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O'BRIEN, (Eliza) Jane
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1887 at Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of William O'BRIEN and Rebecca nee HUMPHREYS
Sister of Ellen CALNAN
Of 'Mundawada', Henty, NSW
Enlisted 06 July 1917
Aged 28 years
Resided Koroit, Victoria
Embarked 31 August 1917 per 'Wiltshire' from Sydney
Served in Salonika - 50th, 43rd and 52nd General Hospitals
Granted leave from 05 May 1919 to 29 July 1919 with pay
Attended National School of Cookery at Buckingham Palace
Returned to Australia November 1919 per 'Ascanius' to Melbourne
Appointment terminated 26 February 1920
Married George Henry CARTER 18 June 1928
Died 1973 in Albury, NSW
On the 18th int. in St. Patrick's Church, Albury, the wedding was celebrated of Nurse Jane O'Brien, late A.I.F., and of Rokeby Private Hospital, second daughter of the late William and Rebecca O'Brien, of Queensland, and George Henty Carter, eldest son of the late Henry and Mrs. Carter, of Albury. Mrs. Calnan (sister of the bride) was matron of honour. Mr. C. Carter (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. The marriage was solemnised by Rev. Father O'Neill. After the breakfast, which was held at the residence of the bridegroom's mother, the young couple left for Melbourne. The honeymoon is being spent in Colombo.
The Catholic Press Thursday 28 June 1928 page 37
AANS
Born 1887 at Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of William O'BRIEN and Rebecca nee HUMPHREYS
Sister of Ellen CALNAN
Of 'Mundawada', Henty, NSW
Enlisted 06 July 1917
Aged 28 years
Resided Koroit, Victoria
Embarked 31 August 1917 per 'Wiltshire' from Sydney
Served in Salonika - 50th, 43rd and 52nd General Hospitals
Granted leave from 05 May 1919 to 29 July 1919 with pay
Attended National School of Cookery at Buckingham Palace
Returned to Australia November 1919 per 'Ascanius' to Melbourne
Appointment terminated 26 February 1920
Married George Henry CARTER 18 June 1928
Died 1973 in Albury, NSW
On the 18th int. in St. Patrick's Church, Albury, the wedding was celebrated of Nurse Jane O'Brien, late A.I.F., and of Rokeby Private Hospital, second daughter of the late William and Rebecca O'Brien, of Queensland, and George Henty Carter, eldest son of the late Henry and Mrs. Carter, of Albury. Mrs. Calnan (sister of the bride) was matron of honour. Mr. C. Carter (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. The marriage was solemnised by Rev. Father O'Neill. After the breakfast, which was held at the residence of the bridegroom's mother, the young couple left for Melbourne. The honeymoon is being spent in Colombo.
The Catholic Press Thursday 28 June 1928 page 37
O'BRIEN, Margaret Ellen
Sister
AANS
Born 24 June 1888 at Golden Grove, SA
Daughter of Laurence O'BRIEN and Margaret nee MITCHELL
Of Molgan Street, West Broken Hill, NSW
Trained at Broken Hill Hospital
Enlisted 12 November 1915
Aged 28 years
Embarked 13 November 1915 per 'Orsova'
Served in Egypt and London
Returned to Australia 23 June 1919 per 'Borda'
Appointment terminated 16 August 1919
AANS
Born 24 June 1888 at Golden Grove, SA
Daughter of Laurence O'BRIEN and Margaret nee MITCHELL
Of Molgan Street, West Broken Hill, NSW
Trained at Broken Hill Hospital
Enlisted 12 November 1915
Aged 28 years
Embarked 13 November 1915 per 'Orsova'
Served in Egypt and London
Returned to Australia 23 June 1919 per 'Borda'
Appointment terminated 16 August 1919
O'BRIEN, Margaret Helen
Staff Nurse
AANS
2nd AGH
Born Clonmel, Ireland
Daughter of John O'BRIEN
Of 14 George St., Limerick, Ireland
Enlisted 21 July 1916
Aged 27 years
Resided at Cottesloe, WA
Trained at Perth Public Hospital
Embarked 29 January 1917 per 'Miltiades'
Served in London and France
Returned to Australia per 'Euripides' 11 April 1919
Appointment terminated 31 May 1919
AANS
2nd AGH
Born Clonmel, Ireland
Daughter of John O'BRIEN
Of 14 George St., Limerick, Ireland
Enlisted 21 July 1916
Aged 27 years
Resided at Cottesloe, WA
Trained at Perth Public Hospital
Embarked 29 January 1917 per 'Miltiades'
Served in London and France
Returned to Australia per 'Euripides' 11 April 1919
Appointment terminated 31 May 1919
O'BRIEN, Mary Ann
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 25 April 1880 at Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of Eward/Edmond O'BRIEN and Anna/Ann Maria nee COAKLEY
Sister of Catherine KELIKER
Of 'Veverfire' Gootchie Siding, North Coast Line, Qld.
Enlisted 01 September 1917
Embarked 13 November 1917 per 'Ayreshire'
Served in Abbassia
Returned to Australia 28 July 1919 per 'Essex'
Appointment terminated 29 August 1919
Died 1956 in Qld.
AANS
Born 25 April 1880 at Rockhampton, Qld.
Daughter of Eward/Edmond O'BRIEN and Anna/Ann Maria nee COAKLEY
Sister of Catherine KELIKER
Of 'Veverfire' Gootchie Siding, North Coast Line, Qld.
Enlisted 01 September 1917
Embarked 13 November 1917 per 'Ayreshire'
Served in Abbassia
Returned to Australia 28 July 1919 per 'Essex'
Appointment terminated 29 August 1919
Died 1956 in Qld.
O'CONNELL, Mary Neil
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Sister
AANS Born 06 February 1880 at Goodwood, SA Daughter of John O'CONNELL and Amy Fawdon nee WHITTLE Of Brighton, SA Trained at Private Hospital, Wakefield St., Adelaide Enlisted 20 March 1915 Aged 35 years Embarked 13 April 1915 Served in France and London Returned to Australia per 'Nevassa' 23 April 1919 Discharged as medically unfit 26 April 1919 Died 22 December 1956 at Springbank, SA Aged 76 years Buried West Terrace Cemetery Kendrew Oval AIF Row 21A 26 |
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O'CONNOR, Catherine
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Sister
AANS 1st AGH Born 1877 at Kilmore, Vic. Siter of Patrick O'CONNOR and Elizabeth nee SEYMOUR Of Parkview, Kilmore, Vic. Trained at Melbourne Hopsital Enlisted 28 November 1914 Aged 37 years Embarked 28 November 1914 per "kyarra' Served in France Returned to Australia per 'Solmali' 08 February 1919 Appointment terminated 16 April 1919 Died 30 July 1949 at Private Hospital, Melbourne Late of 2 Wyana Avenue, Hawthorn, Vic. Buried Kilmore Catholic Cemetery, Vic. Punch Thursday 03 December 1914 page 26 |
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Sister Catherine O'Connor. A.R.R.C. now on the staff at Mont Park Hospital, had the honor. of being mentioned in despatches. She was born at Kil-
more. Early In the war Slster O'Connor was on the staff of the Australian General Hospital, Egypt. Later she went to Rouen. She did 10 months duty at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station in France. Sister O'Connor returned to Melbourne this year, She trained at the Melbourne Hospital.
more. Early In the war Slster O'Connor was on the staff of the Australian General Hospital, Egypt. Later she went to Rouen. She did 10 months duty at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station in France. Sister O'Connor returned to Melbourne this year, She trained at the Melbourne Hospital.
Mentioned in despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 24 October 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2057, position 64
Date of London Gazette: 28 May 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 6203, position 134
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 24 October 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2057, position 64
Date of London Gazette: 28 May 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 6203, position 134
Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 889, position 31
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 34, position 4
'His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Red Cross to the undermentioned lady of the Nursing Service in recognition of her valuable services with the armies in France and Flanders'
"Conspicuous devotion to duty and distinguished services in tending the sick and wounded".
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 889, position 31
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 34, position 4
'His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Red Cross to the undermentioned lady of the Nursing Service in recognition of her valuable services with the armies in France and Flanders'
"Conspicuous devotion to duty and distinguished services in tending the sick and wounded".
Back from the War.
Nurse Katie O'Connor, daughter of the late Mr P. O'Connor, J.P., of Parkview, Kilmore, returned on Friday last after over four years' service at the seat of war. After her rather strenuous life in the old country she did service as nurse since her arrival in Melbourne a few weeks ago, and her many friends here are pleased at her safe return.
Kilmore Free Press Thursday 13 March 1919 page 3
Nurse Katie O'Connor, daughter of the late Mr P. O'Connor, J.P., of Parkview, Kilmore, returned on Friday last after over four years' service at the seat of war. After her rather strenuous life in the old country she did service as nurse since her arrival in Melbourne a few weeks ago, and her many friends here are pleased at her safe return.
Kilmore Free Press Thursday 13 March 1919 page 3
O'CONNOR nee BALLAM, Ethel Beta
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born c1880 at Surbiton, Surrey, England
Daughter of James BALLAM and Sarah nee HOWELL
Married George Fortune O'CONNOR in 1909
Her husband was a journalist and part owner of the Northam Courier in Western Australia at the time of his death in 1915. Ethel had three young children when she was widowed.
NOK Brother in law John Joseph O'CONNOR
Of 'Trenton Valley, Yarram, Vic.
Trained at Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie
Widow - husband died 1915
Enlisted 29 November 1917 at Fremantle, WA
Aged 38 years
Embarked 05 June 1918 per 'Orontes' from Sydney
Served in England
Returned to Australia 10 November 1918 per 'Arawa'
Appointment terminated 08 December 1918
Died 1960 in Caulfield, Vic.
Cremated 19 April 1960 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and remains scattered
AANS
Born c1880 at Surbiton, Surrey, England
Daughter of James BALLAM and Sarah nee HOWELL
Married George Fortune O'CONNOR in 1909
Her husband was a journalist and part owner of the Northam Courier in Western Australia at the time of his death in 1915. Ethel had three young children when she was widowed.
NOK Brother in law John Joseph O'CONNOR
Of 'Trenton Valley, Yarram, Vic.
Trained at Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie
Widow - husband died 1915
Enlisted 29 November 1917 at Fremantle, WA
Aged 38 years
Embarked 05 June 1918 per 'Orontes' from Sydney
Served in England
Returned to Australia 10 November 1918 per 'Arawa'
Appointment terminated 08 December 1918
Died 1960 in Caulfield, Vic.
Cremated 19 April 1960 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and remains scattered
ODGERS, Frances Victoria May
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1880 in Castlemaine, Melbourne, Vic. Daughter of Thomas ODGERS and Elizabeth Eva nee GROSE Sister of Maude Grace Susan ODGERS Of Castlemaine, Vic. Enlisted 06 July 1915 Aged 34 years Embarked 14 July 1915 from Sydney per 'Orsova' Served in Egypt, France and England Returned to Australia per 'Euripides' 21 March 1918 to Melbourne, Vic. Appointment terminated 18 May 1918 Married Reginald Mathias FOWLER Died 22 December 1953 at RGH, Concord, NSW Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium |
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O'DONNELL, Ellie Teresa
Staff Nurse
AANS
No 3 Sea Transport Service
Born 11 October 1881 at Bendigo, Vic.
Sister of James O'DONELL
Of Elmore, Vic.
Enlisted 07 July 1917
Aged 36 years
Embarked 19 June 1918 from Sydney per 'Field Marschall'
Served in Southall, England
Appointment terminated 12 December 1918
AANS
No 3 Sea Transport Service
Born 11 October 1881 at Bendigo, Vic.
Sister of James O'DONELL
Of Elmore, Vic.
Enlisted 07 July 1917
Aged 36 years
Embarked 19 June 1918 from Sydney per 'Field Marschall'
Served in Southall, England
Appointment terminated 12 December 1918
O'DONNELL, Mary Margaret
Staff Nurse
AANS
No 3 Sea Transport Service
Born 06 December 1886 at Bendigo, Vic.
Sister of James O'DONNELL
Of Elmore, Vic.
Enlisted 07 July 1917
Aged 31 years
Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 19 June 1918 from Sydney per 'Field Marschall'
Served in Southall, England
Returned to Australia per 'Runic'
Appointment terminated 12 December 1918
AANS
No 3 Sea Transport Service
Born 06 December 1886 at Bendigo, Vic.
Sister of James O'DONNELL
Of Elmore, Vic.
Enlisted 07 July 1917
Aged 31 years
Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 19 June 1918 from Sydney per 'Field Marschall'
Served in Southall, England
Returned to Australia per 'Runic'
Appointment terminated 12 December 1918
O'DWYER, Ida
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Matron
AANS 1st Australian General Hospital Born 1879 in White Hills, Vic. Daughter of John Fitzpatrick O'DWYER and Margaret nee McGRATH Next of kin Miss Mary O'DWYER Of 26 Beaconsfield Parade, St. Kilda, Vic. Enlisted 04 November 1914 Aged 35 years Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. Embarked 28 November 1914 Served in Egypt, England and France Returned to Australia per 'Orontes' 30 January 1919 Appointment terminated 04 April 1919 Retired after 18 years's service as matron at the Caulfield Military Hospital Did not marry Died 1960 in Elwood, Vic. www.awm.gov.au P00848.002 |
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Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 4 October 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2627, position 45
Date of London Gazette: 4 June 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 5488, position 2
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 4 October 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2627, position 45
Date of London Gazette: 4 June 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 5488, position 2
Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 847, position 163
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 54, position 4
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 847, position 163
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 54, position 4
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Awarded Royal Red Cross.
SISTER IDA O'DWYER. A Bendigo Nurse. Sister Ida O'Dwyer, whose name appears amongst the cabled list of Australian nurses awarded the Royal Red Cross is the fourth daughter of Mrs. M. and the late Mr. J. F. O'Dwyer, former well known Bendigonians. The late Mr. O'Dwyer was a surveyor and resided at Emu Point, White Hills. Mrs. O'Dwyer and the other members of the family are now residing at Beaconsfield Parade, St. Kilda. Sister O'Dwyer left with the first hospital ship, Kyarra, and on arrival in Egypt was given charge of the infectious cases, which were treated in tents adjoining the Heliopolis Palace. After 12 months' service in Egypt, Sister O'Dwyer with 50 other nurses proceeded to England, and was later given a position at the Bangthorpe Military Hospital, Nottingham. From there Sister O'Dwyer sent to France, where she joined the staff of a South-African hospital. Later on she was placed in charge of the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing station, not far behind a section of the firing line. The station has accommodation for 300, and a clearance of patients is made every three days to make room for other cases. Sister O'Dwyer in a letter to some friends in Bendigo mentions that Lieut. Eugene Gorman was brought into the Third Casualty Clearing Station with an arm wound. She describes visits to Delville Wood and Pozieres, which are just a mass of shellholes, not even ruins there. Sister O'Dwyer was amongst the first women to enter Bapaume after the great battle. The place is described as a perfect wreck. Bendigoian Thursday 12 July 1917 page 27 Photograph Punch Thursday 10 December 1914 page 18 |
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SOLDIER PATIENTS WILL MISS THEIR MATRON
After l8 years of "active service," during which she has been responsible for the welfare and comfort of thousands of wounded Australian soldiers, Miss Ida O'Dwyer will retire on September 30 from her post as matron of the Caulfield Military Hospital.
