWELL Of 'The Mount' Kelmscott, WA Age 27 years Enlisted 25 May 1915 Embarked 25 June 1915 Service in Egypt and France Ill with Influenza 3 times in 1916 Resigned appointment 25 March 1918 in London due to marriage Died 07 June 1987 |
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MARTIN, Brij
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Sister
AANS Pictured right www.awm.gov.au P02198.003 |
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MARTIN, Elizabeth (Bessie)
Sister
AANS
Born 13 December 1887 in Stratford via Cairns, Queensland
Daughter of George Edward & Catherine MARTIN nee MORGAN
Of Tolga via Cairns, Queensland
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 16 March 1917
Embarked 21 March 1917 at Sydney per ‘Kanowna’
Aged 29 years
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 7 May 1919 per ‘Kildonian Castle’
Appointment Terminated 14 June 1919 as Medically unfit
Went to Canada after the war and married Ernest Victor BOXALL
Returned to Australia from Canada
Died 19 July 1972 at Concord, NSW
AANS
Born 13 December 1887 in Stratford via Cairns, Queensland
Daughter of George Edward & Catherine MARTIN nee MORGAN
Of Tolga via Cairns, Queensland
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 16 March 1917
Embarked 21 March 1917 at Sydney per ‘Kanowna’
Aged 29 years
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 7 May 1919 per ‘Kildonian Castle’
Appointment Terminated 14 June 1919 as Medically unfit
Went to Canada after the war and married Ernest Victor BOXALL
Returned to Australia from Canada
Died 19 July 1972 at Concord, NSW
Miss Bessie Martin, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. G E Martin, Tolga, cables from Cairo all well. As a war nurse Miss Martin at one time matron of Atherton Hospital, has seen much service. By a recent mail she forwarded copies of 'The Balkan News' published at Salonica.
The Northern Herald Thursday 27 February 1919 page 51
The Northern Herald Thursday 27 February 1919 page 51
MARTIN, Lily Marion
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1893 at Goulburn, NSW Daughter of Colin Guy MARTIN and Margaret S nee MITCHELL Of ‘Morningside’ Justin St, Cortamundia, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 22 May 1917 Embarked 9 June 1917 from Sydney per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 24 years Served in Salonika & England Returned to Australia 21 May 1919 per hospital ship ‘Wandilla’ Appointment Terminated 20 July 1919 Married Frederick William Forbes THOMPSON Died 01 July 1960 in Chatswood, NSW |
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MARTIN, Mabel Alice
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Sister
AANS Born Dunolly, Vic. Daughter of Irvin MARTIN and Mary Jane nee CONRON Of 18 Ridan St, St Kilda, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Melbourne Hospital Enlisted 3 April 1915 Embarked 6 December 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’ Aged 37 years Served in France, England & Egypt Returned to Australia 26 November 1918 per ‘Runic’ Nursing Staff Appointment Terminated 22 August 1919 Died 6 May 1953 Photograph courtesy of Virginia Moscatt |
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MARTIN, Mary Ann May
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1886 at Cooranbong, NSW
Daughter of Patrick MARTIN and Mary Ann nee GRAVES
Of Marbinsville near Cooranbong, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 11 September 1917 in Sydney, NSW
Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyeema’
Aged 31 years
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia
Died 09 November 1945 in Petersham, NSW
Buried Cooranbung Cemetery
AANS
Born 1886 at Cooranbong, NSW
Daughter of Patrick MARTIN and Mary Ann nee GRAVES
Of Marbinsville near Cooranbong, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 11 September 1917 in Sydney, NSW
Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyeema’
Aged 31 years
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia
Died 09 November 1945 in Petersham, NSW
Buried Cooranbung Cemetery
MARTIN, Mary Theresa
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Sister
AANS Born 1879 at Rockhampton, Queensland Daughter of Daniel James MARTIN and Margare nee MOY NOK: Cousin: Mr. J.D. RIED Of Bolton St, New Castle, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse Enlisted: 24 November 1914 at Cairo, Egypt Embarkation: 25 November 1914 per ‘Kyarra’ Age: 33 years Served in Egypt, France & England Returned to Australia: 29 December 1918 per ‘Gaika’ Appointment Terminated: 1 March 1919 Died 23 October 1929 at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW Aged 48 years Buried Botany Cemetery, RCAA Roman Catholic FM AA 116 Photograph Sydney Mail Wednesday 08 January 1919 page 8 |
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WAR NURSE'S DEATH.
SYDNEY, October 25.
The death occurred suddenly at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, on Wednesday, of Sister Mary Theresa Martin, one of the nursing sisters. Born at Rockhampton, Miss Martin was trained as a nurse there, and subsequently joined the staff of the Newcastle Hospital. On the outbreak of the war she offered for active service abroad, and sailed from Sydney on the Kyarra for Egypt, where she was attached to No. 2 Australian Hospital. She afterwards went to France, where she was several times under shell fire. Sister Martin left England for Australia on the day the Armistice was signed, and upon arrival in Sydney took up duty at the Prince of Wales Hospital. She had been continuously there for more than 10 years. The interment took place yesterday in the Roman Catholic portion of the Botany cemetery. There was a large gathering, including many nurses from the Prince of Wales Hospital, doctors, and returned soldiers. The service at the graveside was conducted by Father O'Loughlin. The chief mourners were Miss Margaret Martin. Miss A. Burke, Mrs. W. A.Reid. Mr. J. D. Reid, and Mr. P. J.Martin (cousins). Dr. Rutledge represented the Department of Repatriation, and the officials of the Prince of Wales Hospital.
The Brisbane Courier Saturday 26 October 1929 page 28
SYDNEY, October 25.
