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TABOR, Florence Maud
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 13 February 1884 at Semaphore Road, Semaphore, SA Daughter of Charles TABOR and Emily nee BASSET Of Military Rd, Semaphore, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Trained 3 years Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria Enlisted 18 September 1916 in North Adelaide, South Australia Embarked 29 December 1916 from Sydney per ‘Themstocles’ Aged 32 years Served in England & France at No 3 Adelaide Auxiliary Hospital Returned to Australia 22 January 1919 per ‘Leicestershire’ Appointment Terminated 28 June 1919 Did not marry Died 14 September 1965 in Ivanhoe, Vic. Late of Ivanhoe, Vic. Buried Fawkner Cemetery |
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TABOR, Louisa Alice
Acting Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Born 15 December 1874 in Kobe, Osake, Japan.
Daughter of Charles TABOR and Emily nee BASSET
Of Military Rd, Semaphore, South Australia
Appointed 21 April 1915 No 7 General H B E F - address given as Melbourne, Australia
Served in France - sent to 10th Stationary Hospital
17th Casualty Clearing Station 09 April 1916
Abbeville 01 August 1916
2nd Stationary Hospital 31 August 1916
54th Casualty Clearing Station 01 January 1918
Admitted to 10th Station Hospital 03 January 1918
Discharged to Duty 16 January 1918
10th Stationary Hospital 16 January 1918
2nd Casualty Clearing Station 15 February 1918
10th Stationary Hospital 09 April 1918
17th Casualty Clearing Station 10 April 1918
10th Stationary Hospital 12 April 1918
Admitted with Gastritis 08 May 1918 15th Casualty Clearing Station, France
Transferred to 14 General Hospital 10 May 1918
To England 15 May 1918
Aged 42 years
Rejoined after sick leave 2nd Stationary Hospital 22 June 1918
Admitted with Enteritis 22 August 1918
To Convalescent, Hardolot 27 August 1918
Resided Watt's Temperance Hotel, Bridge Street, Inverness
To duty 07 September 1918
Leave to South of France 08 January 1919
To England for demobilization from Bolougne 13 March 1919
Transferred to Kitchener Hospital, Brighton 29 May 1919
NOK listed s Mrs. TABOR Of The White House, Leyton, Essex
Embarked for Australia 07 August 1919 per 'Katoomba' for Melbourne. Vic.
Demobilized 11 September 1919
Did not marry
Died 14 February 1942 in London, England
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Born 15 December 1874 in Kobe, Osake, Japan.
Daughter of Charles TABOR and Emily nee BASSET
Of Military Rd, Semaphore, South Australia
Appointed 21 April 1915 No 7 General H B E F - address given as Melbourne, Australia
Served in France - sent to 10th Stationary Hospital
17th Casualty Clearing Station 09 April 1916
Abbeville 01 August 1916
2nd Stationary Hospital 31 August 1916
54th Casualty Clearing Station 01 January 1918
Admitted to 10th Station Hospital 03 January 1918
Discharged to Duty 16 January 1918
10th Stationary Hospital 16 January 1918
2nd Casualty Clearing Station 15 February 1918
10th Stationary Hospital 09 April 1918
17th Casualty Clearing Station 10 April 1918
10th Stationary Hospital 12 April 1918
Admitted with Gastritis 08 May 1918 15th Casualty Clearing Station, France
Transferred to 14 General Hospital 10 May 1918
To England 15 May 1918
Aged 42 years
Rejoined after sick leave 2nd Stationary Hospital 22 June 1918
Admitted with Enteritis 22 August 1918
To Convalescent, Hardolot 27 August 1918
Resided Watt's Temperance Hotel, Bridge Street, Inverness
To duty 07 September 1918
Leave to South of France 08 January 1919
To England for demobilization from Bolougne 13 March 1919
Transferred to Kitchener Hospital, Brighton 29 May 1919
NOK listed s Mrs. TABOR Of The White House, Leyton, Essex
Embarked for Australia 07 August 1919 per 'Katoomba' for Melbourne. Vic.
Demobilized 11 September 1919
Did not marry
Died 14 February 1942 in London, England
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Nurse Louisa A Tabor, who has been mentioned by General Sir Douglas Haig in despatches, is a Semaphore lady. A fortnight ago she was mentioned as one of the recipients of a Royal Red Cross )second class), bestowed as a King's Birthday honour. Nurse Tabor was trained at Austin Hospital, Melbourne, and subsequently entered Carlton Hospital. In 1913 she went to the Victorian Agent General's office in London to assist in the dispatch of emigrants to Victoria, and returned in 1914. On the outbreak of war Nurse Tabor offered for the front, and left in January 1915. Since then she has been attached to No. 3 Stationary Hospital at St. Omer, France and engaged in the operating theatre. She is a member of the Royal Victorian Nursing Society. A sister, Nurse Florence Tabor, is in No. 3 Adelaide Auxiliary Hospital
Advertiser Saturday 17 June 1916 page 10
Nurse Louisa A Tabor, who has been mentioned by General Sir Douglas Haig in despatches, is a Semaphore lady. A fortnight ago she was mentioned as one of the recipients of a Royal Red Cross )second class), bestowed as a King's Birthday honour. Nurse Tabor was trained at Austin Hospital, Melbourne, and subsequently entered Carlton Hospital. In 1913 she went to the Victorian Agent General's office in London to assist in the dispatch of emigrants to Victoria, and returned in 1914. On the outbreak of war Nurse Tabor offered for the front, and left in January 1915. Since then she has been attached to No. 3 Stationary Hospital at St. Omer, France and engaged in the operating theatre. She is a member of the Royal Victorian Nursing Society. A sister, Nurse Florence Tabor, is in No. 3 Adelaide Auxiliary Hospital
Advertiser Saturday 17 June 1916 page 10
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 30
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 5579, position 1
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 30
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 5579, position 1
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 67
Date of London Gazette: 15 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 5958, position 1
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 67
Date of London Gazette: 15 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 5958, position 1
TAIT, Agnes May