There is no better known or more popular figure among returned army nurses and soldiers than Miss O Dwyer, and the staff and patients at Caulfield will say farewell to their matron with deep regret.
Miss O'Dwyer actually has been on'active service ' since 1914, when she went abroad with the
Australian troops. Her life in the intervening years has been spent among wounded soldiers from
the tragic days of casualty clearing stations during the war to the peaceful and happy atmosphere
of the Caulfield Hospital, where men still suffering from war disabilities remember only the
comradeship of war experiences and forget the horrors.
Miss O Dwyer left Australia willi the first batch of army nurses on the troop-ship Kyarra and served
for the first year in Egypt. After spending eight months in English hospitals she went to France
where her experiences included more than a year In charge of the 3rd Australian Casualty
Clearing Station, moving with the troops through France and into Belgium.
After this strenuous period she was sent to Cannes, in the south of France, for a fortnight's rest
at one of the famous hotels requisitioned byj the Red Cross as convalescent homes for nurses.
Miss O'Dwyer then took charge of a 'gift' hospital in London for sick Australian nurses at
12 Southwell Gardens. This hospital was the gift of Mrs T S Hall, an Australian woman who
had lived for some time in England and whose son Mr Harold Wesley Hall, married the elder
daughter of Mrs Hammond Clegg of Melbourne.
This hospital Miss O Dwyer recalls was in every sense a haven for war-wrecked nurses. They had every possible comfort and care and very good food, which few people in England had at the time. Talking of this period Miss O'Dwyer pays a warm tribute to Sir Henry Maudsley, who was in charge of the nurses in this hospital. He had a marvellous memory 'she said ' and never forgot a nurse. He took a personal interest in their affairs, and always tried to arrange that when they were discharged from the hospital they were allowed to do the thing they most wanted to do".
HOME SERVICE
When Miss O'Dwyer returned to Australia in 1919 she took charge of No 10 Australian General Hospital at Macleod,and when that was closed she was transferred to the Caulfield Military Hospital, where she has been for the last 18 years. There were 1,000 patients and a staff of 100 nurses. In those days Later the staff was reduced to about 45 nurses but in recent times the number of patients has steadily increased as the years have taken toll of war-worn nerves and physical disabilities. At present there are 298 patients and a staff of 56.
One reason for Miss O'Dwyer's success, and for the affectionate regard in which she is held by everyone in the hospital,is revealed as she talks of the men under her care whom she describes as 'one large happy family " Her sympathetic understanding of their needs and their problems her sense of humour and her ease of manner have endeared her to the men who have been in her care during the last l8 years, and to whom she will always remain a friend.
HOLIDAY ABROAD
On Saturday afternoon at tile hospital members of the present staff will give a party to which they have invited former staff nurses, in honour of Miss O'Dwyer.
Miss O'Dwyer plans to leave In January next year for a long holiday abroad during which she hopes to visit the places she knew so well during the war years. Her plans, of course, ore subject to conditions in Europe, but she herself feels that there will be no world war.
When Miss O'Dwyer returns from her holiday she proposes to resume her interest in the Returned Army Nurses' Club and in her old training school St Vincent's Hospital.
The Argus Thursday 22 September 1938 page 6
After l8 years of "active service," during which she has been responsible for the welfare and comfort of thousands of wounded Australian soldiers, Miss Ida O'Dwyer will retire on September 30 from her post as matron of the Caulfield Military Hospital.
There is no better known or more popular figure among returned army nurses and soldiers than Miss O Dwyer, and the staff and patients at Caulfield will say farewell to their matron with deep regret.
Miss O'Dwyer actually has been on'active service ' since 1914, when she went abroad with the
Australian troops. Her life in the intervening years has been spent among wounded soldiers from
the tragic days of casualty clearing stations during the war to the peaceful and happy atmosphere
of the Caulfield Hospital, where men still suffering from war disabilities remember only the
comradeship of war experiences and forget the horrors.
Miss O Dwyer left Australia willi the first batch of army nurses on the troop-ship Kyarra and served
for the first year in Egypt. After spending eight months in English hospitals she went to France
where her experiences included more than a year In charge of the 3rd Australian Casualty
Clearing Station, moving with the troops through France and into Belgium.
After this strenuous period she was sent to Cannes, in the south of France, for a fortnight's rest
at one of the famous hotels requisitioned byj the Red Cross as convalescent homes for nurses.
Miss O'Dwyer then took charge of a 'gift' hospital in London for sick Australian nurses at
12 Southwell Gardens. This hospital was the gift of Mrs T S Hall, an Australian woman who
had lived for some time in England and whose son Mr Harold Wesley Hall, married the elder
daughter of Mrs Hammond Clegg of Melbourne.
This hospital Miss O Dwyer recalls was in every sense a haven for war-wrecked nurses. They had every possible comfort and care and very good food, which few people in England had at the time. Talking of this period Miss O'Dwyer pays a warm tribute to Sir Henry Maudsley, who was in charge of the nurses in this hospital. He had a marvellous memory 'she said ' and never forgot a nurse. He took a personal interest in their affairs, and always tried to arrange that when they were discharged from the hospital they were allowed to do the thing they most wanted to do".
HOME SERVICE
When Miss O'Dwyer returned to Australia in 1919 she took charge of No 10 Australian General Hospital at Macleod,and when that was closed she was transferred to the Caulfield Military Hospital, where she has been for the last 18 years. There were 1,000 patients and a staff of 100 nurses. In those days Later the staff was reduced to about 45 nurses but in recent times the number of patients has steadily increased as the years have taken toll of war-worn nerves and physical disabilities. At present there are 298 patients and a staff of 56.
One reason for Miss O'Dwyer's success, and for the affectionate regard in which she is held by everyone in the hospital,is revealed as she talks of the men under her care whom she describes as 'one large happy family " Her sympathetic understanding of their needs and their problems her sense of humour and her ease of manner have endeared her to the men who have been in her care during the last l8 years, and to whom she will always remain a friend.
HOLIDAY ABROAD
On Saturday afternoon at tile hospital members of the present staff will give a party to which they have invited former staff nurses, in honour of Miss O'Dwyer.
Miss O'Dwyer plans to leave In January next year for a long holiday abroad during which she hopes to visit the places she knew so well during the war years. Her plans, of course, ore subject to conditions in Europe, but she herself feels that there will be no world war.
When Miss O'Dwyer returns from her holiday she proposes to resume her interest in the Returned Army Nurses' Club and in her old training school St Vincent's Hospital.
The Argus Thursday 22 September 1938 page 6
OGILVY, Elizabeth Dorward Bell
Sister
Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 16 January 1887 at Dundee, Scotland
Daughter of David Caincross OGILVY and Elizabeth Dorward nee BELL
(Head Caretaker) Of Royal Exchange House, Dundee, Scotland
Educated Harris Academy, Dundee and Reform Street College, Dundee
Trained from 11 June 1910 to 11 June 1914 at The Queen's Hospital, Birmingham
Enlisted 05 September 1914
Served in Egypt
Served at Pavilion Military Hospital, Brighton, England from 26 January 1917
Demobilized 18 March 1919
Married William Thomas SYCAMORE in 1927
Died April 1932 in Qld.
It is with the deepest regret that I chronicle the decease of Mrs. W. T. Sycamore, who died here during the week, after a long illness. As Sister Elizabeth Dorward Bell Ogilvy, the deceased lady enjoyed a most distinguished career. She was trained at the Blenheim Nursing and Nurses Home, England, and served from 1914 to 1919 in various hospitals and hospital ships during the war period, and was present at the landing on Gallipoli. Subsequently she served two years at the Maldiva Hospital on the Island of St Helena, where she was in charge of a section of the hospital, comprising 110 beds. For several years, too, she served with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Reserve. She was a member of the Universities Mission of Central Africa, and was stationed In the Diocese of Nyasaland for three years. Whilst at this post, Sister Ogilvy, in the absence of the medical officer and wholly unaided, satisfactorily amputated the crushed foot of a native. Sister Ogilvy came to Australia on furlough from Africa, and stayed here, finally accepting the position of Matron at the Hampton Hospital, which position she held until her marriage with Mr.Sycamore. She was the possessor of many medals, including the Royal British Nurses' Association medal, King George medal, and the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. medal. Her decease will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
Townsville Daily Bulletin Thursday 7 April 1932 page 9
Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 16 January 1887 at Dundee, Scotland
Daughter of David Caincross OGILVY and Elizabeth Dorward nee BELL
(Head Caretaker) Of Royal Exchange House, Dundee, Scotland
Educated Harris Academy, Dundee and Reform Street College, Dundee
Trained from 11 June 1910 to 11 June 1914 at The Queen's Hospital, Birmingham
Enlisted 05 September 1914
Served in Egypt
Served at Pavilion Military Hospital, Brighton, England from 26 January 1917
Demobilized 18 March 1919
Married William Thomas SYCAMORE in 1927
Died April 1932 in Qld.
It is with the deepest regret that I chronicle the decease of Mrs. W. T. Sycamore, who died here during the week, after a long illness. As Sister Elizabeth Dorward Bell Ogilvy, the deceased lady enjoyed a most distinguished career. She was trained at the Blenheim Nursing and Nurses Home, England, and served from 1914 to 1919 in various hospitals and hospital ships during the war period, and was present at the landing on Gallipoli. Subsequently she served two years at the Maldiva Hospital on the Island of St Helena, where she was in charge of a section of the hospital, comprising 110 beds. For several years, too, she served with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Reserve. She was a member of the Universities Mission of Central Africa, and was stationed In the Diocese of Nyasaland for three years. Whilst at this post, Sister Ogilvy, in the absence of the medical officer and wholly unaided, satisfactorily amputated the crushed foot of a native. Sister Ogilvy came to Australia on furlough from Africa, and stayed here, finally accepting the position of Matron at the Hampton Hospital, which position she held until her marriage with Mr.Sycamore. She was the possessor of many medals, including the Royal British Nurses' Association medal, King George medal, and the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. medal. Her decease will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
Townsville Daily Bulletin Thursday 7 April 1932 page 9
OGILVIE, Isobel Henderson
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1885 at Walhalla, Vic.
Daughter of Joseph OGILVIE and Catherine nee SEDDON
Of 90 Fenwick St., North Carlton, Melbourne, Vic.
Enlisted 02 April 1917
Aged 31 years
Embarked 21 April 1917 from Melbourne per 'Karoola'
Served in England and France
Returned to Australia per 'Kildonian Castle' 07 May 1919
Discharged as medically unfit 21 June 1919
Married William Hayden PRIME in 1920 in Vic.
Died 05 October 1953 in Vic.
Buried Springvale Cemetery Melaleuca Garden M7 Bed 3 Rose 12
AANS
Born 1885 at Walhalla, Vic.
Daughter of Joseph OGILVIE and Catherine nee SEDDON
Of 90 Fenwick St., North Carlton, Melbourne, Vic.
Enlisted 02 April 1917
Aged 31 years
Embarked 21 April 1917 from Melbourne per 'Karoola'
Served in England and France
Returned to Australia per 'Kildonian Castle' 07 May 1919
Discharged as medically unfit 21 June 1919
Married William Hayden PRIME in 1920 in Vic.
Died 05 October 1953 in Vic.
Buried Springvale Cemetery Melaleuca Garden M7 Bed 3 Rose 12
Isabel Ogilvie was born in Walhalla in 1885, the first surviving child of a miner, Joseph Ogilvie, and Catherine née Sneddon (Seddon). The family grew to number seven, four daughters and three sons. Three other daughters died in infancy. When their father died at the early age of 45 in 1902, Isabel, the oldest, was 17 and her youngest sibling was a toddler. Within a few years the widowed Catherine had moved her family to the city, living at 160 Rathdowne Street, 822 Drummond Street and then Nyora at 90 Fenwick Street. Isabel appears on the 1909 electoral roll as a student living at St Hilda's, Albert Street, East Melbourne. On the corner of Clarendon and Albert Streets, this Arts and Crafts mansion was built by successful tea merchant James Griffiths in 1907. He and his wife were both committed to Christian missionary work and almost as soon as it was completed the house was given in trust to a missionary society to become a Church of England Missionary Training Home. Living there in 1909, Isabel would have been among its earliest students. Perhaps missionary work was her intention at that time or perhaps other students were accommodated there as well.
When Isabel enlisted in the AANS seven years later in December 1916 she had completed three years' nursing training at the Austin Hospital and was 31 and eight months of age. Although on her attestation paper she stated her birthplace very clearly as Walhalla, a gremlin in the army machine typed it up as Gippsland, NSW. She embarked for overseas service on Anzac Day 1917 on the hospital ship Karoola, disembarking at Avonmouth near Bristol in mid June. By early July she was in France attached first to the 25th General Hospital. In November 1917 she was transferred to the 43rd Casualty Clearing Station, a front-line placement which would have involved very challenging work. Perhaps nurses were rotated in such positions; after a month she was returned to the 25th General Hospital. During 1918, in February and October, Isabel had two periods of fortnightly leave in England. By early 1919 she was herself in hospital, suffering from "debility" and returning to duty in March 1919. Soon after she was transferred to the 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital in England, where most of the patients would have been convalescent. Isabel returned to Australia as part of the nursing staff on the Kildonian Castle and was discharged from duty medically unfit in May 1919.
After her return Isabel was living at 90 Fenwick Street, North Carlton, with her mother Catherine, sister Ellen, a tailoress, and brother Joseph, a butcher and returned soldier whose story also appears on this page. In 1920 she married William Hayden Prime at the Erskine Presbyterian Church, then on the corner of Rathdowne and Grattan Streets, Carlton. The marriage notice in The Argus noted "Both late AIF". William Prime (Service Number 14419) had enlisted as a driver mechanic in February 1916 when he was 22 years eight months old. He embarked in June 1916 and by the end of that year was in France, attached to the 76th Field Ambulance. He was hospitalised briefly with scabies in March 1917, but otherwise appears to have survived physically unscathed. He was promoted several times and in June 1919 returned to England as Corporal Prime. He travelled home on the Suevic, disembarking in September and was discharged in October. He and Isabel were married four months later. Had they been engaged before the war? (Perhaps unlikely, given that she was eight years older than him.) Had they met in the appalling conditions of wartime France, where their experiences as nurse in a Casualty Clearing Station and ambulance driver created a strong bond?
A year after their marriage a son, Roland George, was born and again the notice in The Argus described the parents as "both late AIF". A second son was born in 1922 but lived only two days. Isabel lived to be 68, dying in 1953. For some time she and her husband had apparently been living in the Manchester Unity building in Swanston Street, perhaps in accommodation related to his employment as "superintendent". Her death notice refers to her son, her daughter-in-law and three grandchildren concluding "Late AANS 1st AIF". Her service was still obviously a source of great pride to her and to her family. Hayden, as his family called him, died in 1963.