The death occurred suddenly at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, on Wednesday, of Sister Mary Theresa Martin, one of the nursing sisters. Born at Rockhampton, Miss Martin was trained as a nurse there, and subsequently joined the staff of the Newcastle Hospital. On the outbreak of the war she offered for active service abroad, and sailed from Sydney on the Kyarra for Egypt, where she was attached to No. 2 Australian Hospital. She afterwards went to France, where she was several times under shell fire. Sister Martin left England for Australia on the day the Armistice was signed, and upon arrival in Sydney took up duty at the Prince of Wales Hospital. She had been continuously there for more than 10 years. The interment took place yesterday in the Roman Catholic portion of the Botany cemetery. There was a large gathering, including many nurses from the Prince of Wales Hospital, doctors, and returned soldiers. The service at the graveside was conducted by Father O'Loughlin. The chief mourners were Miss Margaret Martin. Miss A. Burke, Mrs. W. A.Reid. Mr. J. D. Reid, and Mr. P. J.Martin (cousins). Dr. Rutledge represented the Department of Repatriation, and the officials of the Prince of Wales Hospital.
The Brisbane Courier Saturday 26 October 1929 page 28
MARUM, Isabel Catherine (Belle)
Sister
AANS
Born 14 February 1890 at Yackandanah, Victoria
Daughter of Pierce Luke MARUM and Julia nee KINGHINGTON
Of Wodonga, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted 6 December 1916
Embarked 26 December 1916 at Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 26 years
Served in Salonika & England
Returned to Australia 16 January 1920 per ‘Pt Macquarie’ Nursing Staff
Discharged as medically unfit 05 June 1920
Did not marry
Died 01 May 1961 in NSW
Late of Marrickville, NSW
AANS
Born 14 February 1890 at Yackandanah, Victoria
Daughter of Pierce Luke MARUM and Julia nee KINGHINGTON
Of Wodonga, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted 6 December 1916
Embarked 26 December 1916 at Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 26 years
Served in Salonika & England
Returned to Australia 16 January 1920 per ‘Pt Macquarie’ Nursing Staff
Discharged as medically unfit 05 June 1920
Did not marry
Died 01 May 1961 in NSW
Late of Marrickville, NSW
MARUM, Julia Elizabeth (Bess)
Sister
AANS
Born 1888 in Kiewa, Victoria
Daughter of Pierce Luke MARUM and Julia nee KINGHINGTON
Of Kirgunyah, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 22 August 1916
Embarked 22 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 26 years
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 16 January 1920 per ‘Pt Macquarie’ Nursing Staff
Appointment Terminated 11 April 1920
Died 07 December 1980 in Vic.
AANS
Born 1888 in Kiewa, Victoria
Daughter of Pierce Luke MARUM and Julia nee KINGHINGTON
Of Kirgunyah, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 22 August 1916
Embarked 22 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 26 years
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 16 January 1920 per ‘Pt Macquarie’ Nursing Staff
Appointment Terminated 11 April 1920
Died 07 December 1980 in Vic.
MASON, Dorothy
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1892 at Shepparton Victoria Daughter of Asline Collett MASON and Annie Rae Nesbitt nee WELSHMAN Of Maid St, Shepparton, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Enlisted 16 April 1917 Embarked 21 April 1917 from Melbourne per ‘No 1 HS’ Aged 27 years Served at 1st Australian Army Hospital Harefield, England & France Due to being married in England Fiance: RSMS H.J. WILLIAMS 1st Australian Army Hospital, Harefield Resigned appointment due to marriage in UK 11 February 1919 Died 1973 in NSW |
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SINGERS WIFE
Exacting Demands
"To be the wife of a celebrated singer does not necessarily mean merely a round of brilliant
concerts and glittering receptions. It is a job which makes the most exacting demands upon a woman's patience, and requires the exercise of tact and diplomacy at all times.
THAT is the view of Mrs. Harold Williams, wife of the Australian baritone, who arrived with him
and their twin daughters in Melbourne on Friday under engagement to the Australian
Broadcasting Commission.
This is Mr. and Mrs. Williams first visit to their homeland since 1930.
"It is sometimes very nerve racking and as much a strain for me as for my husband before a big concert or similar engagement," Mrs. Williams said. "All artists are temperamental and need much care and looking after and I make that my job. My husband must always have his proper rest and proper food before a concert I have always prepared his food and we work to a proved and regular plan.
First there is a roast dinner about one o'clock and my husband has his rest. I always have a cup of tea ready for him when he wakes and then two hours before he is due to appeal I prepare a grilled Dover sole. Of course that was in England. Do you suppose whiting or flounder would do as well here? Mrs Williams wondered with a smile.
Although she is not herself a musician Mrs Williams admits that she is one of her husband's keenest critics and at the same time one of his greatest admirers as an artist. But she has no particular preference for any of the varied types or music in his repertoire.
Mrs Williams says that her greatest thrill came when her husband was chosen to sing for the second successive year at the Queens Hall London last May in the performance of Beethovens Ninth Symphony-the Choral Symphony. The conductor she said was Toscanini The Duke and Duchess of Kent were there and the Prime Minister Mr Chamberlain-minus his umbrella, of course. It was really magnificent and the most thrilling concert for me in fifteen years.
In recent years Mis Williams confesses her interests have had to be divided between her husband and their attractive twin daughters,Veronica and Vernita, aged seventeen years. The girls have been at boarding school for the last four years, and with pardonable pride their mother recalled that they had won the junior tennis doubles championship of Sussex last year, and the cups they have won are pushing their father's gold cups from the shelves at their home at Selsey Hill, Sussex.
The house is called Boomerang. Boomerangs surmount its gate and its front door, and are conspicuous in the decorative scheme elsewhere. In this way Mr. and Mrs. Williams have endeavoured to allay their nostalgia for Australia. The summer is spent in Sussex, where Mrs.Williams is able to indulge in her love of gardening, and the rest of the year at their flat in Marylebone, where she is able to indulge in her other hobby, the collection of antiques.