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born Fremantle, WA Daughter of James and Agnes TAIT Of Greens Landing, WA Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Perth Public Hospital Enlisted 11 March 1916 at Helouan Egypt Embarked 28 July 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Miltaides’ Aged 26 years Served 1st Australian General Hospital Egypt, England & France Returned to Australia 24 July 1919 per ‘Ormonde’ Appointment Terminated 22 November 1919 Did not marry Died 20 June 1955 Aged 64 years Buried Guildford Cemetery General B 12 - lease expired Photograph courtesy of Gina Pedrotti |
Western Mail Thursday 03 July 1919 page 23
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TAIT, Helen Elizabeth
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Matron
AANS Born 1880 in Maffra, Vic. Daughter of Lithgow TAIT and Jessie nee GILLESPIE Of Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Alfred Hospital Enlisted 28 November 1914 Embarked 5 December 1914 from Melbourne per ‘ Kyarra’ Aged 34 years 1st Australian General Hospital Served Egypt, France & England Returned to Australia 22 January 1919 per ‘Leicestershire’ Appointment Terminated 14 April 1919 Appointed Matron of the Repatriation Hospital, Caulfield, Melbourne Matron at Melbourne Grammar School 1926 -1940 Did not marry Died 26 November 1976 in Vic. Late of Brighton, Vic. Buried Box Hill Cemetery Photograph Table Talk Thursday 26 November 1914 page 3 |
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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 46
Date of London Gazette: 4 June 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 5488, position 3
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 4 October 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2627, position 46
Date of London Gazette: 4 June 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 5488, position 3
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Sister Tait has bean on active service for two years and a half. Her first experience of military nursing was gained at the 1st Australian Hospital, Heliopolis. Egypt. Later she was attached to a hospital ship that brought back wounded soldiers to New Zealand.
On returning to the front she was appointed superintendent at a military hospital near Rouen. At present she is in charge of the 1st Casualty Clearing Station at Estaires, France. Sister Tait is a trainee of the Alfred Hospital, and for some time held the position of night superintendent at that institution. Weekly Times Saturday 16 June 1917 page 10 Photograph Punch Thursday 10 December 1914 page 18 |
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TAIT, Winifred Mary
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Matron
AANS Born 1876 in Goulburn, NSW Daughter of Andrew McDonald TAIT and Isabel McLean nee WATSON Of Hayfield, Carlingford, Sydney, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Enlisted 21 November 1914 Embarked 28 November 1914 from Sydney per ‘Kyarra’ Aged 39 years Sea transport From Australia to England & return Also sea transport from England to Egypt & return Embarked 2 October 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Nestor’ Sea transport to England Embarked 11 May 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Shropshire’ Sea Transport to England Embarked 31 October 1917 from Sydney per ‘Euripides’ Sea transport to England Embarked 8 May 1918 from Sydney per ‘Osterley’ Sea transport to England Returned to Australia Appointment Terminated 2 December 1918 Did not marry Died 09 August 1962 in Horsby, NSW Late of Vaucluse, NSW |
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TAMKIN, Alice May
Sister
AANS
Born c1875 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Daughter of Samuel TAMKIN and Mary nee JARMAN
Niece of Naomi JARMAN
Of Hatch End, Middlesex. London, England
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 4 July 1915 at Sydney. NSW
Embarked 31 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orontes’
Aged 40 years
Served in France & England
Resigned in England on 28 February 1919
Did not marry
Died 03 July 1949
Aged 72 years
Resided A.T.N.A. House, 18 Whitton Road, Chatswood, NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium
LIFE IN CHINA.
A CITY OF CONTRASTS.
The following is an extract from a letter written by Sister A. M. Tamkin, ex-A.I.F., of Sydney, and now a community nurse in China, to Sister A. M. Hayes, ex-A.I.F., of Thornleigh, Sydney:—"I am a community nurse for a syndicate, in Chiaotso, looking after Europeans. Chiaotso is right in the interior, 20 miles north of the Yellow River. We have some Chinese soldiers guarding us from raids by bandits, though our real help would be our 12 Sikhs, should any occasion arise for us to need protection. The natives round here, however, give very little trouble on the whole, the bandits usually keeping to the south side of the river. From Pekin it takes 21 hours to Chiaotso by train, and there are only two trains a week that are safe for foreigners to travel in. There area bout 60 foreigners in this community, including children. The greatest blessing is a club, which women use as much as the men. There is very little music in Chiaotso, but in Pekin I was playing with an orchestra of 30 performers, an amateur affair connected with the Institute of Fine Arts. There were British, American, Danish, Chinese, Austrian, and Russian performers, and we have some rather good concerts. Before I was in Pekin I nursed for a whole summer in Peitaiho, and prior to that in Tientsin. Pekin is a filthy but fascinating town, dirt and beauty abounding equally on both sides. Where else would you find streets thick with dust from motor cars, camel trains, donkeys, horses, mules, rickshaws, Pekin carts (weird and springless),carriages, and pedestrians, with pedlars and barbers and all sorts of extraordinary characters plying their trades by the way?"
Sydney Morning Herald Monday 15 September 1924 page 10
TAMKIN, Alice May - July 3, late sister, A.A.N.S., 1914-18, of A.T.N.A. House, 18 Whitton Road, Chatswood, aged 72 years.
Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 5 July 1949 page 12
AANS
Born c1875 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Daughter of Samuel TAMKIN and Mary nee JARMAN
Niece of Naomi JARMAN
Of Hatch End, Middlesex. London, England
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 4 July 1915 at Sydney. NSW
Embarked 31 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orontes’
Aged 40 years
Served in France & England
Resigned in England on 28 February 1919
Did not marry
Died 03 July 1949
Aged 72 years
Resided A.T.N.A. House, 18 Whitton Road, Chatswood, NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium
LIFE IN CHINA.