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When Isabel enlisted in the AANS seven years later in December 1916 she had completed three years' nursing training at the Austin Hospital and was 31 and eight months of age. Although on her attestation paper she stated her birthplace very clearly as Walhalla, a gremlin in the army machine typed it up as Gippsland, NSW. She embarked for overseas service on Anzac Day 1917 on the hospital ship Karoola, disembarking at Avonmouth near Bristol in mid June. By early July she was in France attached first to the 25th General Hospital. In November 1917 she was transferred to the 43rd Casualty Clearing Station, a front-line placement which would have involved very challenging work. Perhaps nurses were rotated in such positions; after a month she was returned to the 25th General Hospital. During 1918, in February and October, Isabel had two periods of fortnightly leave in England. By early 1919 she was herself in hospital, suffering from "debility" and returning to duty in March 1919. Soon after she was transferred to the 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital in England, where most of the patients would have been convalescent. Isabel returned to Australia as part of the nursing staff on the Kildonian Castle and was discharged from duty medically unfit in May 1919.
After her return Isabel was living at 90 Fenwick Street, North Carlton, with her mother Catherine, sister Ellen, a tailoress, and brother Joseph, a butcher and returned soldier whose story also appears on this page. In 1920 she married William Hayden Prime at the Erskine Presbyterian Church, then on the corner of Rathdowne and Grattan Streets, Carlton. The marriage notice in The Argus noted "Both late AIF". William Prime (Service Number 14419) had enlisted as a driver mechanic in February 1916 when he was 22 years eight months old. He embarked in June 1916 and by the end of that year was in France, attached to the 76th Field Ambulance. He was hospitalised briefly with scabies in March 1917, but otherwise appears to have survived physically unscathed. He was promoted several times and in June 1919 returned to England as Corporal Prime. He travelled home on the Suevic, disembarking in September and was discharged in October. He and Isabel were married four months later. Had they been engaged before the war? (Perhaps unlikely, given that she was eight years older than him.) Had they met in the appalling conditions of wartime France, where their experiences as nurse in a Casualty Clearing Station and ambulance driver created a strong bond?
A year after their marriage a son, Roland George, was born and again the notice in The Argus described the parents as "both late AIF". A second son was born in 1922 but lived only two days. Isabel lived to be 68, dying in 1953. For some time she and her husband had apparently been living in the Manchester Unity building in Swanston Street, perhaps in accommodation related to his employment as "superintendent". Her death notice refers to her son, her daughter-in-law and three grandchildren concluding "Late AANS 1st AIF". Her service was still obviously a source of great pride to her and to her family. Hayden, as his family called him, died in 1963.
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OGLETHORPE, Sarah Ellen May
Sister
AANS
Born 1881 in Dubbo, NSW
Daughter of James OGLETHORPE and Mary nee SINNET
Of Benlick St., Bathurst, NSW
Enlisted 03 June 1915
Aged 31 years
Embarked 16 June 1915
Served in France and England
Returned to Australia per 'Argyllshire' 22 September 1919
Discharged as medically unfit 22 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 25 September 1960 at Repatriation Hospital, Concord, NSW
A NURSE BACK FROM HELIOPOLIS
NURSE OCLETHORPE SPEAKS
COURAGE OF THE WOUNDED
Nurse May Oglethorpe, a daughter of Mr. and mrs. Oglethorpe, of Bentinck street, who has been stationed at Heliopolis, in Egypt, attending wounded Australian soldiers is at present at home in Bathurst. Nurse Oglethorpe returned to Australia by the troopship Themistocles, which arrived during the early portion of the present week. She was one of a dozen sisters selected to accompany the 700 men who journeyed out to Australia by vessel, and is naturally elated at the fact that she was given the opportunity of making the trip back to her home country, and seeing her parents for a few days, prior to again taking up Red Cross work overseas.
A MODEST LADY
The nurse who is of that bright cheerful disposition that is usually associated with those of her calling and which appears to be the primary essential of the nursing profession, speaks of her experiences in an interesting strain. She is of a modest nature, and prefers not to discuss the more delicate side of the nursing question at the front-that of the actual attendance on the maimed wounded ones. But so far as general reminiscences in connection with what she has seen during her period of association with the wounded one is concerned, Nurse Ogelthorpe has a wealth of interesting reminiscences to make known.
All the Sisters at Heliopolis were particularly anxious to be selected for transport duty, she declares, and when I was one of the lucky ones who were asked bo make the journey by ho Themistocles, I was naturally greatly elated. I think that I am an excellent sailor had much to do with my good fortune, as it is vitally necessary that
one should be able to stand the sea effects when on transport or hospital ship duty.
DREADFUL WOUNDS
Many of the poor boys who came home with us were in a dreadfully maimed condition, and were suffering greatly. But the Australians proved to be real heroes in this respect and I never heard one of them complain while in the hospital at Heliopolis or on the boat. They were always cheerful, and gave us very little trouble. The dozen of us sisters who were on the boat were there for the purpose of attending those cases where the men were so badly wounded as to not be out of danger. The rest of the host of them looked after themselves for the most part, and we all got on wonderfully well together.
'The great desire of all the nurses at the Egypt hospitals is to get to the Dardanelles, so that they will be where the actual fighting is. Out at Heliopolis and elsewhere the work is hard and interesting, but of course we see nothing of any real warfare, and only have the wounded boys under our care after they are brought back from the fighting area.'
'My stay at home will be only a short one, as I expect to leave Australia again on the 25th of the present month. I am hoping that I will return by the Themistocles, and that I may be fortunate enough to be stationed at the Dardanells a little later on. I am proceeding to Melbourne on Monday, so will be saying 'Goody-bye' to Bathurst very shortly now.'
TELLING PHOTOS
Nurse Oglethorpe, who was trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, speaks enthusiastically of the life at the hospitals overseas, and, with the commendable idea of graphically illustrating the many sights of interest that she has seen, she has made a collection of a number of most interesting snapshots of the various hospitals, their surroundings, the pyramids, Egyptian native groups, and scenes among the wounded on the transports.
Some of the latter photographs depict men suffering from most pitiful mutilation, and Nurse Oglethorpe tells feelingly of the courageous demeanor of these wounded ones in their suffering and distress. One little snapshot group taken on the Themistocles on her recent trip shows a happy looking youth, smiling broadly, and with his right arm in a sling. His head has been photographed held quizzically on one side, and it is only when one is told that his is the result of shell-fire, and that the young man for the rest of his days must go through life with his neck so bent that his head will always be held practically on his shoulder, that the pitiful nature of the soldier's wounds is realised. Others are shown to have lost limbs, and to be disfigured about the face, but on the countenances of all of them appears that cheerful smile which is typical of the true soldier and good Australian.
Nurse Oglethorpe has temporarily forsaken the honourable uniform of the Red Cross nurse while on her present visit. She states that everyone who finds out that she has been on nursing duty with the Australian heroes is anxious to 'have a chat with her,' and learn of her experiences. Hence her use of the mufti of civilian attire while on leave. The nurse resolutely refused to be interviewed at first,and even when she had told the 'Times' man all she had to tell, and exhibited her interesting collection of photographs, she concluded with a naive request - 'Don;t put my name in the paper please.' But Miss Oglethorpe must realise that her views on things in connection with the Empire's struggle for supremacy are well worth public ventilation. Therefore she will probably forgive us for having the temerity to publish this account of our representative's chat with her - without a touch of the censor's pencil.
The Bathurst Times Saturday 18 September 1915 page 2
AANS
Born 1881 in Dubbo, NSW
Daughter of James OGLETHORPE and Mary nee SINNET
Of Benlick St., Bathurst, NSW
Enlisted 03 June 1915
Aged 31 years
Embarked 16 June 1915
Served in France and England
Returned to Australia per 'Argyllshire' 22 September 1919
Discharged as medically unfit 22 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 25 September 1960 at Repatriation Hospital, Concord, NSW
A NURSE BACK FROM HELIOPOLIS
NURSE OCLETHORPE SPEAKS
COURAGE OF THE WOUNDED
Nurse May Oglethorpe, a daughter of Mr. and mrs. Oglethorpe, of Bentinck street, who has been stationed at Heliopolis, in Egypt, attending wounded Australian soldiers is at present at home in Bathurst. Nurse Oglethorpe returned to Australia by the troopship Themistocles, which arrived during the early portion of the present week. She was one of a dozen sisters selected to accompany the 700 men who journeyed out to Australia by vessel, and is naturally elated at the fact that she was given the opportunity of making the trip back to her home country, and seeing her parents for a few days, prior to again taking up Red Cross work overseas.
A MODEST LADY
The nurse who is of that bright cheerful disposition that is usually associated with those of her calling and which appears to be the primary essential of the nursing profession, speaks of her experiences in an interesting strain. She is of a modest nature, and prefers not to discuss the more delicate side of the nursing question at the front-that of the actual attendance on the maimed wounded ones. But so far as general reminiscences in connection with what she has seen during her period of association with the wounded one is concerned, Nurse Ogelthorpe has a wealth of interesting reminiscences to make known.
All the Sisters at Heliopolis were particularly anxious to be selected for transport duty, she declares, and when I was one of the lucky ones who were asked bo make the journey by ho Themistocles, I was naturally greatly elated. I think that I am an excellent sailor had much to do with my good fortune, as it is vitally necessary that
one should be able to stand the sea effects when on transport or hospital ship duty.
DREADFUL WOUNDS
Many of the poor boys who came home with us were in a dreadfully maimed condition, and were suffering greatly. But the Australians proved to be real heroes in this respect and I never heard one of them complain while in the hospital at Heliopolis or on the boat. They were always cheerful, and gave us very little trouble. The dozen of us sisters who were on the boat were there for the purpose of attending those cases where the men were so badly wounded as to not be out of danger. The rest of the host of them looked after themselves for the most part, and we all got on wonderfully well together.
'The great desire of all the nurses at the Egypt hospitals is to get to the Dardanelles, so that they will be where the actual fighting is. Out at Heliopolis and elsewhere the work is hard and interesting, but of course we see nothing of any real warfare, and only have the wounded boys under our care after they are brought back from the fighting area.'
'My stay at home will be only a short one, as I expect to leave Australia again on the 25th of the present month. I am hoping that I will return by the Themistocles, and that I may be fortunate enough to be stationed at the Dardanells a little later on. I am proceeding to Melbourne on Monday, so will be saying 'Goody-bye' to Bathurst very shortly now.'
TELLING PHOTOS
Nurse Oglethorpe, who was trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, speaks enthusiastically of the life at the hospitals overseas, and, with the commendable idea of graphically illustrating the many sights of interest that she has seen, she has made a collection of a number of most interesting snapshots of the various hospitals, their surroundings, the pyramids, Egyptian native groups, and scenes among the wounded on the transports.
Some of the latter photographs depict men suffering from most pitiful mutilation, and Nurse Oglethorpe tells feelingly of the courageous demeanor of these wounded ones in their suffering and distress. One little snapshot group taken on the Themistocles on her recent trip shows a happy looking youth, smiling broadly, and with his right arm in a sling. His head has been photographed held quizzically on one side, and it is only when one is told that his is the result of shell-fire, and that the young man for the rest of his days must go through life with his neck so bent that his head will always be held practically on his shoulder, that the pitiful nature of the soldier's wounds is realised. Others are shown to have lost limbs, and to be disfigured about the face, but on the countenances of all of them appears that cheerful smile which is typical of the true soldier and good Australian.
Nurse Oglethorpe has temporarily forsaken the honourable uniform of the Red Cross nurse while on her present visit. She states that everyone who finds out that she has been on nursing duty with the Australian heroes is anxious to 'have a chat with her,' and learn of her experiences. Hence her use of the mufti of civilian attire while on leave. The nurse resolutely refused to be interviewed at first,and even when she had told the 'Times' man all she had to tell, and exhibited her interesting collection of photographs, she concluded with a naive request - 'Don;t put my name in the paper please.' But Miss Oglethorpe must realise that her views on things in connection with the Empire's struggle for supremacy are well worth public ventilation. Therefore she will probably forgive us for having the temerity to publish this account of our representative's chat with her - without a touch of the censor's pencil.
The Bathurst Times Saturday 18 September 1915 page 2
O'GRADY, Amy Veda
Sister
AANS
Born Castlemaine, Vic.
Daughter of Daniel O'GRADY and Ellen nee EGAN
Sister of Rev. O'Grady
Of Presbytery, Preston, Vic.
Enlisted 10 August 1915
Aged 39 years
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Embarked 24 August 1915 at Melbourne per 'Morea'
Served in Egypt and India
Died of Cholera at Colaba War Hospital, Bombay, India 12 August 1916
Buried Sewree Cemetery, Bombay plot 10 lien T grave no 3
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AANS
Born Castlemaine, Vic.
Daughter of Daniel O'GRADY and Ellen nee EGAN
Sister of Rev. O'Grady
Of Presbytery, Preston, Vic.
Enlisted 10 August 1915
Aged 39 years
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Embarked 24 August 1915 at Melbourne per 'Morea'
Served in Egypt and India
Died of Cholera at Colaba War Hospital, Bombay, India 12 August 1916
Buried Sewree Cemetery, Bombay plot 10 lien T grave no 3
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NURSE O'GRADY. A.I.F.
Requiem High Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, 7th Inst., at the Sacred Heart Church, Preston, for the repose of the soul of Nurse O'Grady, Australian Imperial Forces, who recently died, while on active service, from cholera, contracted at Bombay. The Rev. Fr. O'Grady, of Preston, is the brother of the deceased nurse. The Rev Fr. McKenna was celebrant of the Mass, assisted by Rev. Fr. Mangan (deacon) and Rev. Fr. Carney (sub-deacon). Amongst the other clergy present were: — The Very Rev. Dean Carey, Rev. G. A. Robinson, Rev. J.Manly, Rev. R. Benson, P.P., Rev. J. Norris, P.P., Rev. P. O'Brien, Rev. J.J. Egan, Rev. J. B. King, Rev. A.Vaughan, Rev. Dr. Kelly, Rev. J. Murray, Rev. P.McGee, Rev. J. Lee, Rev. T. Bride, Rev. J. P. O'Connell, Rev. M. Hayes, Rev. T. B. Power, Rev. T. B. Walsh, Rev. Joseph Murphy, Rev. N. Hoare.
The Rev. T. B. Walsh and the Rev.P. O'Brien acted as cantors. R.I. P.