Before her marriage Mrs. Williams was Miss Dorothy Mason, of Shepparton, Victoria. She served as an Australian Army nurse during the Great War, and she was serving at the Harefield Hospital in 1918 when she met Mr. Williams. They were married in 1919. Mrs. Williams put her nursing training to use recently among evacuees
in Sussex, while her daughters worked as assistants in a canteen tor evacuees.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams will remain in Melbourne for about a week before coming on to Sydney.
A Melbourne photograph of Mr and Mrs Harold Williams and their twin daughters, Veronica and Vernita
Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 06 February 1940 page 5s
Exacting Demands
"To be the wife of a celebrated singer does not necessarily mean merely a round of brilliant
concerts and glittering receptions. It is a job which makes the most exacting demands upon a woman's patience, and requires the exercise of tact and diplomacy at all times.
THAT is the view of Mrs. Harold Williams, wife of the Australian baritone, who arrived with him
and their twin daughters in Melbourne on Friday under engagement to the Australian
Broadcasting Commission.
This is Mr. and Mrs. Williams first visit to their homeland since 1930.
"It is sometimes very nerve racking and as much a strain for me as for my husband before a big concert or similar engagement," Mrs. Williams said. "All artists are temperamental and need much care and looking after and I make that my job. My husband must always have his proper rest and proper food before a concert I have always prepared his food and we work to a proved and regular plan.
First there is a roast dinner about one o'clock and my husband has his rest. I always have a cup of tea ready for him when he wakes and then two hours before he is due to appeal I prepare a grilled Dover sole. Of course that was in England. Do you suppose whiting or flounder would do as well here? Mrs Williams wondered with a smile.
Although she is not herself a musician Mrs Williams admits that she is one of her husband's keenest critics and at the same time one of his greatest admirers as an artist. But she has no particular preference for any of the varied types or music in his repertoire.
Mrs Williams says that her greatest thrill came when her husband was chosen to sing for the second successive year at the Queens Hall London last May in the performance of Beethovens Ninth Symphony-the Choral Symphony. The conductor she said was Toscanini The Duke and Duchess of Kent were there and the Prime Minister Mr Chamberlain-minus his umbrella, of course. It was really magnificent and the most thrilling concert for me in fifteen years.
In recent years Mis Williams confesses her interests have had to be divided between her husband and their attractive twin daughters,Veronica and Vernita, aged seventeen years. The girls have been at boarding school for the last four years, and with pardonable pride their mother recalled that they had won the junior tennis doubles championship of Sussex last year, and the cups they have won are pushing their father's gold cups from the shelves at their home at Selsey Hill, Sussex.
The house is called Boomerang. Boomerangs surmount its gate and its front door, and are conspicuous in the decorative scheme elsewhere. In this way Mr. and Mrs. Williams have endeavoured to allay their nostalgia for Australia. The summer is spent in Sussex, where Mrs.Williams is able to indulge in her love of gardening, and the rest of the year at their flat in Marylebone, where she is able to indulge in her other hobby, the collection of antiques.
Before her marriage Mrs. Williams was Miss Dorothy Mason, of Shepparton, Victoria. She served as an Australian Army nurse during the Great War, and she was serving at the Harefield Hospital in 1918 when she met Mr. Williams. They were married in 1919. Mrs. Williams put her nursing training to use recently among evacuees
in Sussex, while her daughters worked as assistants in a canteen tor evacuees.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams will remain in Melbourne for about a week before coming on to Sydney.
A Melbourne photograph of Mr and Mrs Harold Williams and their twin daughters, Veronica and Vernita
Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 06 February 1940 page 5s
MASON, Ida Mary (Billie)
Sister
AANS
Born Wodonga, Victoria
Daughter of Samuel MASON and Mary Marion nee OSBORNE
Of Sydney St, Wodonga, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Enlisted 11 April 1917
Embarked 21 April 1917 from Melbourne per ‘HS 1”
Aged 28 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia 17 August 1919 per ‘Karmala’
Appointment Terminated 10 October 1919
Married Cyril Joseph BATCHELOR in 1920
Died 31 October 1979 in Vic.
Resided Hampton, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered 02 November 1979
AANS
Born Wodonga, Victoria
Daughter of Samuel MASON and Mary Marion nee OSBORNE
Of Sydney St, Wodonga, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Enlisted 11 April 1917
Embarked 21 April 1917 from Melbourne per ‘HS 1”
Aged 28 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia 17 August 1919 per ‘Karmala’
Appointment Terminated 10 October 1919
Married Cyril Joseph BATCHELOR in 1920
Died 31 October 1979 in Vic.
Resided Hampton, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered 02 November 1979
MASON, Stella Osborne
Sister
AANS
Born 1886 in Wodonga, Vic.
Daughter of Samuel MASON and Mary Marion nee OSBORNE
Of Wodonga, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 11 march 1915 at Heliopolis Egypt
Embarked 17 July 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’
Aged 28 years
Served in Egypt, England, France & India
Returned to Australia 22 April 1919 per ‘Devonshire’
Appointment Terminated 20 July 1919
Died 14 February 1957 in Vic.
Resided Elwood, Vic.
Cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery 15 February 1957
AANS
Born 1886 in Wodonga, Vic.
Daughter of Samuel MASON and Mary Marion nee OSBORNE
Of Wodonga, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 11 march 1915 at Heliopolis Egypt
Embarked 17 July 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’
Aged 28 years
Served in Egypt, England, France & India
Returned to Australia 22 April 1919 per ‘Devonshire’
Appointment Terminated 20 July 1919
Died 14 February 1957 in Vic.
Resided Elwood, Vic.
Cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery 15 February 1957
MASON, Vera Kathleen
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1892 at Walgett, NSW
Daughter of William Wilson MASON and Mary Jane nee GALLEGOS
Of Rose Hill, Inverell, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 10 October 1917
Embarked 16 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Malta’
Aged 25 years
Served in Bombay India
Returned to Australia 8 September 1919 per ‘Pilsna’
Appointment Terminated 23 September 1919
Married Dr. Henry Harold CROWE
Died 03 October 1948 in Paddington, NSW
AANS
Born 1892 at Walgett, NSW
Daughter of William Wilson MASON and Mary Jane nee GALLEGOS
Of Rose Hill, Inverell, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 10 October 1917
Embarked 16 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Malta’
Aged 25 years
Served in Bombay India
Returned to Australia 8 September 1919 per ‘Pilsna’
Appointment Terminated 23 September 1919
Married Dr. Henry Harold CROWE
Died 03 October 1948 in Paddington, NSW
MATER, Bessie
MATHER, Ellen Katherine DugdaleStaff Nurse
AANS Born 09 April 1892 at Mernmerna, SA Daughter of James John MATHER and Ellen nee RICE Of Wehl Street, Mount Gambier, SA Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse Aged 25 years Enlisted 08 November 1917 at Keswick, SA Served in Bombay Returned to Australia 23 October 1919 per 'Plassy' Married Matthew Francis FITZGERALD in 1921 Died 27 March 1958 at Port Augusta, SA Aged 65 years Resided Nacoona Station, SA Buried Port Augusta General Cemetery |
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MATHEWS, Amy Holloway
Sister
AANS
Born 1883 at Newcastle, NSW
Daughter of William MATHEWS and Sarah Ann nee WATKINS
Of Newcastle, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted 14 July 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’
Aged 30 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia 16 August 1919 per ‘Konig Louise’
Appointment Terminated 15 October 1919
Read more here
AANS
Born 1883 at Newcastle, NSW
Daughter of William MATHEWS and Sarah Ann nee WATKINS
Of Newcastle, NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Enlisted 14 July 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’
Aged 30 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia 16 August 1919 per ‘Konig Louise’
Appointment Terminated 15 October 1919
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MATHEWS, Jessie May
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Sister
AANS Born 1891 Ballarat East, Victoria Daughter of Martin Luther MATHEWS and Elizabeth nee McLAREN Of 342 New St, Elstermoid, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 4 years Ballarat Hospital Enlisted 21 April 1917 Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 25 years Served at Salonika Returned to Australia 9 March 1920 per ‘Friedrichsruh’ Discharged as medically unfit 31 July 1920 Did not marry Died 19 April 1955 in Brighton, Vic. Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery 21 April 1955 and ashes scattered |
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MATHEWS, Maude Ellen Lydia
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1884 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England Daughter of Benjamin Charles MATTHEWS and Elizabeth Jane (Lilly) nee GOODRICH Sister of Miss MATHEWS Of Vessel St., Semaphore, SA Enlisted 27 March 1918 Aged 32 years Reported for duty at No 15 A G H 27 March 1918 Transferred to Nunyara 27 May 1918 Transferred to No 18 A G H 25 July 1918 Volunteered to nurse Influenza and left for WA 28 December 1918 Returned from WA via East West Train 29 May 1919 Demobilized 19 June 1919 Did not marry Died 09 February 1970 at Semaphore, SA Aged 85 years Resided Semaphore, SA Buried Cheltenham Cemetery with her sister Elizabeth |
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MATHEWS, M H
Sister
AANS
Enlisted 09 October 1915
Embarked 11 November 1915
Appointment terminated 27 May 1920
AANS
Enlisted 09 October 1915
Embarked 11 November 1915
Appointment terminated 27 May 1920
MATHIESON, May
Sister
AANS
Born c 1884 at Beechworth, Victoria
Daughter of John MATHIESON and possibly Sydney nee ANDERSON
Of 50 McKinley Ave, Malvern Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 16 September 1915
Embarked 6 December 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’
Aged 31 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia 5 July 1919 per ‘Ypiringa’ Nursing Staff
Appointment Terminated 4 January 1920
Married Ralph Moroney JUSTICE
Died 04 April 1961 in Mooroopna, Vic.
Resided Moorabbin, Vic.
Cremated 06 April 1961 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered
AANS
Born c 1884 at Beechworth, Victoria
Daughter of John MATHIESON and possibly Sydney nee ANDERSON
Of 50 McKinley Ave, Malvern Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 16 September 1915
Embarked 6 December 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’
Aged 31 years
Served in England & France
Returned to Australia 5 July 1919 per ‘Ypiringa’ Nursing Staff
Appointment Terminated 4 January 1920
Married Ralph Moroney JUSTICE
Died 04 April 1961 in Mooroopna, Vic.
Resided Moorabbin, Vic.
Cremated 06 April 1961 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered
MAWSON, Beatrice Mary (Bea)
Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born England 1881
Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARD
Of 'Erskine' Barloa Road, Mont Albert, Vic.
Trained at Castlemaine, Vic.
Joined QAIMNSR 14 May 1915
Served No 17 British General Hospital, Alexandria
Served on HMHS Dunluce Castle
'Miss B M Mawson has worked under my care for the last four months. During that time her nursing work has been satisfactory and she manages her patients well and is very capable - S F Haywood, Acting Matron HMHS Dunluce Castle'
Appointment terminated 14 May 1917
Returned to Australia owing to the death of her father 13 June 1917
Torpedoed on way home, after war at Caulfield, then Holmsdale Nursing & Convalescent Home
Died 09 April 1975 in Vic.
Resided Surrey Hills, Vic.
Beatrice Mary Mawson, known as ‘Bea’ trained at and graduated as a nurse from the Castlemaine Hospital Nurse Training School. Having been born in England, in 1915, Beatrice, aged 34 years of age, enlisted with the British forces. Her war service record was distinguished and by 1917 she had attained the rank of Captain. There is no record of the affect that her work during WW1 had on her, but Beatrice experienced much the horror of this war through her care of the wounded. Her first posting was at the 17th British Hospital at Alexandria.
Built as the Victoria College in 1902, the 17th British Hospital at Alexandria was an impressive building in which an English-style education was provided to students of Muslim, Jewish and European backgrounds. In 1915 the school was transferred elsewhere and the building was modified to provide in excess of 2000 hospital beds. In the 20 months she was stationed there, Beatrice nursed innumerable casualties from Gallipoli, including those from the gruesome August 1915 Lonesome Pine engagement. In recognition of her work here she received 2 stripes for honorable and distinguished service.