A CITY OF CONTRASTS.
The following is an extract from a letter written by Sister A. M. Tamkin, ex-A.I.F., of Sydney, and now a community nurse in China, to Sister A. M. Hayes, ex-A.I.F., of Thornleigh, Sydney:—"I am a community nurse for a syndicate, in Chiaotso, looking after Europeans. Chiaotso is right in the interior, 20 miles north of the Yellow River. We have some Chinese soldiers guarding us from raids by bandits, though our real help would be our 12 Sikhs, should any occasion arise for us to need protection. The natives round here, however, give very little trouble on the whole, the bandits usually keeping to the south side of the river. From Pekin it takes 21 hours to Chiaotso by train, and there are only two trains a week that are safe for foreigners to travel in. There area bout 60 foreigners in this community, including children. The greatest blessing is a club, which women use as much as the men. There is very little music in Chiaotso, but in Pekin I was playing with an orchestra of 30 performers, an amateur affair connected with the Institute of Fine Arts. There were British, American, Danish, Chinese, Austrian, and Russian performers, and we have some rather good concerts. Before I was in Pekin I nursed for a whole summer in Peitaiho, and prior to that in Tientsin. Pekin is a filthy but fascinating town, dirt and beauty abounding equally on both sides. Where else would you find streets thick with dust from motor cars, camel trains, donkeys, horses, mules, rickshaws, Pekin carts (weird and springless),carriages, and pedestrians, with pedlars and barbers and all sorts of extraordinary characters plying their trades by the way?"
Sydney Morning Herald Monday 15 September 1924 page 10
TAMKIN, Alice May - July 3, late sister, A.A.N.S., 1914-18, of A.T.N.A. House, 18 Whitton Road, Chatswood, aged 72 years.
Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 5 July 1949 page 12
TAPP, Alice Blondell
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Sister
AANS Born 1880 in Mortlake, Vic. Daughter of Peter TAPP and Jenny nee BLAKISTON Of Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Trained nurse Trained 3 years Geelong Hospital Enlisted 27 April 1917 Embarked 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’ Aged 36 years Served in England Returned to Australia 23 August 1919 per ‘Dunvegan Castle’ Appointment Terminated 24 October 1919 Did not marry Died 9 June 1956 at her residence 12 Leaburn Avenue, Caulfield, Vic. Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery TAPP.—On June 9, 1956 at her residence, 12 Leaburn Avenue, Caulfield, Alice Blondell (late A.A.N.S.), dearly loved sister of Jo Tapp. |
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TARR, Sarah Jane
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1881 in Derbyshire, England Daughter of Joseph TARR and Mary Jane nee TIMMINS Enlisted 12 January 1917 in Sydney, NSW Embarked 07 December 1917 Discharged as medically unfit 31 October 1917 Enlisted 03 January 1918 Embarked 16 October 1918 Appointment terminated 25 January 1920 Died 23 January 1935 at Ryde D.S.M. Hospital Late of 10 Loen Avenue, Eastwood, NSW Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium |
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TATLOW, Flora Amelia
Sister
AANS
14th Australian General Hospital
Born 1877 in Emu Bay, Tasmania
Daughter of Charles John TATLOW and Sarah Matilda nee FRASER
Of 31 Newry Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse
Aged 38 years
Enlisted 04 August 1915 at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 19 August 1916
Served in England and France
Enlisted 12 February 1917
Embarked 19 February 1917
Returned to Australia 18 August 1919 per 'Norman'
Appointment terminated 25 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 03 August 1956 in Vic.
Late of Glen Iris, Vic.
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery 06 August 1956 Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row R Grave 22
Tasmania Weekly Courier 09 September 1915 Insert 4
Sister Flora Tatlow was on the steamer Ballarat returning to Australia when the vessel was sunk by the Germans. Sister Tatlow was among the rescued, and she went back to active service soon afterwards. She now has a private hospital in Prahran, Victoria. ('Kiora' 22 Murray Street, Prahan)
Examiner Thursday 03 September 1931 page 9
BRAVE NURSES AND CHAPLAINS
During the whole time the only nurses aboard, Sisters Tatlow, of Victoria, and Lord, of Tasmania, who had been great favorites, had shown conspicuous courage, visiting companies and tying lifebelts, work in which Chaplains Goller (Presbyterian), Buckley (Anglican), and Ryan (Roman Catholic) were also employed. A hundred men photographed the sinking ship and the final parade, but the officers did not allow the men to break the ranks to get their valuables.
When the ship sank after midnight the only living things aboard were cats and puppies, which afterwards swam around the tug.
AUSTRALIA SHOULD BE PROUD
An officer said:
"Australia should be proud of their soldierly bearing, which was without any blemish. It brought tears to the eyes to see the straight lines, and eager, cheery faces of the men, with steady, busy officers. Nowhere was there the slightest sign of haste or panic."
There wore many coincidences .Three of the men were on board the Southland, which was sunk by a submarine in 1915. Fifteen had participated in the landing at Anzac Bay. The men were convinced that the Germans had specially set a trap for the Ballarat on Anzac Day, wishing to avenge the landing.
The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard Friday 04 May 1917 page 6
TATLOW. - The Funeral of the late Sister FLORA AMELIA TATLOW, late A.A.N.S., 1st A.I.F., is appointed to leave the Bathurst memorial chapel, corner Glenhuntly and Kooyong roads. Elsternwick. THIS DAY (Monday), after a service commencing at 3 p.m., for the Spring Vale Lawn Cemetery.
The Argus Monday 06 August 1956 page 12
AANS
14th Australian General Hospital
Born 1877 in Emu Bay, Tasmania
Daughter of Charles John TATLOW and Sarah Matilda nee FRASER
Of 31 Newry Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse
Aged 38 years
Enlisted 04 August 1915 at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 19 August 1916
Served in England and France
Enlisted 12 February 1917
Embarked 19 February 1917
Returned to Australia 18 August 1919 per 'Norman'
Appointment terminated 25 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 03 August 1956 in Vic.