Advocate Saturday 23 September 1916 page 16
Requiem High Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, 7th Inst., at the Sacred Heart Church, Preston, for the repose of the soul of Nurse O'Grady, Australian Imperial Forces, who recently died, while on active service, from cholera, contracted at Bombay. The Rev. Fr. O'Grady, of Preston, is the brother of the deceased nurse. The Rev Fr. McKenna was celebrant of the Mass, assisted by Rev. Fr. Mangan (deacon) and Rev. Fr. Carney (sub-deacon). Amongst the other clergy present were: — The Very Rev. Dean Carey, Rev. G. A. Robinson, Rev. J.Manly, Rev. R. Benson, P.P., Rev. J. Norris, P.P., Rev. P. O'Brien, Rev. J.J. Egan, Rev. J. B. King, Rev. A.Vaughan, Rev. Dr. Kelly, Rev. J. Murray, Rev. P.McGee, Rev. J. Lee, Rev. T. Bride, Rev. J. P. O'Connell, Rev. M. Hayes, Rev. T. B. Power, Rev. T. B. Walsh, Rev. Joseph Murphy, Rev. N. Hoare.
The Rev. T. B. Walsh and the Rev.P. O'Brien acted as cantors. R.I. P.
Advocate Saturday 23 September 1916 page 16
O'HANLON, Elizabeth Frances
Staff Nurse
AANS
Indian Nursing Service
Born 1883 at Nathalia, Vic.
Daughter of Timothy O'HANLON and Mary Ann nee KAVANAGH
Of 'Riverlea', 16 Lindlay Avenue, St. Kilda, Vic.
Enlisted 04 December 1916
Aged 30 years
Embarked 26 December 1916 from Melbourne per 'Moultan'
Served in India
Resigned appointment in India due to marriage 04 May 1919
Married 01 January 1919 by Rev. Father Gabard, Captain to Dr. Arthur Steven, R.A.M.C. son of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Steven, Edinburgh, Scotland of Elizabeth Frances (nurse) O'Hanlon (A.A.N.S.), third eldest daughter of Mrs. M.A. O'Hanlon, St. Kilda and the late Mr. T. O'Hanlon, Nathalia.
Embarked at Bombay for Australia per 'Medic' 01 December 1919
Arrived in Melbourne
Died 1959 in Sydney, NSW
AANS
Indian Nursing Service
Born 1883 at Nathalia, Vic.
Daughter of Timothy O'HANLON and Mary Ann nee KAVANAGH
Of 'Riverlea', 16 Lindlay Avenue, St. Kilda, Vic.
Enlisted 04 December 1916
Aged 30 years
Embarked 26 December 1916 from Melbourne per 'Moultan'
Served in India
Resigned appointment in India due to marriage 04 May 1919
Married 01 January 1919 by Rev. Father Gabard, Captain to Dr. Arthur Steven, R.A.M.C. son of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Steven, Edinburgh, Scotland of Elizabeth Frances (nurse) O'Hanlon (A.A.N.S.), third eldest daughter of Mrs. M.A. O'Hanlon, St. Kilda and the late Mr. T. O'Hanlon, Nathalia.
Embarked at Bombay for Australia per 'Medic' 01 December 1919
Arrived in Melbourne
Died 1959 in Sydney, NSW
O'KANE, Rosa
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 14 April 1890 at Charters Towers, Qld. Daughter of John Gregory and Jeanie Elizabeth O'KANE Of Deane St., Charters Towers, North Queensland Trained at Townsville General Hospital Appointed Matron of the Winton Hospital, resigning to go to the front. Enlisted 07 October 1912 Embarked 14 October 1918 in Sydney per 'Wyreema' Served in Salonika Died at Quarantine Station Woodman Point, WA of Spanish Flu 21 December 1918 Aged 28 years Buried Quarantine Station, Woodman Point, WA https://blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/2016/07/27/a-war-mothers-plea/ |
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NURSES "DEVOTION."
When the troopship Wyreema was recalled from Capetown, owing to the signing of the Armistice, she carried a detachment of 40 Australian army nursing sisters as reinforcements for Salonika. The troopship Boonah was two days behind the Wyreema, and a number of the troops on board contracted pneumonic influenza. A request was received by Lieutenant Colonel P. M. McFarlane, who was in command of the troops on the Wyreema, to land 20 nursing sisters to help nurse the Boonah patients at the Woodman's Point quarantine station, Fremantle. Volunteers were invited, and so many offered that the names were placed in a hat and 20 drawn out. Three of them made the supreme sacrifice—Sister Rosa O'Kane, Nurse Hilda Williams, and Nurse Ridgeway— and a number of the others contracted the disease. Sister Rosa O'Kane was the only daughter of Mrs. J. G. O'Kane, of Charters Towers, and the late Mr. J. G. O'Kane, sister of Messrs. Frank and J. G. O'Kane, and grand-daughter of the late Mr. Thaddeus O'Kane, formerly proprietor of "The Northern Miner," and a prominent journalist of his time. Sister O'Kane's grave, with a headstone erected by the patriotic committee of Charters Towers in memory of her magnificent self-sacrifice, is in the only military cemetery in Australia— that at Woodman's Point— and each Anzac Day a contingent of returned soldiers visits the cemetery and places wreathes on the graves of the three nurses who made the supreme sacrifice.
The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 11 November 1931 page 13
Nurse Dies on Duty
Sister Rosa O'Kane, whose death is reported from Perth through influenza, left Victoria about eight weeks ago on a transport for "service somewhere." On the voyage a wireless message was received from the military authorities in South Africa, calling for volunteers to nurse influenza patients in quarantine. In responding to the call of duty, Sister O'Kane made the supreme sacrifice.
Sister O'Kane is a daughter of Mrs J. E. O'Kane, Ryan street, Charters Towers, Queensland. She joined the military service in Queensland on October 7 and embarked at Sydney for overseas duty as a staff nurse on
October 14.
Weekly Times Saturday 28 December 1918 page 38
To the Editor.
Sir,-In your issue of December 23 last I read a report of the military funeral of my niece, Sister Rosa O'Kane, of Victoria, who bad died of pneumonic influenza at Woodman's Point, and should like you to know that Sister
O'Kane was from Charters Towers, North Queensland, and was trained in the Townsville Hospital. After passing her final examination she was appointed matron of the Winton Hospital, but a short time afterwards was called up for military service and spent eleven months in the military hospital, Brisbane, awaiting her call to the front. The call came too late, as peace was declared before she reached the Cape and the ship was turned back to Australia. Sister O'Kane's last letter was dated December 9 and she expected to be in Fremantle next day and home for Christmas. The next news I got was of her illness and death. I write this just to ask that Queensland (where Sister Rosa O'Kane had many friends) be given the credit of her great sacrifice.
-Yours, etc.,(Mrs.) It. J. HALL. Titles Office. Brisbane, Jan. .10.
The West Australia Wednesday 22 January 1919 page 6
General regret was expressed in Townsville, when' it became known that Sister Rosa O'Kane Had made the supreme sacrifice, dying from the effects of that dread scourge, Spanish influenza, whilst nursing the soldier patients at Woodman's Point, Western Australia. Sister O'Kane, who received her training at the Townsville
Hospital, was a splendid type of Irish Australian womanhood, and during her course of training in Townsville made hosts of friends by her lovable disposition. Heart felt sympathy is extended to her mother, Mrs. O'Kane, in her irreparable loss --
RIP
The Catholic Press Thursday 16 January 1919 page 42
When the troopship Wyreema was recalled from Capetown, owing to the signing of the Armistice, she carried a detachment of 40 Australian army nursing sisters as reinforcements for Salonika. The troopship Boonah was two days behind the Wyreema, and a number of the troops on board contracted pneumonic influenza. A request was received by Lieutenant Colonel P. M. McFarlane, who was in command of the troops on the Wyreema, to land 20 nursing sisters to help nurse the Boonah patients at the Woodman's Point quarantine station, Fremantle. Volunteers were invited, and so many offered that the names were placed in a hat and 20 drawn out. Three of them made the supreme sacrifice—Sister Rosa O'Kane, Nurse Hilda Williams, and Nurse Ridgeway— and a number of the others contracted the disease. Sister Rosa O'Kane was the only daughter of Mrs. J. G. O'Kane, of Charters Towers, and the late Mr. J. G. O'Kane, sister of Messrs. Frank and J. G. O'Kane, and grand-daughter of the late Mr. Thaddeus O'Kane, formerly proprietor of "The Northern Miner," and a prominent journalist of his time. Sister O'Kane's grave, with a headstone erected by the patriotic committee of Charters Towers in memory of her magnificent self-sacrifice, is in the only military cemetery in Australia— that at Woodman's Point— and each Anzac Day a contingent of returned soldiers visits the cemetery and places wreathes on the graves of the three nurses who made the supreme sacrifice.
The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 11 November 1931 page 13
Nurse Dies on Duty
Sister Rosa O'Kane, whose death is reported from Perth through influenza, left Victoria about eight weeks ago on a transport for "service somewhere." On the voyage a wireless message was received from the military authorities in South Africa, calling for volunteers to nurse influenza patients in quarantine. In responding to the call of duty, Sister O'Kane made the supreme sacrifice.
Sister O'Kane is a daughter of Mrs J. E. O'Kane, Ryan street, Charters Towers, Queensland. She joined the military service in Queensland on October 7 and embarked at Sydney for overseas duty as a staff nurse on
October 14.
Weekly Times Saturday 28 December 1918 page 38
To the Editor.
Sir,-In your issue of December 23 last I read a report of the military funeral of my niece, Sister Rosa O'Kane, of Victoria, who bad died of pneumonic influenza at Woodman's Point, and should like you to know that Sister
O'Kane was from Charters Towers, North Queensland, and was trained in the Townsville Hospital. After passing her final examination she was appointed matron of the Winton Hospital, but a short time afterwards was called up for military service and spent eleven months in the military hospital, Brisbane, awaiting her call to the front. The call came too late, as peace was declared before she reached the Cape and the ship was turned back to Australia. Sister O'Kane's last letter was dated December 9 and she expected to be in Fremantle next day and home for Christmas. The next news I got was of her illness and death. I write this just to ask that Queensland (where Sister Rosa O'Kane had many friends) be given the credit of her great sacrifice.
-Yours, etc.,(Mrs.) It. J. HALL. Titles Office. Brisbane, Jan. .10.
The West Australia Wednesday 22 January 1919 page 6
General regret was expressed in Townsville, when' it became known that Sister Rosa O'Kane Had made the supreme sacrifice, dying from the effects of that dread scourge, Spanish influenza, whilst nursing the soldier patients at Woodman's Point, Western Australia. Sister O'Kane, who received her training at the Townsville
Hospital, was a splendid type of Irish Australian womanhood, and during her course of training in Townsville made hosts of friends by her lovable disposition. Heart felt sympathy is extended to her mother, Mrs. O'Kane, in her irreparable loss --
RIP
The Catholic Press Thursday 16 January 1919 page 42
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A touching picture is conveyed in a letter from one of the quarantine sisters, describing burial of Sister 0'Kane:—'Between. 2 a.m.,and. 3 a.m. on a beautiful moonlight night, writes Sister Morris, 'four sailors carried the body, (wrapped in a winding sheet of the Union Jack) to the mortuary out in the scrub. Later in the day the burial took place at the quarantine station. The nurses made little wreaths from West Australian wild flowers, which were placed on the coffin with the Union Jack. I did not leave the grave side till the 'Last Post' was sounded. 'Over Sister O'Kane's grave is a granite column; erected by her friends in Queensland and upon the other nurses' graves, as well as on the 17 or 18 graves of the soldier victims, are the simple white crosses, which mark our soldiers' graves the world over. The men buried here are from the Eastern States and New Zealand.
Let us, then, on Anzac Day, - think fora moment of that lonely little cemetery in the bush and those white sanded graves lying in the sunlight in the sound of the murmuring sea. The West Australian Tuesday 25 April 1933 page 4 |
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OLDFIELD, Linda May
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1887 at Redfern, Sydney, NSW Daughter of John William OLDFIELD and Mary nee GREGORY Of 'Cotswold' 17 Allen St., Glebe Point, Sydney, NSW Enlisted 22 May 1917 Aged 29 years Embarked 09 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Moultan' Served in Salonika and England Returned to Australia 10 August 1919 per 'Themistocles' Appointment terminated 21 March 1920 Married Anton Joseph SATTLER in 1944 Died 09 January 1977 in NSW Late of LIndfield, NSW |
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O'NEILL, Agnes Ellen
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born Stanley, Vic. Daughter of Mrs. James O'NEILL Of Stanley, Vic. Trained at Ovens Dist. Hospital, Beechworth Enlisted Military District 3 10 July 1917 Aged 29 years Embarked 31 August 1917 Served in Salonika Returned to Australia per 'Indarra' 06 September 1919 Discharged as medically unfit 14 February 1920 Died July 1987 Read more here |
Courtesy of Anne Hanson
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O'NEILL, Annie (Nance)
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Sister
AANS No 3 General Hospital Daughter of Patrick Joseph and Annie O'NEILL Of West Kempsey, MacLeay River Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW Enlisted 23 April 1915 Aged 26 years Embarked 15 May 1915 Served in France Resigned appointment in London due to marriage 04 July 1918 Married Reginald G DOWNING 04 July 1918 in Hendon, England Died 02 August 1974 in NSW Photograph Sunday Mail Wednesday 07 July 1915 page 33 |
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Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 84
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 47, position 5
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 84
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 47, position 5
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 19 April 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 926, position 113
Date of London Gazette: 1 December 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 11808, position 43
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 19 April 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 926, position 113
Date of London Gazette: 1 December 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 11808, position 43
Nurse Nance O'Neill, who has recently been awarded the Royal Red Cross for her services at
the front, was trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst. Offering herself for military service abroad at the very outset of the war, Miss O'Neill was appointed Theatre Sister at the Garrison
Military Hospital, Sydney. From there she was transferred to Lemnos, and thence to France,
where she is still carrying on her labour of love. This is the second nurse in connection with St. Vincent's who has been thus honoured, Nurse Marie Macken having been awarded, a short
time previously, the Royal Red
Cross of the First Class.
Freeman's Journal Thursday 25 January 1917 page 20
A Military Wedding.
Mr. P. J. O'Neill received a cablegram from Edinburgh
this morning (Thursday)conveying the intimation that his daughter, Sister Nance O'Neill, was
married on July 4th to Captain Reg. Downing, formerly ofSydney. Sister O'Neill left Australia
over three years ago in the troopship Mooltan,with Colonel-Surgeon Fiaschi, and served in
Egypt, was present at the opening of Lemnos Hospital, and afterwards served in No. 3
Australian General Hospital, then went to Brighton Hospital, England, and afterwards to
France. For her splendidservices she was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace
with the order of the Royal Red Cross. She has practically been right through the four
zones of the war, namely, Gallipoli, France, Lemnos, and England. Captain Downing left
Australia over three years ago, and won his commission on the field, and also gained the M.M. decoration for distinguished service in the field. Prior to the war he held the position of Master of Agriculture, in the Agricultural Department, and is beloved by the men under him. He has been wounded twice. — ' Macleay Argus.'We will all join in wishing abounding good fortune and happiness to Captain Downing and his bride. The popular and handsome Sister Nance O'Neill is well known to a large circle of friends in this district, and her gracious and winning personality proved an invaluable asset in the nursing service. Writing from France on March 10th last, Quartermaster-Sergeant E. K. Pountney says of her : — 'Have not seen Sister Nance O'Neill yet, as she is away on leave. Strange to say, I had the Captain Quartermaster of the 12th Field Ambulance in this morning. We started talking of Peninsula and Lemnos Island days, and in the course of conversation I asked him if he happened to know a Sister Nance O'Neill. He replied, ' Of course I do ! ' He then went on to say that she was absolutely adored by patients and all others connected with hospital work. He was quite surprised to hear that she was now stationed close by here. He mentioned how down-hearted all the staff at Lemnos were during the critical days of Nance O'Neill's illness— when she was expected to go under. He said it was only good fortune and the best of medical and nursing attendance that pulled her through, though at the time it was thought their efforts would prove of little avail. I will try and go along and see her before going on leave on the 17th inst.