Alexandria was a far cry from Surrey Hills. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald described it, at about the time Beatrice arrived, as a cosmopolitan city with significant populations of Greeks, Italians and Jews, overlaid by the influx of Australian and European troops. As well as the impressive buildings very European in style, such as Victoria College, there was the contrast of tribal Arabs living in traditional tents.
Beatrice’s next appointment was to the transport conveys making the dangerous trip across the Channel between Le Havre and the English coast. She made 23 such trips. On one of these, hers was the only ship out of seven to make it across the Channel safely.
If these experiences were not enough, in June 1917, Beatrice was granted furlough back to Australia, but had the misfortune to be on the P&O vessel the ‘RMS Mongolia’ which was sunk in the Bay of Bengal after hitting a mine. The sinking was reported in the Argus but with few details, which must have made for additionally anxious times for the family. A few months later, visiting friends in Castlemaine, Beatrice described the sinking and rescue in an interview for the Castlemaine newspaper.
Entitled ‘Adventures of a Castlemaine nurse’ - extract dated 18 August 1917: “One morning, as she was playing deck quoits, there was a terrific explosion. She was thrown down on her face, and precipitated down the companion way. The vessel had struck a mine. Simultaneously steam and smoke were issuing in noisy, forbidding clouds, and debris flying about in all directions. The mine had struck the boast aft on the starboard side, and almost immediately the vessel began to sink. The passengers and crew, who numbered 400, showed a marvelous self-possession and fortitude, going to their respective boat stations in silence, waiting for the order to step into the life-boats. … At the time of the calamity a monsoonal storm was raging, and the boats were tossed about like cockle-shells. It was thought that the boats would not be able to live in such a sea. The men, however, rowed for their lives, hoping against hope. After four hours of anxious battling, land was sighted, which proved to be the coast of India, 40 miles south of Bombay. Their landing was made with great difficulty, as the approach was rocky and precipitous. … During the explosion many were injured, and several of these had to get what surgical treatment could be improvised. One unfortunate winch-man who had been shockingly scalded, had to have his burns dressed with the clothing the women wore. This was torn into strips, soaked in crude oil, and applied. A returned soldier, who had sustained a fracture of the leg, was provided with splints made from one of the oars, and here again the women cheerfully gave up some of the scanty clothing they wore to pad the splints and bandage some of the fracture.”
Following the cessation of hostilities and her return to Australia, Beatrice worked at the Caulfield Military Hospital.
Beatrice returned to Melbourne and in mid-1932 she was appointed as the first Matron of the Gresswell Sanatorium at Mont Park. It was a small facility dedicated to treating patients with tuberculosis and was somewhat isolated from suburbia with a distinctively rural feel. Initially the facility had only 140 beds but Harriet’s role was also administrative – it was she who was responsible for all the initial staffing and equipping of the wards. Gresswell was a self-sufficient community which included a dairy and vegetable farm, a plant nursery and parklands. In 1965 the hospital farm was closed and in 1968 the hospital itself closed. The land was divided between Latrobe University, which continued to use some of the buildings and land for a new housing estate.
Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born England 1881
Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARD
Of 'Erskine' Barloa Road, Mont Albert, Vic.
Trained at Castlemaine, Vic.
Joined QAIMNSR 14 May 1915
Served No 17 British General Hospital, Alexandria
Served on HMHS Dunluce Castle
'Miss B M Mawson has worked under my care for the last four months. During that time her nursing work has been satisfactory and she manages her patients well and is very capable - S F Haywood, Acting Matron HMHS Dunluce Castle'
Appointment terminated 14 May 1917
Returned to Australia owing to the death of her father 13 June 1917
Torpedoed on way home, after war at Caulfield, then Holmsdale Nursing & Convalescent Home
Died 09 April 1975 in Vic.
Resided Surrey Hills, Vic.
Beatrice Mary Mawson, known as ‘Bea’ trained at and graduated as a nurse from the Castlemaine Hospital Nurse Training School. Having been born in England, in 1915, Beatrice, aged 34 years of age, enlisted with the British forces. Her war service record was distinguished and by 1917 she had attained the rank of Captain. There is no record of the affect that her work during WW1 had on her, but Beatrice experienced much the horror of this war through her care of the wounded. Her first posting was at the 17th British Hospital at Alexandria.
Built as the Victoria College in 1902, the 17th British Hospital at Alexandria was an impressive building in which an English-style education was provided to students of Muslim, Jewish and European backgrounds. In 1915 the school was transferred elsewhere and the building was modified to provide in excess of 2000 hospital beds. In the 20 months she was stationed there, Beatrice nursed innumerable casualties from Gallipoli, including those from the gruesome August 1915 Lonesome Pine engagement. In recognition of her work here she received 2 stripes for honorable and distinguished service.
Alexandria was a far cry from Surrey Hills. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald described it, at about the time Beatrice arrived, as a cosmopolitan city with significant populations of Greeks, Italians and Jews, overlaid by the influx of Australian and European troops. As well as the impressive buildings very European in style, such as Victoria College, there was the contrast of tribal Arabs living in traditional tents.
Beatrice’s next appointment was to the transport conveys making the dangerous trip across the Channel between Le Havre and the English coast. She made 23 such trips. On one of these, hers was the only ship out of seven to make it across the Channel safely.
If these experiences were not enough, in June 1917, Beatrice was granted furlough back to Australia, but had the misfortune to be on the P&O vessel the ‘RMS Mongolia’ which was sunk in the Bay of Bengal after hitting a mine. The sinking was reported in the Argus but with few details, which must have made for additionally anxious times for the family. A few months later, visiting friends in Castlemaine, Beatrice described the sinking and rescue in an interview for the Castlemaine newspaper.