Late of Glen Iris, Vic.
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery 06 August 1956 Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row R Grave 22
Tasmania Weekly Courier 09 September 1915 Insert 4
Sister Flora Tatlow was on the steamer Ballarat returning to Australia when the vessel was sunk by the Germans. Sister Tatlow was among the rescued, and she went back to active service soon afterwards. She now has a private hospital in Prahran, Victoria. ('Kiora' 22 Murray Street, Prahan)
Examiner Thursday 03 September 1931 page 9
BRAVE NURSES AND CHAPLAINS
During the whole time the only nurses aboard, Sisters Tatlow, of Victoria, and Lord, of Tasmania, who had been great favorites, had shown conspicuous courage, visiting companies and tying lifebelts, work in which Chaplains Goller (Presbyterian), Buckley (Anglican), and Ryan (Roman Catholic) were also employed. A hundred men photographed the sinking ship and the final parade, but the officers did not allow the men to break the ranks to get their valuables.
When the ship sank after midnight the only living things aboard were cats and puppies, which afterwards swam around the tug.
AUSTRALIA SHOULD BE PROUD
An officer said:
"Australia should be proud of their soldierly bearing, which was without any blemish. It brought tears to the eyes to see the straight lines, and eager, cheery faces of the men, with steady, busy officers. Nowhere was there the slightest sign of haste or panic."
There wore many coincidences .Three of the men were on board the Southland, which was sunk by a submarine in 1915. Fifteen had participated in the landing at Anzac Bay. The men were convinced that the Germans had specially set a trap for the Ballarat on Anzac Day, wishing to avenge the landing.
The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard Friday 04 May 1917 page 6
TATLOW. - The Funeral of the late Sister FLORA AMELIA TATLOW, late A.A.N.S., 1st A.I.F., is appointed to leave the Bathurst memorial chapel, corner Glenhuntly and Kooyong roads. Elsternwick. THIS DAY (Monday), after a service commencing at 3 p.m., for the Spring Vale Lawn Cemetery.
The Argus Monday 06 August 1956 page 12
TAYLOR, Bessie Annie
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Auckland, New Zealand
Daughter of John and Elizabeth TAYLOR
Of Shirley Rd, North Sydney. NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 3 November 1915
Embarked 10 November 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’
Aged 41 years
Served in 2nd Australian General Hospital Egypt
Returned to Australia per hospital ship Runic as nursing Staff leaving Suez 11 April 1916
Re-embarked 19 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Karoola’
Served in France & England
14th Australian General Hospital
Illness
Invalided to Australia per ‘Corinthic’ leaving England 10 January 1918
Did not marry
Died 08 November 1942 in Pymble, NSW
AANS
Born Auckland, New Zealand
Daughter of John and Elizabeth TAYLOR
Of Shirley Rd, North Sydney. NSW
Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse
Enlisted 3 November 1915
Embarked 10 November 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’
Aged 41 years
Served in 2nd Australian General Hospital Egypt
Returned to Australia per hospital ship Runic as nursing Staff leaving Suez 11 April 1916
Re-embarked 19 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Karoola’
Served in France & England
14th Australian General Hospital
Illness
Invalided to Australia per ‘Corinthic’ leaving England 10 January 1918
Did not marry
Died 08 November 1942 in Pymble, NSW
TAYLOR, Emily Beatrice
Sister
AANS
Born London, England
Daughter of George and Sarah Hannah TAYLOR
Of 15 Church St. West Maitland
Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915 from Sydney per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 37 years
2nd Australian General Hospital
Served in Egypt, Lemnos, France & England
Returned to Australia 9 January 1920 per ‘Ypiringa’’ Nursing staff
Appointment Terminated 9 March 1920
Died 6 May 1962
Sister Taylor's Return
Sister E.B. Taylor, who returned home on Saturday evening, has had a lengthy and varied experience as an army nurse. Volunteering immediately after war broke out, she was called up a few months later, and sailed from Australia on May 15, 1915. She went to England returning thence to Lemnos, where she served with a hospital treating the wounded from Gallipoli. Sister Taylor served on a hospital ship bringing the wounded from Anzac and Cape Helles, and assisted in the evacuation of the wounded from the mainland after the battle of Lone Pine. On a number of occasions while engaged on this work she was between the fires of the British fleet bombarding the Turkish lines and the Turkish batteries firing at the fleet. The wounded were taken to Imbros or Mudros, one within one hour and the other four hours' steam of Gallipoli. Sister Taylor remained on Lemnos for several weeks after the troops had evacuated the peninsula. While in Egypt she assisted in the treatment of the Light Horse wounded from the Romani battle, the beginning of the successes in Palestine. Proceeding to England she served for four months in the Kitchener War Hospital at Brighton, after which she crossed to France, and remained there until March 1919. During the last big advance on the Somme in 1918, she was with a casualty clearing station, and kept pace with the advance until the signing of armistice in November 1918. During that advance she went through Peronne, crossed the Hindenbug line, and went into country that had been occupied by the Germans since the beginning of the war. During the battles for Mont St. Quentin, Villers-Bretonneux, and all the fighting around Amiens she was with the casualty clearing station up near the front lines. Frequently they were in range of the guns and almost nightly German aeroplanes made raids, during which the hospital had many narrow escapes. On several occasions the outer structures were splintered, but fortunately the patients and their attendants escaped. Although it was mostly English troops who passed through her hands, sister Taylor also attended to many Australians and United States soldiers. The patients were most chivalrous and gallant and very grateful to the nurses. She also expresses her appreciation to the local patriotic committees, especially the Nurses' Comforts Fund, for the splendid comforts forwarded her, whilst on service. In the period between the signing of the armistice she experienced a busy time nursing influenza patients amongst the soldiers. Her brother, Sapper Harry Taylor who served for four years on Gallipoli and in France, returned home in February last. They are the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, of Charles Street, West Maitland.