Port Macquarie News and Hasting River Advocate 27 July 1918 page 5
Captain R. G. Downing, M.C. with Bar, B.A., B.Sc. (Agr.), has been recently appointed acting-senior experimentalist to the Board of Agriculture. Leaving Australia with the A.I.F. as a, non-com., he fought in France and was awarded the M.C. and promoted lieutenant for excellent work in connection with a machine-gun section. Later on, being severely wounded in an engagement, he had to spend several months in a military hospital recovering. Having recovered, he rejoined his regiment and was a Awarded a bar to his M.C. and promoted captain for able leadership in an engagement near Amiens. While in England he married Miss Nance O'Neill, of Kempsey, who was awarded a Red Cross decoration for specially able services as a hospital nurse in connection with the A.I.F. in France. Captain Downey was educated at St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill.
The Freeman's Journal Thursday 04 September 1919 page 22
the front, was trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst. Offering herself for military service abroad at the very outset of the war, Miss O'Neill was appointed Theatre Sister at the Garrison
Military Hospital, Sydney. From there she was transferred to Lemnos, and thence to France,
where she is still carrying on her labour of love. This is the second nurse in connection with St. Vincent's who has been thus honoured, Nurse Marie Macken having been awarded, a short
time previously, the Royal Red
Cross of the First Class.
Freeman's Journal Thursday 25 January 1917 page 20
A Military Wedding.
Mr. P. J. O'Neill received a cablegram from Edinburgh
this morning (Thursday)conveying the intimation that his daughter, Sister Nance O'Neill, was
married on July 4th to Captain Reg. Downing, formerly ofSydney. Sister O'Neill left Australia
over three years ago in the troopship Mooltan,with Colonel-Surgeon Fiaschi, and served in
Egypt, was present at the opening of Lemnos Hospital, and afterwards served in No. 3
Australian General Hospital, then went to Brighton Hospital, England, and afterwards to
France. For her splendidservices she was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace
with the order of the Royal Red Cross. She has practically been right through the four
zones of the war, namely, Gallipoli, France, Lemnos, and England. Captain Downing left
Australia over three years ago, and won his commission on the field, and also gained the M.M. decoration for distinguished service in the field. Prior to the war he held the position of Master of Agriculture, in the Agricultural Department, and is beloved by the men under him. He has been wounded twice. — ' Macleay Argus.'We will all join in wishing abounding good fortune and happiness to Captain Downing and his bride. The popular and handsome Sister Nance O'Neill is well known to a large circle of friends in this district, and her gracious and winning personality proved an invaluable asset in the nursing service. Writing from France on March 10th last, Quartermaster-Sergeant E. K. Pountney says of her : — 'Have not seen Sister Nance O'Neill yet, as she is away on leave. Strange to say, I had the Captain Quartermaster of the 12th Field Ambulance in this morning. We started talking of Peninsula and Lemnos Island days, and in the course of conversation I asked him if he happened to know a Sister Nance O'Neill. He replied, ' Of course I do ! ' He then went on to say that she was absolutely adored by patients and all others connected with hospital work. He was quite surprised to hear that she was now stationed close by here. He mentioned how down-hearted all the staff at Lemnos were during the critical days of Nance O'Neill's illness— when she was expected to go under. He said it was only good fortune and the best of medical and nursing attendance that pulled her through, though at the time it was thought their efforts would prove of little avail. I will try and go along and see her before going on leave on the 17th inst.
Port Macquarie News and Hasting River Advocate 27 July 1918 page 5
Captain R. G. Downing, M.C. with Bar, B.A., B.Sc. (Agr.), has been recently appointed acting-senior experimentalist to the Board of Agriculture. Leaving Australia with the A.I.F. as a, non-com., he fought in France and was awarded the M.C. and promoted lieutenant for excellent work in connection with a machine-gun section. Later on, being severely wounded in an engagement, he had to spend several months in a military hospital recovering. Having recovered, he rejoined his regiment and was a Awarded a bar to his M.C. and promoted captain for able leadership in an engagement near Amiens. While in England he married Miss Nance O'Neill, of Kempsey, who was awarded a Red Cross decoration for specially able services as a hospital nurse in connection with the A.I.F. in France. Captain Downey was educated at St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill.
The Freeman's Journal Thursday 04 September 1919 page 22
O'NEILL, Emily Gertrude
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1875 in Binalong, NSW
Daughter of Thomas Joseph O'NEILL and Martha Elizabeth nee MULLALY
NOK Step Sister Ursula DALTON
Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Moved to Western Australia
Enlisted 11 December 1916
Embarked 12 December 1916
Served in Egypt and Greece
Returned to Western Australia May 1919
Appointment terminated 07 August 1919
Matron of Fremantle Women's Prison until early 1930's
Returned to NSW
Did not marry
Died 20 August 1937 at Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, NSW
Aged 65 years
Buried Waverley Cemetery
AANS
Born 1875 in Binalong, NSW
Daughter of Thomas Joseph O'NEILL and Martha Elizabeth nee MULLALY
NOK Step Sister Ursula DALTON
Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Moved to Western Australia
Enlisted 11 December 1916
Embarked 12 December 1916
Served in Egypt and Greece
Returned to Western Australia May 1919
Appointment terminated 07 August 1919
Matron of Fremantle Women's Prison until early 1930's
Returned to NSW
Did not marry
Died 20 August 1937 at Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, NSW
Aged 65 years
Buried Waverley Cemetery
NURSE O'NEILL'S LETTER.
Dear Aunt Mary, When in Egypt I wrote you quite a long letter, giving you an account of all the Mosques end interesting places I had seen. I thought you would be pleased to hear from a Western Australian nurse (and also to thank you for the interest you took in trying to get me out on active service). I do not know if you ever received my letter, but I think if you had done so, you would have answered it. If you only knew what a pleasure it is to get letters (or even a paper) in the country you would send me one occasionally.
Now, I will try and describe and give you my impression of Salonica. The truth of the old adage, that distance lends enchantment to the eye came home to me with greater force than ever when landing in the streets of the town in the near east. From the deck of our transport (the Osmanieh which brought us over from Alexandria last August, and which since has met the fate of many other boats) the view seemed one huge mixture of East and Ancient Greece. There on our far left, is Mt. Olympus, the home of everything god-like in ancient times, while over the bow could be seen the greatest medley of ancient and modern architecture I think it has ever been my luck to view, and the impression made can never be forgotten. The high hills of Hortiach with Mt. Kotos, the highest point, make a good back ground to the picture of the city, whose levels on the land side are to the present day demarked by the old ram-parts, or walls with their battlements and strong towers adding to their one time military strength and importance.
The old Thessalonicans must have been proud of these fortifications and secure as they were from attack on their sea board, these walls must have given a snug feeling of security which was strange to the people of those wild and warlike times, when might was right and the sword was used oftener than the plough, i.e. 315 B.C. to 395 A.D.
The Byzantines in 395 A.D. when they became rulers of Salonica must have thought no end of their military powers in becoming masters of such an old time impregnable city. Cassander in building these walls (in or about 315 B.C.) thought the city, which bore his wife's name (Thes-salonica) would ever remain the most cherished of his possessions, but alas the wild Byzantines were able to tear from him his fair city.
But to return to the mental picture as seen from the transport. Immediately below the city walls high ground, is the Turkish or native quarters, or as it is sometimes called the old city. Here it is that close contact, detracts from the splendor of the distant view, for later, I discovered it was not all shining homes, tall minarets and handsome ecclesiastical buildings, but, that these were only outstanding items in a most sordid surrounding; however, the modern and present day commercial and suburban part of the city stretching along the whole sea front makes up in part for the filth of the interior, for on a whole it is, or, was before the fire (August 1917) a city not altogether ignorant of town planning, laws of sanitation and modern architecture. It is certainly not an Arcadian, nor is it a city of delights to the eye, or for that matter, the nose either, for in spite of all its pretences toward civilisation of Western Europe the smell Oriental cannot be eliminated for, is its population not for the most part Oriental too.
The outstanding buildings as seen from the transport are mostly Mosques or Greek orthodox churches, all mixed up with ware-houses, dwelling houses, and hovels, all of them showing their splendid or mean architecture of ancient or modern design, as the case may be. The present day Greek churches St. George's (circular building) 350 A.D. , (where now they are searching and excavating for the Emperor's palace which has been buried) Our Lady's (Basilica) 425 A.D. St. Sophia (Greek Cross)495 A.D. St. Demetius (Basilica) 580 A.D.(Now in complete ruins from the fire) are the first sign of Salonica's conversion to Christianity, while of a later date is the Church of the twelve Apostles, 700 A.D.Going ashore by tender, seemed to us like a voyage on a broom stick into unknown regions, and on landing on the English quay, the bustle of military and naval activity on the docks, reminded us that it was neither a supernatural, nor yet Cook's-tour we were on. The quay side seemed to throb with all nationalities under the sun, and the uniforms, although mostly of the drab active service kind were various enough to remind one of the rainbow and its beautiful display of colouring and tints. From the docks, we were wafted by motor ambulance to the small part of Mother Earth, which was to be the scene of our labours : of these labours am not permitted to write fully. Very little surgical work at present, principally dysentery and malaria (benign and malignant tertian) with complications such as black water fever, etc. I might mention malaria is a perfect scourge here, several of our sisters have been sent home through it.
After the first rush of settling down one had time to look around and take an interest in the advantages and disadvantages under which the citizens of Salonica live. It is a port situated in a huge natural haven. The geographical position for commercial necessity advantageous. There is little wonder therefore that history is full of references to it, as having been the scene of both much bloodshed and medieval cruelty. The conflict of religious factions gave rise to this. The eve of the conqueror was also that of the merchant, for the covetous eye was ever attracted towards Salonica by more the commercial interest of the soldier than by a lust formilitary or territorial conquest.
The ancient Athenians found in Salonicaa wealthy seaport to drain the plains and hills of the whole of Macedonia of its produce right from its natural barrier, the Balashiza Mountains in the north, with its Rupels Pass to drain even further north, if advantageous commercially to open up and barter with these less civilised mountaineers. Constantinople, in the north not only objected to this, but did not rest until Macedonia become part of its empire. Because of this Mohammedan invasion, the ecclesiastical buildings are peculiar in having both Christian and Moham-medan architectural symbols, viz., the dome surmounted by cross, and the minareti by crescent. It is strange to stand within these buildings and think that, these same walls have echoed with both the prayers and religious observance of Christian and Pagan.
Like the Coptic churches of Egypt, all these churches of Salonica were wholly or partly altered by the uncivilised and fanatical Mohammedans, and the church or chapel with its profusion of Christian symbols is not to their mind a fit place of worship, nor is it worthy of the name of mosque until the necessary minaret has raised its crescent to the sun at the day break of its new consecration. The interiors of these churches were also completely altered, all the beautiful mosaic covered and plastered over.
The present day population of this cosmopolitan city is of course for the most part the descendants of the Spanish Jews who fled from Spain in the intolerant days of the inquisition. These refugees were peace loving and industrious and soon formed themselves into a prosperous community, as it was possible to do in those days by an on war loving people. They were ravaged time and again by their over-rulers, but financially they always recovered, and though, like all other people, they have their poor still they may be called prosperous. The pre-war time of civil population of Salonica, Greeks, Turks, Albanians, Ionians and Jews, remnants of previous military occupations must now be added to the cosmopolitan armies of the Allies, British, French, Italians, Serbians, and in smaller numbers Japanese sailors from the Far East, along with our Indian troops, Maltese, Arabic labour corps, also colonial troops of France from North and West Africa and Senegal.
The physiognomies of this hotch potch of nations would take too long to study minutely, but even in passing in the streets one gets used to noting merely the chief facial characteristics and differences. There are to be seen at the self-same moment in the thronging streets, the fine faces and carriage of our soldiers and sailors, the expressive face of the Italian and French,the handsome but war weary presence of the unconquerable Serb, the fine aquiline features, slight but strong physique of the Athenian and Ionian, the descendants of those brave Spartan mothers, indolent Turk or nomad relic of a past glory,along with all there can be seen the pro-digals of all lands under the sun, out-numbered, of course, by the Jews.
The eye certainly has an impression vivid in the extreme, and assisted by the hearing of the different languages heard from this cosmopolitan stream the mental attention is quickened, but the babel leaves retention only half complete.
The Serbian military band playing in the White Tower attracts our attention one day, and there, sipping tea, one had a quasi impression both of the eye and the ear, that impression would take too long to convey in writing, but perhaps some day it will make for me a pleasant verbal story.
The White Tower is a building of anti-quity, which ranks in importance with (ifit does not really outclass) the churchesand mosques alreadymentioned.
There is some doubt by whom it was built. At one time it was called St.Mark's Tower, so it is more than likely it was built by the Venetians, as St. Mark was their patron saint. lt is a round bastile which has in the past done duty as both fort and prison. Unlike the Tower of London, it stands by itself, naked of subsidiary or auxiliary buildings added from time to time, and this, proves that its designer foresaw, its limits of use and made it one solid round, thick-walled, substantial building. Built to with stand centuries of the works of the worm of time, and of the ever destructive military ordeals which it has witnessed and in which it has taken its important part. lts top most ramparts, with flat roof, is reached by means of a spiral stair (more like a spiral pathway) of shallow, broad steps, turning its way between the outer and inner cylinder of solid masonry, the staples to which prisoners were chained can still be seen on the inner walls and the clink, clink of the prisoners, of Chilon is remembered as one gazes on this relic of barbarity.
Blood has flown on the floor of this old edifice, and if her walls could speak, many tales of justice done, and also justice misplaced and contorted to suit the foul purposes of the oppressor, could they tell. Here the populace of ancient Salonica used to take grim delight or otherwise in the witnessing of the last drastic step of justice or tyranny. The whiteness and cleanliness (thanks to the British Tar, who now uses it as a post of observation station) of the tower is so vivid that a long stretch of imagination is required to bring back over the gulf of time and civilisation the imagery of its sordid past. Altogether, contrast is Salonica's outstanding attraction, the old and the new, in humanity and its works, seem to jostle everywhere. Electric trolley, tram, light motor car, heavy motor lorry, swish past and rattle along the old street flags, still trod by oxen waggons, pack mules, donkeys, and other overladen beasts of burden in the form of the Oriental human who is not yet menially strong enough to realise his birthright of freedom from excess of physical endeavour, but unlike Kipling's meeting place, there must be not only the ten commandments, but several other tens, if all religious factions are to be satisfied.