Entitled ‘Adventures of a Castlemaine nurse’ - extract dated 18 August 1917: “One morning, as she was playing deck quoits, there was a terrific explosion. She was thrown down on her face, and precipitated down the companion way. The vessel had struck a mine. Simultaneously steam and smoke were issuing in noisy, forbidding clouds, and debris flying about in all directions. The mine had struck the boast aft on the starboard side, and almost immediately the vessel began to sink. The passengers and crew, who numbered 400, showed a marvelous self-possession and fortitude, going to their respective boat stations in silence, waiting for the order to step into the life-boats. … At the time of the calamity a monsoonal storm was raging, and the boats were tossed about like cockle-shells. It was thought that the boats would not be able to live in such a sea. The men, however, rowed for their lives, hoping against hope. After four hours of anxious battling, land was sighted, which proved to be the coast of India, 40 miles south of Bombay. Their landing was made with great difficulty, as the approach was rocky and precipitous. … During the explosion many were injured, and several of these had to get what surgical treatment could be improvised. One unfortunate winch-man who had been shockingly scalded, had to have his burns dressed with the clothing the women wore. This was torn into strips, soaked in crude oil, and applied. A returned soldier, who had sustained a fracture of the leg, was provided with splints made from one of the oars, and here again the women cheerfully gave up some of the scanty clothing they wore to pad the splints and bandage some of the fracture.”
Following the cessation of hostilities and her return to Australia, Beatrice worked at the Caulfield Military Hospital.
Beatrice returned to Melbourne and in mid-1932 she was appointed as the first Matron of the Gresswell Sanatorium at Mont Park. It was a small facility dedicated to treating patients with tuberculosis and was somewhat isolated from suburbia with a distinctively rural feel. Initially the facility had only 140 beds but Harriet’s role was also administrative – it was she who was responsible for all the initial staffing and equipping of the wards. Gresswell was a self-sufficient community which included a dairy and vegetable farm, a plant nursery and parklands. In 1965 the hospital farm was closed and in 1968 the hospital itself closed. The land was divided between Latrobe University, which continued to use some of the buildings and land for a new housing estate.
Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society
MAWSON, Harriet Godden/Golden
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1885 in Kensington, Vic.
Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARD
Of Barloa Rd, Mont Albert, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting: Trained Nurse
Trained at Hamilton Hospital, Victoria
Enlisted 27 April 1917
Embarked 09 May 1917 from Sydney per 'A38'
Aged 31 years
Served in England
Returned to Australia: 15 May 1919 per ‘Dunluce Castle’
Appointment terminated 05 July 1919
After the war she was at Duntroon and Caulfield, then Holmsdale
Did not marry
Died 13 January 1976 in Vic.
Aged 90 years
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery. Banksia, Wall J, Niche 98
Harriet Godden Mawson, known as ‘Hadge’, trained at Hamilton Hospital. She passed the final nurses’ examinations on 23 December 1914 and spent a further 2 and a half years there until at age 31, she enlisted for AIF service on 8 May 1917. She embarked for active duty on HMAT (His Majesty's Australian Transport) 'Ulysses' on 9 May 1917 and departed from Sydney bound for Plymouth. Her war service was spent in a number of military hospitals in the UK including at Croydon, Weymouth and Dartford. She and her younger sister Muriel both left England to return to Australia on 15 March 1919 and she was discharged on 5 July 1919.
It is not known what Harriet did immediately after discharge, but on 12 November 1921 she was appointed as Sister-in-charge, and very soon after as the first Matron, of the Royal Military Hospital at Duntroon. She remained at Duntroon until the Royal Military Hospital there closed on 12 December 1930, by which time she was 45 years old. This seems to have been a particularly happy time in her career. Her references from both the Commanders she served under were glowing; one speaks of her being “kind and sympathetic but at the same time firm with patients and [possessing] the respect of all who have come under her care and the affection of the staff cadets.” It must have been a disappointment for her that the hospital closed.
Harriet returned to Melbourne and in mid-1932 she was appointed as the first Matron of the Gresswell Sanatorium at Mont Park. It was a small facility dedicated to treating patients with tuberculosis and was somewhat isolated from suburbia with a distinctively rural feel. Initially the facility had only 140 beds but Harriet’s role was also administrative – it was she who was responsible for all the initial staffing and equipping of the wards. Gresswell was a self-sufficient community which included a dairy and vegetable farm, a plant nursery and parklands. In 1965 the hospital farm was closed and in 1968 the hospital itself closed. The land was divided between Latrobe University, which continued to use some of the buildings and land for a new housing estate.
Harriet resigned from her position as Matron of Gresswell in September 1937. It was accepted with regret. She was 57 years old and the remainder of her nursing career was with her sisters at ‘Holmsdale’ in Surrey Hills
Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society
AANS
Born 1885 in Kensington, Vic.
Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARD
Of Barloa Rd, Mont Albert, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlisting: Trained Nurse
Trained at Hamilton Hospital, Victoria
Enlisted 27 April 1917
Embarked 09 May 1917 from Sydney per 'A38'
Aged 31 years
Served in England
Returned to Australia: 15 May 1919 per ‘Dunluce Castle’
Appointment terminated 05 July 1919
After the war she was at Duntroon and Caulfield, then Holmsdale
Did not marry
Died 13 January 1976 in Vic.
Aged 90 years
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery. Banksia, Wall J, Niche 98
Harriet Godden Mawson, known as ‘Hadge’, trained at Hamilton Hospital. She passed the final nurses’ examinations on 23 December 1914 and spent a further 2 and a half years there until at age 31, she enlisted for AIF service on 8 May 1917. She embarked for active duty on HMAT (His Majesty's Australian Transport) 'Ulysses' on 9 May 1917 and departed from Sydney bound for Plymouth. Her war service was spent in a number of military hospitals in the UK including at Croydon, Weymouth and Dartford. She and her younger sister Muriel both left England to return to Australia on 15 March 1919 and she was discharged on 5 July 1919.