The Maitland Daily Mercury Tuesday 13 January 1920 page 4
MATRON AUBURN HOSPITAL
Sister E.B. Taylor, who has been appointed matron of the Auburn District Hospital, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Taylor, of Charles street, West Maitland. She went on active service in 1915 with the No. 3 Australian General Hospital to Lemnos, and then to Egypt, England and France. She was in the No. 55 casualty clearing station on the Somme when the armistice was signed. Sister Taylor was trained at Sydney Hospital.
Maitland Daily Mercury Friday 24 December 1920 page 4
AANS
Born London, England
Daughter of George and Sarah Hannah TAYLOR
Of 15 Church St. West Maitland
Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915 from Sydney per ‘Mooltan’
Aged 37 years
2nd Australian General Hospital
Served in Egypt, Lemnos, France & England
Returned to Australia 9 January 1920 per ‘Ypiringa’’ Nursing staff
Appointment Terminated 9 March 1920
Died 6 May 1962
Sister Taylor's Return
Sister E.B. Taylor, who returned home on Saturday evening, has had a lengthy and varied experience as an army nurse. Volunteering immediately after war broke out, she was called up a few months later, and sailed from Australia on May 15, 1915. She went to England returning thence to Lemnos, where she served with a hospital treating the wounded from Gallipoli. Sister Taylor served on a hospital ship bringing the wounded from Anzac and Cape Helles, and assisted in the evacuation of the wounded from the mainland after the battle of Lone Pine. On a number of occasions while engaged on this work she was between the fires of the British fleet bombarding the Turkish lines and the Turkish batteries firing at the fleet. The wounded were taken to Imbros or Mudros, one within one hour and the other four hours' steam of Gallipoli. Sister Taylor remained on Lemnos for several weeks after the troops had evacuated the peninsula. While in Egypt she assisted in the treatment of the Light Horse wounded from the Romani battle, the beginning of the successes in Palestine. Proceeding to England she served for four months in the Kitchener War Hospital at Brighton, after which she crossed to France, and remained there until March 1919. During the last big advance on the Somme in 1918, she was with a casualty clearing station, and kept pace with the advance until the signing of armistice in November 1918. During that advance she went through Peronne, crossed the Hindenbug line, and went into country that had been occupied by the Germans since the beginning of the war. During the battles for Mont St. Quentin, Villers-Bretonneux, and all the fighting around Amiens she was with the casualty clearing station up near the front lines. Frequently they were in range of the guns and almost nightly German aeroplanes made raids, during which the hospital had many narrow escapes. On several occasions the outer structures were splintered, but fortunately the patients and their attendants escaped. Although it was mostly English troops who passed through her hands, sister Taylor also attended to many Australians and United States soldiers. The patients were most chivalrous and gallant and very grateful to the nurses. She also expresses her appreciation to the local patriotic committees, especially the Nurses' Comforts Fund, for the splendid comforts forwarded her, whilst on service. In the period between the signing of the armistice she experienced a busy time nursing influenza patients amongst the soldiers. Her brother, Sapper Harry Taylor who served for four years on Gallipoli and in France, returned home in February last. They are the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, of Charles Street, West Maitland.
The Maitland Daily Mercury Tuesday 13 January 1920 page 4
MATRON AUBURN HOSPITAL
Sister E.B. Taylor, who has been appointed matron of the Auburn District Hospital, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Taylor, of Charles street, West Maitland. She went on active service in 1915 with the No. 3 Australian General Hospital to Lemnos, and then to Egypt, England and France. She was in the No. 55 casualty clearing station on the Somme when the armistice was signed. Sister Taylor was trained at Sydney Hospital.
Maitland Daily Mercury Friday 24 December 1920 page 4
TAYLOR, Fanny Louisa (Faye)
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 18 December 1881 at Bundalong, Vic. One of 12 chldren The fifth child of twelve, to James Lloyd TAYLOR and Emily Louisa nee PEARCE Of King St, Benalla, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Melbourne Hospital Enlisted 15 October 1915 Embarked 12 November 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’ Aged 33 years 1st Australian General Hospital Served in Egypt, England and India Returned to Australia 12 February 1918 per ‘Persic’ Appointment Terminated 23 February 1918 Married Arthur Harold HOSKINS Died 1968 at Springwood, Vic. |
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In 1902 Fanny commenced a nursing career and studied for three years at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Fanny spent another 7 years working at a family owned hospital at “Saint Helens” The Avenue, Windsor in Victoria, attaining the role of Matron in charge. She worked here with her mother Emily and two sisters; Winifred Violet and Dorothea (Dolly) Jane Taylor.
In 1914 Fanny joined the AIF and in December 1915 she transferred overseas to Egypt and worked at the great hospital in Heliopolis. She served with the 2nd Australian Auxilary Hospital in Southall, England, following duty in India. She served overseas for over two years in Egypt, England and India.
Faye’s sister Winifred Fox (nee Taylor) married and lived in Gundagai NSW and whenever Faye wrote home, many of her letters were published in the small he Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, where Winifred’s husband worked. Here is one such entry published Tuesday 22 February 1916, which vividly describes her trip on the RMS Orsova from Melbourne to Egypt.
A TRIP TO EGYPT.
IMPRESSIONS OF A NURSE.