I must mention the Arch of Triumph,commonly known as Alexandria's Arch, but really built by Galerius in 302 A.D.On its walls the carvings of the figures of conqueror and vanquished warriors maybe seen, also all kinds of animals, the elephant, camel, etc. As you gaze on it, one can imagine the scene so vividly; can see the triumphal march of the conqueror, with his prisoners, hands fastened behind their backs. Also is ecrved the victor offering up prayers of thanksgiving. Am enclosing you a photo, which will give you some idea of it.
I wish you could see our snow-clad mountains (Olympus is magnificent) and hills, our grassy plains already covered with wild snowdrops, primroses, wild violets,tulips, etc. They tell me at the end of this month (April) that it is simply gorgeous with miles of crimson poppies and other wild flowers. There is also a good lot of land under cultivation, even half way up some of the hills, so you can see how beautifully green everything is looking. Here and there are flocks of sheep (white and black) with their shepherds and their dogs. The peasant women in their quaint dress working in the fields make a pretty picture.
Our sunsets are divine, the tinting of orange, red, blue and heliotrope, is simply perfect, then the beautiful soft afterglow, the hills in the distance (as a background) of the palest shade of blue. The reflection of all these on the water is marvellous. I never get tired of gazing at the hills and
water.
We have many nice outings, picnics to the hills and the beach (on our time off duty). We have been trying to arrange a picnic to Mt. Hotos, had the donkeys hired, but the weather turned nasty. In fact, we had a very cold snap at Easter time, snowing for some days. On Good Friday, going to church with some of the Sisters, the snow was so beautifully deceiving that many a good fall we had, at other times finding ourselves up to our knees in it. I enclose a snap of snowballing some of the medical officers. These officers, one and all, are exceedingly nice to us, and are getting quite used to our Australian twang. What!
I do hope this long letter will not tire you. I really should not have written such a long production, as I know what a busy personage you are, and how tired you must be. I trust you are not working too hard.
How is the good old Silver Chain progressing? It is a grand charity, and deserving great help, which I am sure it is getting.
I would dearly love a "Western Mail" occasionally, and if you are not too busy and tired, a letter would be a godsend.
With kindest regards and every good wish, Sincerely yours.
EMILY G. O'NEILL.
Western Mail Friday 10 January 1919 page 36
Dear Aunt Mary, When in Egypt I wrote you quite a long letter, giving you an account of all the Mosques end interesting places I had seen. I thought you would be pleased to hear from a Western Australian nurse (and also to thank you for the interest you took in trying to get me out on active service). I do not know if you ever received my letter, but I think if you had done so, you would have answered it. If you only knew what a pleasure it is to get letters (or even a paper) in the country you would send me one occasionally.
Now, I will try and describe and give you my impression of Salonica. The truth of the old adage, that distance lends enchantment to the eye came home to me with greater force than ever when landing in the streets of the town in the near east. From the deck of our transport (the Osmanieh which brought us over from Alexandria last August, and which since has met the fate of many other boats) the view seemed one huge mixture of East and Ancient Greece. There on our far left, is Mt. Olympus, the home of everything god-like in ancient times, while over the bow could be seen the greatest medley of ancient and modern architecture I think it has ever been my luck to view, and the impression made can never be forgotten. The high hills of Hortiach with Mt. Kotos, the highest point, make a good back ground to the picture of the city, whose levels on the land side are to the present day demarked by the old ram-parts, or walls with their battlements and strong towers adding to their one time military strength and importance.
The old Thessalonicans must have been proud of these fortifications and secure as they were from attack on their sea board, these walls must have given a snug feeling of security which was strange to the people of those wild and warlike times, when might was right and the sword was used oftener than the plough, i.e. 315 B.C. to 395 A.D.
The Byzantines in 395 A.D. when they became rulers of Salonica must have thought no end of their military powers in becoming masters of such an old time impregnable city. Cassander in building these walls (in or about 315 B.C.) thought the city, which bore his wife's name (Thes-salonica) would ever remain the most cherished of his possessions, but alas the wild Byzantines were able to tear from him his fair city.
But to return to the mental picture as seen from the transport. Immediately below the city walls high ground, is the Turkish or native quarters, or as it is sometimes called the old city. Here it is that close contact, detracts from the splendor of the distant view, for later, I discovered it was not all shining homes, tall minarets and handsome ecclesiastical buildings, but, that these were only outstanding items in a most sordid surrounding; however, the modern and present day commercial and suburban part of the city stretching along the whole sea front makes up in part for the filth of the interior, for on a whole it is, or, was before the fire (August 1917) a city not altogether ignorant of town planning, laws of sanitation and modern architecture. It is certainly not an Arcadian, nor is it a city of delights to the eye, or for that matter, the nose either, for in spite of all its pretences toward civilisation of Western Europe the smell Oriental cannot be eliminated for, is its population not for the most part Oriental too.
The outstanding buildings as seen from the transport are mostly Mosques or Greek orthodox churches, all mixed up with ware-houses, dwelling houses, and hovels, all of them showing their splendid or mean architecture of ancient or modern design, as the case may be. The present day Greek churches St. George's (circular building) 350 A.D. , (where now they are searching and excavating for the Emperor's palace which has been buried) Our Lady's (Basilica) 425 A.D. St. Sophia (Greek Cross)495 A.D. St. Demetius (Basilica) 580 A.D.(Now in complete ruins from the fire) are the first sign of Salonica's conversion to Christianity, while of a later date is the Church of the twelve Apostles, 700 A.D.Going ashore by tender, seemed to us like a voyage on a broom stick into unknown regions, and on landing on the English quay, the bustle of military and naval activity on the docks, reminded us that it was neither a supernatural, nor yet Cook's-tour we were on. The quay side seemed to throb with all nationalities under the sun, and the uniforms, although mostly of the drab active service kind were various enough to remind one of the rainbow and its beautiful display of colouring and tints. From the docks, we were wafted by motor ambulance to the small part of Mother Earth, which was to be the scene of our labours : of these labours am not permitted to write fully. Very little surgical work at present, principally dysentery and malaria (benign and malignant tertian) with complications such as black water fever, etc. I might mention malaria is a perfect scourge here, several of our sisters have been sent home through it.
After the first rush of settling down one had time to look around and take an interest in the advantages and disadvantages under which the citizens of Salonica live. It is a port situated in a huge natural haven. The geographical position for commercial necessity advantageous. There is little wonder therefore that history is full of references to it, as having been the scene of both much bloodshed and medieval cruelty. The conflict of religious factions gave rise to this. The eve of the conqueror was also that of the merchant, for the covetous eye was ever attracted towards Salonica by more the commercial interest of the soldier than by a lust formilitary or territorial conquest.
The ancient Athenians found in Salonicaa wealthy seaport to drain the plains and hills of the whole of Macedonia of its produce right from its natural barrier, the Balashiza Mountains in the north, with its Rupels Pass to drain even further north, if advantageous commercially to open up and barter with these less civilised mountaineers. Constantinople, in the north not only objected to this, but did not rest until Macedonia become part of its empire. Because of this Mohammedan invasion, the ecclesiastical buildings are peculiar in having both Christian and Moham-medan architectural symbols, viz., the dome surmounted by cross, and the minareti by crescent. It is strange to stand within these buildings and think that, these same walls have echoed with both the prayers and religious observance of Christian and Pagan.
Like the Coptic churches of Egypt, all these churches of Salonica were wholly or partly altered by the uncivilised and fanatical Mohammedans, and the church or chapel with its profusion of Christian symbols is not to their mind a fit place of worship, nor is it worthy of the name of mosque until the necessary minaret has raised its crescent to the sun at the day break of its new consecration. The interiors of these churches were also completely altered, all the beautiful mosaic covered and plastered over.
The present day population of this cosmopolitan city is of course for the most part the descendants of the Spanish Jews who fled from Spain in the intolerant days of the inquisition. These refugees were peace loving and industrious and soon formed themselves into a prosperous community, as it was possible to do in those days by an on war loving people. They were ravaged time and again by their over-rulers, but financially they always recovered, and though, like all other people, they have their poor still they may be called prosperous. The pre-war time of civil population of Salonica, Greeks, Turks, Albanians, Ionians and Jews, remnants of previous military occupations must now be added to the cosmopolitan armies of the Allies, British, French, Italians, Serbians, and in smaller numbers Japanese sailors from the Far East, along with our Indian troops, Maltese, Arabic labour corps, also colonial troops of France from North and West Africa and Senegal.
The physiognomies of this hotch potch of nations would take too long to study minutely, but even in passing in the streets one gets used to noting merely the chief facial characteristics and differences. There are to be seen at the self-same moment in the thronging streets, the fine faces and carriage of our soldiers and sailors, the expressive face of the Italian and French,the handsome but war weary presence of the unconquerable Serb, the fine aquiline features, slight but strong physique of the Athenian and Ionian, the descendants of those brave Spartan mothers, indolent Turk or nomad relic of a past glory,along with all there can be seen the pro-digals of all lands under the sun, out-numbered, of course, by the Jews.
The eye certainly has an impression vivid in the extreme, and assisted by the hearing of the different languages heard from this cosmopolitan stream the mental attention is quickened, but the babel leaves retention only half complete.
The Serbian military band playing in the White Tower attracts our attention one day, and there, sipping tea, one had a quasi impression both of the eye and the ear, that impression would take too long to convey in writing, but perhaps some day it will make for me a pleasant verbal story.
The White Tower is a building of anti-quity, which ranks in importance with (ifit does not really outclass) the churchesand mosques alreadymentioned.
There is some doubt by whom it was built. At one time it was called St.Mark's Tower, so it is more than likely it was built by the Venetians, as St. Mark was their patron saint. lt is a round bastile which has in the past done duty as both fort and prison. Unlike the Tower of London, it stands by itself, naked of subsidiary or auxiliary buildings added from time to time, and this, proves that its designer foresaw, its limits of use and made it one solid round, thick-walled, substantial building. Built to with stand centuries of the works of the worm of time, and of the ever destructive military ordeals which it has witnessed and in which it has taken its important part. lts top most ramparts, with flat roof, is reached by means of a spiral stair (more like a spiral pathway) of shallow, broad steps, turning its way between the outer and inner cylinder of solid masonry, the staples to which prisoners were chained can still be seen on the inner walls and the clink, clink of the prisoners, of Chilon is remembered as one gazes on this relic of barbarity.
Blood has flown on the floor of this old edifice, and if her walls could speak, many tales of justice done, and also justice misplaced and contorted to suit the foul purposes of the oppressor, could they tell. Here the populace of ancient Salonica used to take grim delight or otherwise in the witnessing of the last drastic step of justice or tyranny. The whiteness and cleanliness (thanks to the British Tar, who now uses it as a post of observation station) of the tower is so vivid that a long stretch of imagination is required to bring back over the gulf of time and civilisation the imagery of its sordid past. Altogether, contrast is Salonica's outstanding attraction, the old and the new, in humanity and its works, seem to jostle everywhere. Electric trolley, tram, light motor car, heavy motor lorry, swish past and rattle along the old street flags, still trod by oxen waggons, pack mules, donkeys, and other overladen beasts of burden in the form of the Oriental human who is not yet menially strong enough to realise his birthright of freedom from excess of physical endeavour, but unlike Kipling's meeting place, there must be not only the ten commandments, but several other tens, if all religious factions are to be satisfied.
I must mention the Arch of Triumph,commonly known as Alexandria's Arch, but really built by Galerius in 302 A.D.On its walls the carvings of the figures of conqueror and vanquished warriors maybe seen, also all kinds of animals, the elephant, camel, etc. As you gaze on it, one can imagine the scene so vividly; can see the triumphal march of the conqueror, with his prisoners, hands fastened behind their backs. Also is ecrved the victor offering up prayers of thanksgiving. Am enclosing you a photo, which will give you some idea of it.
I wish you could see our snow-clad mountains (Olympus is magnificent) and hills, our grassy plains already covered with wild snowdrops, primroses, wild violets,tulips, etc. They tell me at the end of this month (April) that it is simply gorgeous with miles of crimson poppies and other wild flowers. There is also a good lot of land under cultivation, even half way up some of the hills, so you can see how beautifully green everything is looking. Here and there are flocks of sheep (white and black) with their shepherds and their dogs. The peasant women in their quaint dress working in the fields make a pretty picture.
Our sunsets are divine, the tinting of orange, red, blue and heliotrope, is simply perfect, then the beautiful soft afterglow, the hills in the distance (as a background) of the palest shade of blue. The reflection of all these on the water is marvellous. I never get tired of gazing at the hills and
water.
We have many nice outings, picnics to the hills and the beach (on our time off duty). We have been trying to arrange a picnic to Mt. Hotos, had the donkeys hired, but the weather turned nasty. In fact, we had a very cold snap at Easter time, snowing for some days. On Good Friday, going to church with some of the Sisters, the snow was so beautifully deceiving that many a good fall we had, at other times finding ourselves up to our knees in it. I enclose a snap of snowballing some of the medical officers. These officers, one and all, are exceedingly nice to us, and are getting quite used to our Australian twang. What!
I do hope this long letter will not tire you. I really should not have written such a long production, as I know what a busy personage you are, and how tired you must be. I trust you are not working too hard.
How is the good old Silver Chain progressing? It is a grand charity, and deserving great help, which I am sure it is getting.
I would dearly love a "Western Mail" occasionally, and if you are not too busy and tired, a letter would be a godsend.
With kindest regards and every good wish, Sincerely yours.
EMILY G. O'NEILL.
Western Mail Friday 10 January 1919 page 36
O'NEILL, Helane / Helene Catherine
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 08 January 1892 at Elmore, Vic.
Daughter of Michael O'NEILL and Mary Ann nee GALLAGHER
Of Elmore, Vic.
Enlisted 25 July 1917
Embarked 06 September 1917 from Melbourne per 'Kyarra'
Served in Bombay and Bangalore India
Returned to Australia per 'City of Cairo' 28 February 1919
Discharged 25 May 1919
Married Captain Norman KENWARD 12 November 1918 in Bangalore, India
Died 25 June 1976 in Vic.
Resided Armadale, Vic.
Elmore, 20th July.
Sister Helane O'Neill, daughter of Mrs. O'Neill, of the Shamrock Hotel, Elmore, leaves on Saturday next for the war front hospital. Her intended departure was referred to last evening at a social evening, when Mr. A. J. Rogers took advantage of the occasion to compliment Sister O'Neill upon being the first woman to go from Elmore to the war. He conveyed to her the best wishes of her many friends for a pleasant voyage and a safe return, and called for cheers in her honour, which were very heartily given.
Bendigonian Thursday 26 July 1917 page 21
AANS
Born 08 January 1892 at Elmore, Vic.
Daughter of Michael O'NEILL and Mary Ann nee GALLAGHER
Of Elmore, Vic.