It is not known what Harriet did immediately after discharge, but on 12 November 1921 she was appointed as Sister-in-charge, and very soon after as the first Matron, of the Royal Military Hospital at Duntroon. She remained at Duntroon until the Royal Military Hospital there closed on 12 December 1930, by which time she was 45 years old. This seems to have been a particularly happy time in her career. Her references from both the Commanders she served under were glowing; one speaks of her being “kind and sympathetic but at the same time firm with patients and [possessing] the respect of all who have come under her care and the affection of the staff cadets.” It must have been a disappointment for her that the hospital closed.
Harriet returned to Melbourne and in mid-1932 she was appointed as the first Matron of the Gresswell Sanatorium at Mont Park. It was a small facility dedicated to treating patients with tuberculosis and was somewhat isolated from suburbia with a distinctively rural feel. Initially the facility had only 140 beds but Harriet’s role was also administrative – it was she who was responsible for all the initial staffing and equipping of the wards. Gresswell was a self-sufficient community which included a dairy and vegetable farm, a plant nursery and parklands. In 1965 the hospital farm was closed and in 1968 the hospital itself closed. The land was divided between Latrobe University, which continued to use some of the buildings and land for a new housing estate.
Harriet resigned from her position as Matron of Gresswell in September 1937. It was accepted with regret. She was 57 years old and the remainder of her nursing career was with her sisters at ‘Holmsdale’ in Surrey Hills
Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society
Source: Nephew John Howden - This is a photo of Bea, Harriet, Muriel and Ethel Mawson, date unknown but before 1915 when Ethel married and would have ceased working.
Courtesy of Sue Barnett
Courtesy of Sue Barnett
MAWSON, Muriel
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1889 in Carlton, Victoria Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARD Step Mother Catherine MAWSON Of ‘Erskine’ Barloa Rd, Mont Albert, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Trained 3 years at Castlemaine Hospital, Victoria Enlisted 2 May 1917 Embarked 11 May 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Ascanius’ Aged 27 years Served in England Returned to Australia 15 May 1919 per ‘Dunluce Castle’ Appointment Terminated 5 July 1919 After the war she was at Caulfield then Holmsdale Did not marry Died 29 June 1979 in Vic. Aged 89 years Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Banksia, Wall J, Niche 102. |
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Muriel Mawson, was nick-named ‘Mouse’ during her overseas service and the name stuck. Like her eldest sister Beatrice, she trained at Castlemaine Hospital and successfully graduated in the Royal Victorian Nurses Association exams in November 1914. She enlisted as a staff nurse on 11 April 1917 and a month later embarked for overseas service on HMAT (His Majesty's Australian Transport) 'Ascanius', aged 27 years of age. Like Harriet, she spent her was years in English military hospitals. In this respect her service record parallels Harriet’s with Croydon, Weymouth and Dartford Hospitals mentioned in her AIF records. One presumes that their time at these hospitals overlapped. She too departed the UK for return to Australia on 15 March 1919. For some time at least she also worked at Caulfield Military Hospital, as this is the address for her in the 1931 electoral roll
Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society
Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society
MAXWELL, Minnie
Staff Nurse
Non AIF
Possibly born in Ireland.
Arrived in Australia on 20 November 1915 per ‘HMAT Suevic’ nursing staff
Granted free passage in return for Nursing services
Embarked 16 March 1916 per ‘Orsova’ returning on duty
Returned to Australia 23 March 1920 per ‘Ceramic’
Did not marry
Died 10 June 1936 in Melbourne, Vic.
Buried 13 June 1936 at St. Kilda Cemetery, Vic. Independent, Compartment D, Grave 99.
Aged 64 years
Non AIF
Possibly born in Ireland.
Arrived in Australia on 20 November 1915 per ‘HMAT Suevic’ nursing staff
Granted free passage in return for Nursing services
Embarked 16 March 1916 per ‘Orsova’ returning on duty
Returned to Australia 23 March 1920 per ‘Ceramic’
Did not marry
Died 10 June 1936 in Melbourne, Vic.
Buried 13 June 1936 at St. Kilda Cemetery, Vic. Independent, Compartment D, Grave 99.
Aged 64 years
Awarded Royal Red Cross
ROYAL RED CROSS.
Sister M. Maxwell, R.T.V.N.A., A.T.N.A., formerly of Melbourne and Sydney, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross for distinguished services in nursing the Belgian and British wounded in France, and also for an extended period of service in the transports between France and England, and further service with the Australian wounded. She is now acting as matron in a munition factory In Coventry.
Sydney Morning Herald Monday 05 March 1917 page 7
MISS MINNIE MAXWELL
The death took place in hospital in Melbourne on Saturday of Miss Minnie Maxwell, a trained nurse, and a member of the Imperial Royal Red Cross Nursing Association of London. She served for five years with British and Australian troops, and at the end of the war was appointed matron of the Coventry (England) munitions factory. She held the Mons Star of 1914.
The funeral will be at the St Kilda cemetery tomorrow morning
The Argus Monday 12 June 1939 page 2
Sister M. Maxwell, R.T.V.N.A., A.T.N.A., formerly of Melbourne and Sydney, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross for distinguished services in nursing the Belgian and British wounded in France, and also for an extended period of service in the transports between France and England, and further service with the Australian wounded. She is now acting as matron in a munition factory In Coventry.
Sydney Morning Herald Monday 05 March 1917 page 7
MISS MINNIE MAXWELL
The death took place in hospital in Melbourne on Saturday of Miss Minnie Maxwell, a trained nurse, and a member of the Imperial Royal Red Cross Nursing Association of London. She served for five years with British and Australian troops, and at the end of the war was appointed matron of the Coventry (England) munitions factory. She held the Mons Star of 1914.