The following extracts are taken from a chatty letter written by Nurse Fay Taylor (sister of Mrs.- J. Fox, Gundagai), who left Melbourne with the last batch of trained nurses, per the R.M.S.' Orsova,' to take up duties at the 1st A.G. Hospital, Heliopolis. The letter, dated Dec. 20, relates experiences on the voyage, and says : ' We have enjoyed the best of health since we left the southern capital, and all are happy and contented. The first Sunday on the ocean we had Church parade, and I shall never forget it. We (the officers and nurses) assembled at the end of the promenade deck, and the men on the part, between the corresponding part of the rear deck. They were all in full uniform, and we were in our grey uniform, with scarlet capes and white caps. The singing was most impressive, but what impressed me most was the thousands of upturned brown faces of the men. One could not help the tears coming when wondering how many of them would come back again. They were not going to the front, but to look after the horses in Egypt, so those whom are not old are unfit, and yet they are heroes because they are as likely to die as not under the existing conditions in Egypt. One man sold his station and enlisted as a private, another is worth ,£4000 a year, and many have left very comfortable homes. They had a nice time on board, there being two bands, a piano and pianola. Every Tuesday and Saturday the men gave a concert, which we all attended. No one would ever dream we were going to war. The boat was lovely, everything as clean as a new pin. Our cabins were only two berth. The dining room was a picture, especially at night when we were all in full uniform. We were very pleased to call at Aden (our first halt after Fremantle). It is a township cut out of rock, with red tiled roofs, and absolutely no trees and very little green anywhere, and such a smooth sea, and so dirty. Nevertheless, it interested us, because we had our first glimpse of a coloured population. We saw none of the English. In due time we arrived at Suez, and lay out in the gulf awaiting our turn to disembark. We got off in three trains, mine was the second, and left at 3.30 p.m. My word it means some work to unload a transport. We had lunch on the boat at 12.30, but were too much excited to eat. We were afraid that something worth seeing might happen whilst we were in the dining saloon. The first train got away, accompanied by many cheers from both the train and the boat, and then our trainload commenced to disembark. The train was comfortable, with huge windows. As soon as we were seated we were surrounded by small Arabs, some very small, and they looked so pathetic that we threw them pennies. However, it was a case of the survival of the fittest, as the big ' kids ' always took the pennies from the small ones. They seemed to chase us miles, and by the time Suez was left behind we were penniless. The rail journey was most interesting. First we passed the camps where Australians cheered us, and Indians gravely saluted us. Along the side of the canal we went for many miles, and then across the desert. Nothing but sand in the background. Hillocks of sand, almost mountains of sand, and plains of sand. The most marvellous thing is that all the way for four or five chains on either side of the line they have irrigated the land and seem to grow everything, and there we saw people ploughing with two oxen in a wooden plough. , Maize, oats, dates, oranges, strawberries, in fact all sorts of fruit, in and out of season, seem to grow there, also lovely tomatoes. We had been cautioned not to buy anything, so did not do so, although we almost died of starvation before we reached Heliopolis. There was some mistake made about the refreshments, and not so much as a sandwich could we procure whilst on the train. About 7.30 Captain Longstaff, the painter, came along and said he would see if he could get anything for us to eat. There were eight of us in the carriage, and all he could get was one army, biscuit and a quarter tin of rabbit. It was so funny to see ' him open the tin, and I am sure he is more at home with a brush than a tin-opener. When he had cut about an inch and a quarter round the opener broke and we had to fish it out, and we only had the opener and a fruit knife to eat it with.' However, we unanimously agreed that the Australian rabbit was the most beautiful in the world. Please never run a rabbit down to me again!; The sun set about 5.30, and it was wonderful. A sunset on the desert is a sight not easily or soon forgotten. The colouring is vivid and there is a golden green haze over everything.
And one could watch the sun with out getting dazzled, then quite suddenly it got dark. There is no twilight. We were sorry because we could not watch the landscape any longer, but we put out the light and then could watch the natives sitting in their, low huts around fires, which were in the middle of the room, and they were almost smothered in smoke. We arrived at Heliopolis about 10.30, and were met at the station with motor ambulances, which soon had us at the hospital. We stood feeling like widows and orphans for a while, and then we were drafted into a dining-room and did our bit there. The dinner was very nice indeed, and I guess there was not much left. It was funny being waited on by darkies, in long white dresses like nighties, red belts and caps. Afterwards we climbed two flights of marble, stairs and had rooms doled out to us which have blue silk and white enamel panelled walls. Not a carpet on the concrete floor, and white enamel beds that looks ludicrous in such a room. We crawled to bed about 12.30 and slept the sleep of the just, till awakened by the bugles at 6 o'clock in the morning. We had not to go to breakfast till 9, so we turned over and went to sleep again. After breakfast we were told we could go out for the day, so there was great joy in the hearts of the newly arrived. We did Cairo in the morning, changed our money, and then I went to the Base Depot to make enquiries about my soldier brother — good report. Then we went and had a grill at a restaurant, where we could not understand what the waiter's said, and they could hardly understand us. The menu was a mixture of English and French, so we pointed to what we wanted. The waiters, snapped their fingers, waved their arms and disappeared, and 20 minutes later reappeared with our chops. We drove in a gharri, drawn by two lovely horses, for along way (three quarters of an hour) and they charged 1 piastre! being '2d in English coin. Nurse Carlisle (who had previously gained experience) was with us, otherwise they would have cheated us wholesale. Then we went to the pyramids, a tram ride of more than an hour's duration, for 1 piastre. All soldiers and sisters travel everywhere half fare. The pyramids and sphinx are wonderful, of course, but not at all beautiful. We couldn’t go inside, too much dirt and our uniforms would have been ruined. Most of the girls rode donkeys, which played up like demons, and the camels are absolute rotters, they groan and' make such a horrid noise and look as though they are longing for a pound of ones flesh, I don't think they would mind where they got it from either. A very dirty black Arab came to meet us at the pyramids and told us he was the 'daisy limit ' at telling the past, present, and future. We told him it was 'dizzy limit' and he said 'square dinkum.' Long before we left we had come to the conclusion that he was the ‘crazy limit,' and at last we let him tell our fortune to get rid of him, and he charged 2 piastres. What he told me about the future is not fit to be censored, as the censor may be young and innocent. As soon as we had finished we found there was dozens of other 'daisy limits' at telling the future, etc. Really we were glad to leave the pyramids and the babel behind us. We had dinner where we had lunched, and arrived back at the hospital tired and happy, and were all well into bed by 9.30. We have not been to any historical places yet, but are waiting for someone to take us.