Enlisted 25 July 1917
Embarked 06 September 1917 from Melbourne per 'Kyarra'
Served in Bombay and Bangalore India
Returned to Australia per 'City of Cairo' 28 February 1919
Discharged 25 May 1919
Married Captain Norman KENWARD 12 November 1918 in Bangalore, India
Died 25 June 1976 in Vic.
Resided Armadale, Vic.
Elmore, 20th July.
Sister Helane O'Neill, daughter of Mrs. O'Neill, of the Shamrock Hotel, Elmore, leaves on Saturday next for the war front hospital. Her intended departure was referred to last evening at a social evening, when Mr. A. J. Rogers took advantage of the occasion to compliment Sister O'Neill upon being the first woman to go from Elmore to the war. He conveyed to her the best wishes of her many friends for a pleasant voyage and a safe return, and called for cheers in her honour, which were very heartily given.
Bendigonian Thursday 26 July 1917 page 21
O'NEILL, Jessie Agnes
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Sister
AANS Born 1885 in Warra, Qld. Daughter of James O'NEILL and Frances Hardie nee HALL Of Lillymere, Warra, Qld. Educated Warra S.S. and St. Columba's Convent, Dalby Trained at Children's and Lady Bowen Hospitals Enlisted 06 December 1916 Aged 31 years Embarked 29 December 1916 at Sydney per 'Themistocles' Served in France Returned to Australia 18 May 1919 per 'Wandilla' Appointment terminated 02 July 1919 Did not marry Died 1962 in Qld. |
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OPIE, Eleanor
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 03 February 1881 at Kensington, SA Daughter of Edward Andrew Devonshire OPIE and Annie nee MELLOR Of 6 Wellington St., Kensington, SA Reported for duty 28 December 1918 at No 15 AGH Aged 37 years Trained at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, England Sent by rail to Melbourne to nurse Influenza 18 February 1919 Returned by rail 26 February 1919 Demobilized 12 July 1919 on account of Reduction of Staff She she returned to Australia for a visit her nationality was given as an American. Died 20 June 1955 in Honolulu, Hawaii Aged 74 years Courtesy of Great Nephew |
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Nursing In Hawaiian Islands
Miss Opie's Experiences
A nurse in one of the largest community health centres in the world, Miss Eleanor Opie, a former South
Australian, is on holiday here with her sister, Miss Nell Opie, of Unley. For 16 years, Miss Opie has been a public health nurse attached to the Palama Settlement, Honolulu's vast public health institution, which embraces practically every phase of health—educational, recreational, and medical. Yesterday, reviewing her activities at the Settlement, Miss Opie said that to qualify for an appointment there, she had had to graduate in public health nursing at the University of Washington. Miss Opie received her general nursing training at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital (England).
Preventive Work For Children
"The Palama Settlement scheme is a vast undertaking in public health, and is situated in the poorest part of Honolulu." said Miss Opie. "Thousands of families depend on it for medical, dental, and nursing care. "Preventive medical work for children is one of its special activities, and under Miss Opie's personal supervision is a large pre-natal clinic, and a school where she inspects 1,200 children twice a week."Every mother, whatever her nationality or situation, may receive expert instruction in mother craft and baby welfare." she said. The population of Honolulu is polyglot, and we find one of the most difficult problems is to dissuade mothers of different nationalities from rearing their children exclusively on the food—perhaps consisting of only two substances—which is peculiar to their race. The Hawaiians, for instance, are inclined to live solely on poi, a plant root which has the appearance of library paste. Gradually we are persuading them to cultivate fruit and vegetable plots of their own. "Every child, from the time it begins school until the fifth grade is reached, may receive dental service either free or for the payment of a small sum
Treatment Of Delinquents
Among other activities of the settlement are a domestic training school,where houseboys as well as maids are given instruction, and a delinquent children's department with a supervisor for both girls and boys. Children taken before the juvenile court, instead of being sent to a reformatory, are referred to the department, where interests are found for them and they are given every opportunity to rehabilitate themselves. The nursing department has at its head a nursing director, and under her jurisdiction is an educational supervisor and two field supervisors, who direct the activities of 21 staff nurses. The city is divided into 21 nursing districts, and each nurse takes care of ill forms of nursing in her district. Pidgin English, as spoken in Hawaii. Is almost a necessity for the public health nurse if she is to make herself understood," said Miss Opie. "This mixture of English, Japanese and Hawaiian is known by all races, and is very amusing." Many of the Chinese mothers are anxious to adopt modern baby welfare teaching, but behind them are generations of culture imbued with superstition and fanatical religious teaching, making the island born mothers hesitant to break away from what they feel is wrong." Miss Opie will spend about two months in Adelaide.
The Advertiser Tuesday 28 December 1937 page 7
Address On Nursing In Honolulu
All nurses will be interested to hear that Miss Eleanor Opie, who is holidaying in Adelaide from Honolulu, will give an address at the Army Nurses' Clubrooms. Angas street, on February 8.
For 16 years Miss Opie has been a public health nurse attached to The Palama Settlement in Honolulu, one of the largest community health centres in the world.
The Advertiser Tuesday January 1938 page 8
Miss Opie's Experiences
A nurse in one of the largest community health centres in the world, Miss Eleanor Opie, a former South
Australian, is on holiday here with her sister, Miss Nell Opie, of Unley. For 16 years, Miss Opie has been a public health nurse attached to the Palama Settlement, Honolulu's vast public health institution, which embraces practically every phase of health—educational, recreational, and medical. Yesterday, reviewing her activities at the Settlement, Miss Opie said that to qualify for an appointment there, she had had to graduate in public health nursing at the University of Washington. Miss Opie received her general nursing training at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital (England).
Preventive Work For Children
"The Palama Settlement scheme is a vast undertaking in public health, and is situated in the poorest part of Honolulu." said Miss Opie. "Thousands of families depend on it for medical, dental, and nursing care. "Preventive medical work for children is one of its special activities, and under Miss Opie's personal supervision is a large pre-natal clinic, and a school where she inspects 1,200 children twice a week."Every mother, whatever her nationality or situation, may receive expert instruction in mother craft and baby welfare." she said. The population of Honolulu is polyglot, and we find one of the most difficult problems is to dissuade mothers of different nationalities from rearing their children exclusively on the food—perhaps consisting of only two substances—which is peculiar to their race. The Hawaiians, for instance, are inclined to live solely on poi, a plant root which has the appearance of library paste. Gradually we are persuading them to cultivate fruit and vegetable plots of their own. "Every child, from the time it begins school until the fifth grade is reached, may receive dental service either free or for the payment of a small sum
Treatment Of Delinquents
Among other activities of the settlement are a domestic training school,where houseboys as well as maids are given instruction, and a delinquent children's department with a supervisor for both girls and boys. Children taken before the juvenile court, instead of being sent to a reformatory, are referred to the department, where interests are found for them and they are given every opportunity to rehabilitate themselves. The nursing department has at its head a nursing director, and under her jurisdiction is an educational supervisor and two field supervisors, who direct the activities of 21 staff nurses. The city is divided into 21 nursing districts, and each nurse takes care of ill forms of nursing in her district. Pidgin English, as spoken in Hawaii. Is almost a necessity for the public health nurse if she is to make herself understood," said Miss Opie. "This mixture of English, Japanese and Hawaiian is known by all races, and is very amusing." Many of the Chinese mothers are anxious to adopt modern baby welfare teaching, but behind them are generations of culture imbued with superstition and fanatical religious teaching, making the island born mothers hesitant to break away from what they feel is wrong." Miss Opie will spend about two months in Adelaide.
The Advertiser Tuesday 28 December 1937 page 7
Address On Nursing In Honolulu
All nurses will be interested to hear that Miss Eleanor Opie, who is holidaying in Adelaide from Honolulu, will give an address at the Army Nurses' Clubrooms. Angas street, on February 8.
For 16 years Miss Opie has been a public health nurse attached to The Palama Settlement in Honolulu, one of the largest community health centres in the world.
The Advertiser Tuesday January 1938 page 8
O'REILLY, Elizabeth Hamilton
Sister
AANS
3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital
Born 1880 in Bairnsdale, Vic.
Daughter of Robert O'REILLY and Eliza nee HAMILTON
Enlisted 15 July 1915
Aged 34 years
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Embarked 17 July 1915 per 'Mooltan'
Served in Ismalia, Alexandria, England and France
Granted leave 20/3/19 to 12/5/19 with pay to attend The Royal Sanitary Institute, 90 Buckingham Palace Rd., London
Returned to Australia per 'Karmala' 17 August 1919
Appointment terminated 14 November 1919
There is a record at Fawkner Cemetery for a Elizabeth H O'Reilly in January 1964.
Died 06 January 1964
Resided Armadale, Vic.
Also there was a charity established in January 1964 in the name of Elizabeth Hamilton O'Reilly which still continues and lists Airdrie House as trading name - this appears to be an aged care facility at Airdrie House - Chaucer Crescent 6 Chaucer Crescent Canterbury, VIC, 3126 run by the trustee for Elizabeth Hamilton O'REILLY
Table Talk Thursday 29 July 1915 page 21
Punch Thursday 29 July 1915 page 21
AANS
3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital
Born 1880 in Bairnsdale, Vic.
Daughter of Robert O'REILLY and Eliza nee HAMILTON
Enlisted 15 July 1915
Aged 34 years
Trained at Melbourne Hospital
Embarked 17 July 1915 per 'Mooltan'
Served in Ismalia, Alexandria, England and France
Granted leave 20/3/19 to 12/5/19 with pay to attend The Royal Sanitary Institute, 90 Buckingham Palace Rd., London
Returned to Australia per 'Karmala' 17 August 1919
Appointment terminated 14 November 1919
There is a record at Fawkner Cemetery for a Elizabeth H O'Reilly in January 1964.
Died 06 January 1964
Resided Armadale, Vic.
Also there was a charity established in January 1964 in the name of Elizabeth Hamilton O'Reilly which still continues and lists Airdrie House as trading name - this appears to be an aged care facility at Airdrie House - Chaucer Crescent 6 Chaucer Crescent Canterbury, VIC, 3126 run by the trustee for Elizabeth Hamilton O'REILLY
Table Talk Thursday 29 July 1915 page 21
Punch Thursday 29 July 1915 page 21
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O'REILLY, Frances Mabel
Staff Nurse
AANS
No 6 Section Sea Transport Staff
Born 25 November 1888 at Tallangatta, Vic.
Daughter of Matthew O'REILLY and Annie Deborah nee McMAHON
Sister of Rosa MALONEY
Of 144 St. Kilda Street, Elwood, Melbourne, Vic.
Enlisted 01 August 1917
Aged 28 years
Embarked at Sydney per 'Anchises' 08 August 1917
Served in Southall
Returned to Australia 30 May 1918 per 'Borda'
Appointment terminated 25 November 1918
Married Thomas McMAHON 1923 in NSW
Died 1967 in Griffith, NSW
AANS
No 6 Section Sea Transport Staff
Born 25 November 1888 at Tallangatta, Vic.
Daughter of Matthew O'REILLY and Annie Deborah nee McMAHON
Sister of Rosa MALONEY
Of 144 St. Kilda Street, Elwood, Melbourne, Vic.
Enlisted 01 August 1917
Aged 28 years
Embarked at Sydney per 'Anchises' 08 August 1917
Served in Southall
Returned to Australia 30 May 1918 per 'Borda'
Appointment terminated 25 November 1918
Married Thomas McMAHON 1923 in NSW
Died 1967 in Griffith, NSW
ORMISTON, Sarah Margaret
Staff Nurse
AANS
2nd A G H
Born Bailuborough, Ireland
Daughter of Andrew ORMISTON and Sarah Jane nee FAULKNER
Of 'Dombrowa' Kulfod Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, NSW
Enlisted 08 October 1915
Aged 36 years
Embarked 10 November 1915
Served in France
Suffered from severe Influenza
Returned to Australia per 'Ayrshire' 19 July 1917
Appointment terminated 02 August 1917
Did not marry
Died 25 June 1958 in Sydney, NSW
AANS
2nd A G H
Born Bailuborough, Ireland
Daughter of Andrew ORMISTON and Sarah Jane nee FAULKNER
Of 'Dombrowa' Kulfod Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, NSW
Enlisted 08 October 1915
Aged 36 years
Embarked 10 November 1915
Served in France
Suffered from severe Influenza
Returned to Australia per 'Ayrshire' 19 July 1917
Appointment terminated 02 August 1917
Did not marry
Died 25 June 1958 in Sydney, NSW
O'RORKE, Margaret Alice
Sister
AANS
Born 1872 in Ballarat, Vic.
Daughter of Timothy O'RORKE and Mary Ann nee QUINN
Of Pakington Street, West Geelong, Vic.
Trained at Hamilton Hospital
Enlisted 20 April 1917
Aged 45 years
Embarked 29 May 1917 from Melbourne per 'Khiva' to bombay
Served in India
Returned to Australia per 'Themistocles' 05 February 1920
Appointment terminated 01 May 1920
Did not marry
Died 19 April 1947 at Heidelberg, Vic.
Resided Armadale, Vic.
Cremated Fawkner Cemetery 21 April 1947
AANS
Born 1872 in Ballarat, Vic.
Daughter of Timothy O'RORKE and Mary Ann nee QUINN
Of Pakington Street, West Geelong, Vic.
Trained at Hamilton Hospital
Enlisted 20 April 1917
Aged 45 years
Embarked 29 May 1917 from Melbourne per 'Khiva' to bombay
Served in India
Returned to Australia per 'Themistocles' 05 February 1920
Appointment terminated 01 May 1920
Did not marry
Died 19 April 1947 at Heidelberg, Vic.
Resided Armadale, Vic.
Cremated Fawkner Cemetery 21 April 1947
ORR, Elizabeth
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Assistant Matron
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Born 10 September 1873 in Tasmania Resided Tasmania Educated Hobart Tasmania Trained at General Hospital Hobart 1894 to 01 January 1907 One year and eight months Military Nursing in South Africa Appointed to QAIMNSR 10 October 1914 Royal Herbert Military Hospital, Woolwich Served in Egypt May 1915 - August 1915 Served Hospital Ship in Mediterranean and Persian Gulf August 1915 - February 1917 Served in Egypt February 1917 - March 1918 Awarded Royal Red Cross 1st Class 01 January 1918 Served in Palestine March 1918 - March 1919 To UK per 'Dunluce Castle' 15 March 1919 with Debility Embarked for repatriation to Australia 09 January 1920 per 'Megantic' Demobilized 09 January 1920 Resided 'Arolnen', Hampden Road, Hobart Tas. in 1920 Died 30 April 1945 Aged 84 years Cremated Cornelian Bay Cemetery - no burial record |
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OBITUARY
Matron Elizabeth Orr
The death, occurred at a private hospital, Hobart, on Monday, of Matron Elizabeth Orr, RRC.
Matron Orr was the daughter ofthe late Robert Orr, of Greina (T). She was trained as a nurse at Hobart General Hospital, where she became a sister. She served in the South African War, and when peace was declared accepted a position in Johannesburg.