The funeral will be at the St Kilda cemetery tomorrow morning
The Argus Monday 12 June 1939 page 2
MAYOR, Marguerita Frances
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 31 July 1890 at Appila Yarrowie, SA
Daughter of Herbert MAYOR and Helen Maria nee PEACOCK
C/0 English & Scottish Bank Clare, South Australia
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained 4 years North Adelaide Private Hospital
Enlisted 26 November 1918 at Keswick, South Australia
Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyreema’
Aged 27 years
Disembarked Cape Town, South Africa on 23 November 1918 for discharge
Appointment Terminated 8 December 1918
Married James Melvin WARD in 1929
Died December 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Buried Fairplains Cemetery
American women are facing up to all kinds of minor war-time shortages and regulations, and doing it cheerfully, too, says Mrs. J. M. Ward, just returned to South Australia from the United States.
SHE was Miss Marguerita Mayor, of Kent Town, and is the widow of Dr. J. M. Ward, Florida. Here are talking points from her homelike picture of America at war. Mrs. and Miss America arewearing rayon stockings now, but finer than ours. They can't get elastic for their underwear or new irons, toasters, or washing machines. Clothing is still un-rationed, except for shoes. Three pairs are allowed each year. Sandals and play shoes still aren't rationed. Good quality clothes are in short supply, and prices have sky rocketed.
GENEROUS RATION Meat, tinned foods, butter, and oils are rationed on a generous points system. Vegetable substitutes are being used instead of butter. One popular variety is sold with the yellow coloring matter wrapped separately. This is mixed in by the housewife. The millions of Americans who eat canned foods are now asked to help salvage collectors. They must remove tops and bottoms from the tin and squash them flat to save space. WEEKLY PETROL Private car owners get two American gallons of petrol a week.This seems a lot to Australians, but it is a very severe restriction to Americans who used cars a great deal before the war. "Travelling is so difficult that most people have got so they don't try to go places," said Mrs. Ward.Before coming to Australia she made the 2.000-mile trip from her home in St. Petersburg, Florida to Los Angeles, by bus. The trip took seven days, and during that time she slept in a bed on only one night. They hanged buses at all hours and 22 standing passengers on the second day, and often couldn't get anything more to eat than hot dogs. and hamburgers.
NURSING JOB For four months, while she was waiting a passage home, Mrs. Ward went back to her profession of nursing. An Australian woman doctor friend in San Francisco told her the nursing shortage was acute. At first she nursed at chinese hospital, then turned to private work. Once she met a party of 25 Australian ex-prisoners of war being repatriated from Germany.
Another time she made friends with a recently arrived Australian war bride, who went to the same church. This girl told her she earned as much in six days in America as in a month in Brisbane. Years in the United States have given Mrs. Ward an American intonation to her speech, and a sincere love of her adopted country. She went there first in 1927 but has been back in Australia several times.
News Tuesday 18 July 1944 page 5
Mrs. Marguerita Ward, widow of Dr. J. M. Ward. of St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A., with Mr. S. Owen
Livingston, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Mrs. Ward, who is the eldest daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Mayor, will be married in Florida at the end of December.
News Friday 22 November 1946 page 7
AANS
Born 31 July 1890 at Appila Yarrowie, SA
Daughter of Herbert MAYOR and Helen Maria nee PEACOCK
C/0 English & Scottish Bank Clare, South Australia
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Trained 4 years North Adelaide Private Hospital
Enlisted 26 November 1918 at Keswick, South Australia
Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyreema’
Aged 27 years
Disembarked Cape Town, South Africa on 23 November 1918 for discharge
Appointment Terminated 8 December 1918
Married James Melvin WARD in 1929
Died December 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Buried Fairplains Cemetery
American women are facing up to all kinds of minor war-time shortages and regulations, and doing it cheerfully, too, says Mrs. J. M. Ward, just returned to South Australia from the United States.
SHE was Miss Marguerita Mayor, of Kent Town, and is the widow of Dr. J. M. Ward, Florida. Here are talking points from her homelike picture of America at war. Mrs. and Miss America arewearing rayon stockings now, but finer than ours. They can't get elastic for their underwear or new irons, toasters, or washing machines. Clothing is still un-rationed, except for shoes. Three pairs are allowed each year. Sandals and play shoes still aren't rationed. Good quality clothes are in short supply, and prices have sky rocketed.
GENEROUS RATION Meat, tinned foods, butter, and oils are rationed on a generous points system. Vegetable substitutes are being used instead of butter. One popular variety is sold with the yellow coloring matter wrapped separately. This is mixed in by the housewife. The millions of Americans who eat canned foods are now asked to help salvage collectors. They must remove tops and bottoms from the tin and squash them flat to save space. WEEKLY PETROL Private car owners get two American gallons of petrol a week.This seems a lot to Australians, but it is a very severe restriction to Americans who used cars a great deal before the war. "Travelling is so difficult that most people have got so they don't try to go places," said Mrs. Ward.Before coming to Australia she made the 2.000-mile trip from her home in St. Petersburg, Florida to Los Angeles, by bus. The trip took seven days, and during that time she slept in a bed on only one night. They hanged buses at all hours and 22 standing passengers on the second day, and often couldn't get anything more to eat than hot dogs. and hamburgers.
NURSING JOB For four months, while she was waiting a passage home, Mrs. Ward went back to her profession of nursing. An Australian woman doctor friend in San Francisco told her the nursing shortage was acute. At first she nursed at chinese hospital, then turned to private work. Once she met a party of 25 Australian ex-prisoners of war being repatriated from Germany.
Another time she made friends with a recently arrived Australian war bride, who went to the same church. This girl told her she earned as much in six days in America as in a month in Brisbane. Years in the United States have given Mrs. Ward an American intonation to her speech, and a sincere love of her adopted country. She went there first in 1927 but has been back in Australia several times.
News Tuesday 18 July 1944 page 5
Mrs. Marguerita Ward, widow of Dr. J. M. Ward. of St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A., with Mr. S. Owen
Livingston, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Mrs. Ward, who is the eldest daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Mayor, will be married in Florida at the end of December.
News Friday 22 November 1946 page 7