Small things, such as introductions, are not thought of much here. One sees an ' Australia ' on a shoulder, and the men know by our hats that we are just over. They want to know how Melbourne looks. They love Australia. I think there are some very home sick boys here. I just adore being here. I feel such swank when I am going along the marble corridors, and pretend I am a visitor paying innumerable piastres a week and gambling, etc.; and then I remember 'tis high time I was on duty, my dreams vanish and I begin taking pulses, etc. Later we visited the citadel, where there are wonderful carvings in marble, and paintings in it. The ceiling' was painted by a well-known painter of that period, and when he had finished it the King sent for him 'to come and dine. Thinking it a great honour he hastened to the palace, and the King ordered him to be seized and his eyes gorged out 'so that that would be the only ceiling ever painted by him. First of all we went and saw the ruins and dungeons, and then went to the church part. The walls are pure alabaster. There is a reading desk, but the altar is just a half circle in the wall, on the eastern side of the church, the reason being that should a blind man come into the church he gets around the wall until he comes to the half circle, and then he knows in which direction to pray. It is part of their religion, to pray facing the east. There are no seats, and they sit or lie on their faces on the floor, which is covered with matting and then heavy red carpet. The guide took us through, even though some people were there. They pray very loudly. We had to put slippers on, as no one is allowed to wear boots or shoes, and I am sure they gave us size 11. There is a fountain in the middle of the court where one is supposed to wash their faces, hands and feet, but not being Christians they let us off. I have noticed quite a number of blind in Cairo. The people have the most beautiful eyes, or else they are one-eyed, blighted, cataractous, or just squinty or beastly. Theatres here go in at 9.3O and come out at 1.30, supper, home at 2.30 usual Cairo hours.
In 1914 Fanny joined the AIF and in December 1915 she transferred overseas to Egypt and worked at the great hospital in Heliopolis. She served with the 2nd Australian Auxilary Hospital in Southall, England, following duty in India. She served overseas for over two years in Egypt, England and India.
Faye’s sister Winifred Fox (nee Taylor) married and lived in Gundagai NSW and whenever Faye wrote home, many of her letters were published in the small he Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, where Winifred’s husband worked. Here is one such entry published Tuesday 22 February 1916, which vividly describes her trip on the RMS Orsova from Melbourne to Egypt.
A TRIP TO EGYPT.
IMPRESSIONS OF A NURSE.
The following extracts are taken from a chatty letter written by Nurse Fay Taylor (sister of Mrs.- J. Fox, Gundagai), who left Melbourne with the last batch of trained nurses, per the R.M.S.' Orsova,' to take up duties at the 1st A.G. Hospital, Heliopolis. The letter, dated Dec. 20, relates experiences on the voyage, and says : ' We have enjoyed the best of health since we left the southern capital, and all are happy and contented. The first Sunday on the ocean we had Church parade, and I shall never forget it. We (the officers and nurses) assembled at the end of the promenade deck, and the men on the part, between the corresponding part of the rear deck. They were all in full uniform, and we were in our grey uniform, with scarlet capes and white caps. The singing was most impressive, but what impressed me most was the thousands of upturned brown faces of the men. One could not help the tears coming when wondering how many of them would come back again. They were not going to the front, but to look after the horses in Egypt, so those whom are not old are unfit, and yet they are heroes because they are as likely to die as not under the existing conditions in Egypt. One man sold his station and enlisted as a private, another is worth ,£4000 a year, and many have left very comfortable homes. They had a nice time on board, there being two bands, a piano and pianola. Every Tuesday and Saturday the men gave a concert, which we all attended. No one would ever dream we were going to war. The boat was lovely, everything as clean as a new pin. Our cabins were only two berth. The dining room was a picture, especially at night when we were all in full uniform. We were very pleased to call at Aden (our first halt after Fremantle). It is a township cut out of rock, with red tiled roofs, and absolutely no trees and very little green anywhere, and such a smooth sea, and so dirty. Nevertheless, it interested us, because we had our first glimpse of a coloured population. We saw none of the English. In due time we arrived at Suez, and lay out in the gulf awaiting our turn to disembark. We got off in three trains, mine was the second, and left at 3.30 p.m. My word it means some work to unload a transport. We had lunch on the boat at 12.30, but were too much excited to eat. We were afraid that something worth seeing might happen whilst we were in the dining saloon. The first train got away, accompanied by many cheers from both the train and the boat, and then our trainload commenced to disembark. The train was comfortable, with huge windows. As soon as we were seated we were surrounded by small Arabs, some very small, and they looked so pathetic that we threw them pennies. However, it was a case of the survival of the fittest, as the big ' kids ' always took the pennies from the small ones. They seemed to chase us miles, and by the time Suez was left behind we were penniless. The rail journey was most interesting. First we passed the camps where Australians cheered us, and Indians gravely saluted us. Along the side of the canal we went for many miles, and then across the desert. Nothing but sand in the background. Hillocks of sand, almost mountains of sand, and plains of sand. The most marvellous thing is that all the way for four or five chains on either side of the line they have irrigated the land and seem to grow everything, and there we saw people ploughing with two oxen in a wooden plough. , Maize, oats, dates, oranges, strawberries, in fact all sorts of fruit, in and out of season, seem to grow there, also lovely tomatoes. We had been cautioned not to buy anything, so did not do so, although we almost died of starvation before we reached Heliopolis. There was some mistake made about the refreshments, and not so much as a sandwich could we procure whilst on the train. About 7.30 Captain Longstaff, the painter, came along and said he would see if he could get anything for us to eat. There were eight of us in the carriage, and all he could get was one army, biscuit and a quarter tin of rabbit. It was so funny to see ' him open the tin, and I am sure he is more at home with a brush than a tin-opener. When he had cut about an inch and a quarter round the opener broke and we had to fish it out, and we only had the opener and a fruit knife to eat it with.' However, we unanimously agreed that the Australian rabbit was the most beautiful in the world. Please never run a rabbit down to me again!; The sun set about 5.30, and it was wonderful. A sunset on the desert is a sight not easily or soon forgotten. The colouring is vivid and there is a golden green haze over everything.