Matron Orr returned to Australia just before the outbreak of the First World War, and started a private hospital. Later she saw service as a matron in England, Persia, and on hospital ships, as a member of Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service Reserve. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her services.
After the armistice Matron Orr returned to Tasmania, where she became matron of Vaucluse Infectious Diseases Hospital, a position site held for about 10 years until her retirement.
Matron Orr was a member of the Nurses' Club from its inception in 1922, and was president of the Returned Army Sisters' Association for a number of years. She retired about, two years, ago because of ill-health, and was elected patroness.
She was the last remaining member in Hobart of the nursing service who had served in the South African War.
The Mercury Hobart Wednesday 02 May 1945 page 14
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Matron Elizabeth Orr
The death, occurred at a private hospital, Hobart, on Monday, of Matron Elizabeth Orr, RRC.
Matron Orr was the daughter ofthe late Robert Orr, of Greina (T). She was trained as a nurse at Hobart General Hospital, where she became a sister. She served in the South African War, and when peace was declared accepted a position in Johannesburg.
Matron Orr returned to Australia just before the outbreak of the First World War, and started a private hospital. Later she saw service as a matron in England, Persia, and on hospital ships, as a member of Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service Reserve. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her services.
After the armistice Matron Orr returned to Tasmania, where she became matron of Vaucluse Infectious Diseases Hospital, a position site held for about 10 years until her retirement.
Matron Orr was a member of the Nurses' Club from its inception in 1922, and was president of the Returned Army Sisters' Association for a number of years. She retired about, two years, ago because of ill-health, and was elected patroness.
She was the last remaining member in Hobart of the nursing service who had served in the South African War.
The Mercury Hobart Wednesday 02 May 1945 page 14
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Awarded Royal Red Cross 1st Class
01 January 1918
01 January 1918
O'RYAN, L
Certified Nurse
Returning to Australia per 'Borda' embarked 20 October 1918
Returning to Australia per 'Borda' embarked 20 October 1918
OSBORNE, Amy Constance Louise
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 15 April 1891 at Upper Sturt, SA
Daughter of William Henry OSBORNE and Louisa nee CERNICK
Aged 27 years
Resided 11 Nortons Summitt
Trained at Adelaide Hospital
Reported for duty at 7th A G H 13 February 1919
Demobilized on account of reduction of staff 17 July 1919
Was willing to nurse Influenza
Married Mervyn Beresford Emery HODGKINSON in 1923 in NSW
Died 29 September 1990 in Strathfield, NSW
AANS
Born 15 April 1891 at Upper Sturt, SA
Daughter of William Henry OSBORNE and Louisa nee CERNICK
Aged 27 years
Resided 11 Nortons Summitt
Trained at Adelaide Hospital
Reported for duty at 7th A G H 13 February 1919
Demobilized on account of reduction of staff 17 July 1919
Was willing to nurse Influenza
Married Mervyn Beresford Emery HODGKINSON in 1923 in NSW
Died 29 September 1990 in Strathfield, NSW
OSBORNE, Nina
Nurse
Masseuse
Princess Christian's Home for Convalescent Sailors and Soldiers
Nina Osborne was a musical comedy singer and actress before the war. She was also a nurse and masseuse. She was born in England and was the daughter of Frederick Gardiner and Mary Ann nee Wiggins.
Masseuse
Princess Christian's Home for Convalescent Sailors and Soldiers
Nina Osborne was a musical comedy singer and actress before the war. She was also a nurse and masseuse. She was born in England and was the daughter of Frederick Gardiner and Mary Ann nee Wiggins.
LETTER FROM A NURSE.
Miss Nina Osborne, an Australian musical comedy actress, is on the staff of a military hospital in England as a masseuse. She recently sent a letter to Mrs. Amos Norcott (Miss Ada Osborne) her sister, of High-street, Preston. Some of its contents offer convincing evidence of the reality of the hard-ships people in England are enduring. She writes:--
"Last week I was at a place, eight miles from London, that was visited by enemy aeroplanes. They couldn't get through the barrage right into London, so gave us a very lively time, dropping bombs. Our place shook, so I thought the windows had gone. We could hear the enemy planes whizzing above our heads. They have an entirely different sound to ours. It was nearly 2 a.m. before the 'all clear' sounded. Fog last night and dense fog today, so we are having some peace. Well, we must take our chance with the soldiers. The only thing to do is to set one's teeth and go through with it. One finds one-self unconsciously listening for the warning as the time comes round for them. We all hate the moonlight now, it means trouble.
"I live on vegetable soup with a little meat extract in it, rice, macaroni, haricot beans, and rhubarb. Doing massage I feel it a bit. A woman brings me fresh eggs at 5d. each, and I have as many of those as I can afford. I am glad the ration tickets are coming out."
Miss Osborne is on the staff at a hospital for limbless soldiers (says the"Daily Herald.") Men with amputated limbs are sent there when their stumps have healed for massage treatment, and to be fitted with artificial limbs. Various firms have work shops on the grounds, and the men before being discharged are taught how to use their artificial limbs. Miss Osborne went to South Africa with the Pollard Opera Company some years ago, later joining George Edward's company in England. At the time war was declared she had qualified for massage work so volunteered for war service. She was placed at Princess Christian's Home for Convalescent Sailors and Soldiers at Bisley, remaining there for two years.
The Barrier Miner Saturday 20 April 1918 page 8
Miss Osborne acted as masseuse and nurse all through the war years, and at the conlusion was sister in charge of Queen Mary's Convalescent Hospital, Rockhampton, London
Table Talk Thursday 27 January 1927 page 61
Miss Nina Osborne, an Australian musical comedy actress, is on the staff of a military hospital in England as a masseuse. She recently sent a letter to Mrs. Amos Norcott (Miss Ada Osborne) her sister, of High-street, Preston. Some of its contents offer convincing evidence of the reality of the hard-ships people in England are enduring. She writes:--
"Last week I was at a place, eight miles from London, that was visited by enemy aeroplanes. They couldn't get through the barrage right into London, so gave us a very lively time, dropping bombs. Our place shook, so I thought the windows had gone. We could hear the enemy planes whizzing above our heads. They have an entirely different sound to ours. It was nearly 2 a.m. before the 'all clear' sounded. Fog last night and dense fog today, so we are having some peace. Well, we must take our chance with the soldiers. The only thing to do is to set one's teeth and go through with it. One finds one-self unconsciously listening for the warning as the time comes round for them. We all hate the moonlight now, it means trouble.
"I live on vegetable soup with a little meat extract in it, rice, macaroni, haricot beans, and rhubarb. Doing massage I feel it a bit. A woman brings me fresh eggs at 5d. each, and I have as many of those as I can afford. I am glad the ration tickets are coming out."
Miss Osborne is on the staff at a hospital for limbless soldiers (says the"Daily Herald.") Men with amputated limbs are sent there when their stumps have healed for massage treatment, and to be fitted with artificial limbs. Various firms have work shops on the grounds, and the men before being discharged are taught how to use their artificial limbs. Miss Osborne went to South Africa with the Pollard Opera Company some years ago, later joining George Edward's company in England. At the time war was declared she had qualified for massage work so volunteered for war service. She was placed at Princess Christian's Home for Convalescent Sailors and Soldiers at Bisley, remaining there for two years.
The Barrier Miner Saturday 20 April 1918 page 8
Miss Osborne acted as masseuse and nurse all through the war years, and at the conlusion was sister in charge of Queen Mary's Convalescent Hospital, Rockhampton, London
Table Talk Thursday 27 January 1927 page 61
O'SHEA, Constance Elizabeth
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Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Born 1888 in Poplar, England as Constance Elizabeth SHEA Daughter of Frederick Patrick O'SHEA and Ella Ann nee McDONALD Of 14 Philip St., Rossethenville, Johnanesburg, South Africa Resided Melbourne, Vic. Embarked from Australia 21 April 1915 Posted to France 26 June 1915 Isolation Hospital Calais 11 Stationary Hospital 19 January 1916 To England Sick 27 April 1916 To Alexandria Hospital Cosham 28 September 1916 To 'Glengorm Castle' 19 October 1916 To England sick 03 November 1916 Engagement terminated 03 December 1916 |
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Suffered from Anaemia and Gastritis 10 November 1916
Served Wharncliffe Hospital 03 December 1917
Served Military Hospital, Weymouth 24 May 1918
Resigned from service due to marriage 12 November 1918
Married November 1918 to Robert John MUNDEN
Returning to Australia per 'Osterley' embarked 21 May 1919
Resided 234 Dowling Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW in 1920
Died RGH, Concord, NSW 15 August 1972
Late of Thornleigh, NSW
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Appointed an Imperial Army Nurse, Sister O'Shea recently left Melbourne to take up this position.
She was sister-in-charge of the Men's Surgical ward at the Homoeopathic Hospital, and was popular among both hospital staff and patients.
Sister O'Shea was born in England, and was educated in South Australia. She took up nursing as a career in her teens, and soon made headway in her profession.
She enjoyed the confidence of the medical men under whom she worked, and her appointment will give satisfaction to her many friends.
Weekly Times Saturday 19 June 1915 page 10
Served Wharncliffe Hospital 03 December 1917
Served Military Hospital, Weymouth 24 May 1918
Resigned from service due to marriage 12 November 1918
Married November 1918 to Robert John MUNDEN
Returning to Australia per 'Osterley' embarked 21 May 1919
Resided 234 Dowling Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW in 1920
Died RGH, Concord, NSW 15 August 1972
Late of Thornleigh, NSW
Permalink: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01625.002
Appointed an Imperial Army Nurse, Sister O'Shea recently left Melbourne to take up this position.
She was sister-in-charge of the Men's Surgical ward at the Homoeopathic Hospital, and was popular among both hospital staff and patients.
Sister O'Shea was born in England, and was educated in South Australia. She took up nursing as a career in her teens, and soon made headway in her profession.
She enjoyed the confidence of the medical men under whom she worked, and her appointment will give satisfaction to her many friends.
Weekly Times Saturday 19 June 1915 page 10
O'SHEA, Mary Agnes
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Sister
AANS Born c 1884 in Rutherglen, Vic. Daughter of Cornelius OSHEA and Agnes Mary nee McKEE Of Waterville, Jackson St., Sunbury, Vic. Enlisted 01 March 1917 Aged 39 years Trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Embarked 09 May 1917 from Sydney per 'Ulysses' Served in England Returned to Australia 07 January 1919 per 'Zealandia' Discharged as medically unfit 06 March 1920 Did not marry Died 05 January 1932 Buried Sunbury Cemetery |
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NURSE O'SHEA.
Miss O'Shea, whose death took place at "Somerset House" on January 5, was the eldest daughter of Mr. C.O'Shea, "Waterville," Sunbury. Sister O'Shea was one of the first Melbourne nurses to offer her services in the Great War. After serving at the Base Hospital, Melbourne, she went abroad in 1917 with Matron Curnived, returning in 1919. For several years Sister O'Shea was on the staff of the Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital. One of the original members of the Melbourne Army Nurses' Club, her gentle, dignified presence will be sadly missed by her club associates. The funeral took place, privately, on January 6, at Sunbury, after Mass at St. Mary's Church. Rev. J.
MacCarthy, P.P. conducted the burial service. R.I.P.
Advocate Thursday 04 February 1932 page 33
Miss O'Shea, whose death took place at "Somerset House" on January 5, was the eldest daughter of Mr. C.O'Shea, "Waterville," Sunbury. Sister O'Shea was one of the first Melbourne nurses to offer her services in the Great War. After serving at the Base Hospital, Melbourne, she went abroad in 1917 with Matron Curnived, returning in 1919. For several years Sister O'Shea was on the staff of the Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital. One of the original members of the Melbourne Army Nurses' Club, her gentle, dignified presence will be sadly missed by her club associates. The funeral took place, privately, on January 6, at Sunbury, after Mass at St. Mary's Church. Rev. J.
MacCarthy, P.P. conducted the burial service. R.I.P.
Advocate Thursday 04 February 1932 page 33
OUSLEY, Marguerite
Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Born c 1882 in France
Resided on enlistment 'Highway' Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, Melbourne, Vic.
NOK Emelie OUSLEY (Sister)
Of Clifton Hill, Vic.
NOK John OUSLEY (Brother)
Of 188 Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent, England
Embarked from Australia 18 December 1915 per 'Karoola'
Arrived in UK from Australia 10 February 1916
Posted to Warrington Hospital
Served in France at No 11 General Hospital 02 April 1916 - 24 February 1917
Sent to England for Home Service 24 February 1917
Served in England at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley 12 April 1917 - 22 September 1917
'She is an excellent nurse, and is a most conscientious worker. She is extremely kind to her patients and she manages them very well indeed. She is an extremely good Staff Nurse.'
Resigned on account of marriage 22 September 1917
Married Robert Essiemont MENNIE 1917 in Marylebone, Middlesex
In 1922 residing at 86 Union Grove, Aberdeen, Scotland
Died 1971 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Born c 1882 in France
Resided on enlistment 'Highway' Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, Melbourne, Vic.
NOK Emelie OUSLEY (Sister)
Of Clifton Hill, Vic.
NOK John OUSLEY (Brother)
Of 188 Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent, England
Embarked from Australia 18 December 1915 per 'Karoola'
Arrived in UK from Australia 10 February 1916
Posted to Warrington Hospital
Served in France at No 11 General Hospital 02 April 1916 - 24 February 1917
Sent to England for Home Service 24 February 1917
Served in England at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley 12 April 1917 - 22 September 1917
'She is an excellent nurse, and is a most conscientious worker. She is extremely kind to her patients and she manages them very well indeed. She is an extremely good Staff Nurse.'
Resigned on account of marriage 22 September 1917
Married Robert Essiemont MENNIE 1917 in Marylebone, Middlesex
In 1922 residing at 86 Union Grove, Aberdeen, Scotland
Died 1971 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
OVEREND, Elvina Mary
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of Best and Elizabeth OVEREND
Of Brunswick, Melbourne,Vic.
Sister of George Best OVEREND
Of Orrong Road, Elsternwick, Vic.
Enlisted 16 August 1916 in Melbourne, Vic.
Aged 44 years
Embarked 17 January 1917 from Melbourne per 'Omrah'
Served in England
Returned to Australia per 'Euripides' 25 April 1919
Appointment terminated 25 April 1919
Died 04 March 1949 at Camberwell, Vic.
Resided Camberwell, Vic.
Cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and remains were collected
AANS
Born Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of Best and Elizabeth OVEREND
Of Brunswick, Melbourne,Vic.
Sister of George Best OVEREND
Of Orrong Road, Elsternwick, Vic.
Enlisted 16 August 1916 in Melbourne, Vic.
Aged 44 years
Embarked 17 January 1917 from Melbourne per 'Omrah'
Served in England
Returned to Australia per 'Euripides' 25 April 1919
Appointment terminated 25 April 1919
Died 04 March 1949 at Camberwell, Vic.
Resided Camberwell, Vic.
Cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and remains were collected