And one could watch the sun with out getting dazzled, then quite suddenly it got dark. There is no twilight. We were sorry because we could not watch the landscape any longer, but we put out the light and then could watch the natives sitting in their, low huts around fires, which were in the middle of the room, and they were almost smothered in smoke. We arrived at Heliopolis about 10.30, and were met at the station with motor ambulances, which soon had us at the hospital. We stood feeling like widows and orphans for a while, and then we were drafted into a dining-room and did our bit there. The dinner was very nice indeed, and I guess there was not much left. It was funny being waited on by darkies, in long white dresses like nighties, red belts and caps. Afterwards we climbed two flights of marble, stairs and had rooms doled out to us which have blue silk and white enamel panelled walls. Not a carpet on the concrete floor, and white enamel beds that looks ludicrous in such a room. We crawled to bed about 12.30 and slept the sleep of the just, till awakened by the bugles at 6 o'clock in the morning. We had not to go to breakfast till 9, so we turned over and went to sleep again. After breakfast we were told we could go out for the day, so there was great joy in the hearts of the newly arrived. We did Cairo in the morning, changed our money, and then I went to the Base Depot to make enquiries about my soldier brother — good report. Then we went and had a grill at a restaurant, where we could not understand what the waiter's said, and they could hardly understand us. The menu was a mixture of English and French, so we pointed to what we wanted. The waiters, snapped their fingers, waved their arms and disappeared, and 20 minutes later reappeared with our chops. We drove in a gharri, drawn by two lovely horses, for along way (three quarters of an hour) and they charged 1 piastre! being '2d in English coin. Nurse Carlisle (who had previously gained experience) was with us, otherwise they would have cheated us wholesale. Then we went to the pyramids, a tram ride of more than an hour's duration, for 1 piastre. All soldiers and sisters travel everywhere half fare. The pyramids and sphinx are wonderful, of course, but not at all beautiful. We couldn’t go inside, too much dirt and our uniforms would have been ruined. Most of the girls rode donkeys, which played up like demons, and the camels are absolute rotters, they groan and' make such a horrid noise and look as though they are longing for a pound of ones flesh, I don't think they would mind where they got it from either. A very dirty black Arab came to meet us at the pyramids and told us he was the 'daisy limit ' at telling the past, present, and future. We told him it was 'dizzy limit' and he said 'square dinkum.' Long before we left we had come to the conclusion that he was the ‘crazy limit,' and at last we let him tell our fortune to get rid of him, and he charged 2 piastres. What he told me about the future is not fit to be censored, as the censor may be young and innocent. As soon as we had finished we found there was dozens of other 'daisy limits' at telling the future, etc. Really we were glad to leave the pyramids and the babel behind us. We had dinner where we had lunched, and arrived back at the hospital tired and happy, and were all well into bed by 9.30. We have not been to any historical places yet, but are waiting for someone to take us.
Small things, such as introductions, are not thought of much here. One sees an ' Australia ' on a shoulder, and the men know by our hats that we are just over. They want to know how Melbourne looks. They love Australia. I think there are some very home sick boys here. I just adore being here. I feel such swank when I am going along the marble corridors, and pretend I am a visitor paying innumerable piastres a week and gambling, etc.; and then I remember 'tis high time I was on duty, my dreams vanish and I begin taking pulses, etc. Later we visited the citadel, where there are wonderful carvings in marble, and paintings in it. The ceiling' was painted by a well-known painter of that period, and when he had finished it the King sent for him 'to come and dine. Thinking it a great honour he hastened to the palace, and the King ordered him to be seized and his eyes gorged out 'so that that would be the only ceiling ever painted by him. First of all we went and saw the ruins and dungeons, and then went to the church part. The walls are pure alabaster. There is a reading desk, but the altar is just a half circle in the wall, on the eastern side of the church, the reason being that should a blind man come into the church he gets around the wall until he comes to the half circle, and then he knows in which direction to pray. It is part of their religion, to pray facing the east. There are no seats, and they sit or lie on their faces on the floor, which is covered with matting and then heavy red carpet. The guide took us through, even though some people were there. They pray very loudly. We had to put slippers on, as no one is allowed to wear boots or shoes, and I am sure they gave us size 11. There is a fountain in the middle of the court where one is supposed to wash their faces, hands and feet, but not being Christians they let us off. I have noticed quite a number of blind in Cairo. The people have the most beautiful eyes, or else they are one-eyed, blighted, cataractous, or just squinty or beastly. Theatres here go in at 9.3O and come out at 1.30, supper, home at 2.30 usual Cairo hours.
"London Air Raid.
Nurse Taylor, with the Australian nurses abroad, writing to her sister in Gundagai, giving a
graphic description of a recent air raid on London, says :— We- had a severe raid Here last
week-, mostly Zepps. A very silent danger, as they must have shut the engines off. I had
been in to the theatre and we went to the Troc. for supper. It was a peculiar feeling, a noise
like a train going over a bridge, a thud, screams, falling glass, and then another thud in the
distance. We rushed out, but could, of course, see nothing. Special constables ushered us
into tubes for safety, but Fitz., being a doctor, offered his services, so I struggled home alone,
and it was ' some ' struggle. You've no idea how terrified the people are. Men, women, and
children just crowd into the, tubes and make them a very inferno. The closeness and the
smell almost kills one. Babies in arms, dirty women, some with babies and some carrying
dogs, just stampede. I did want to stay on top and help, but being a woman I was bundled
down and didn't get home till after 1 o'clock. One couldn't get near the trains. Of course
one can't blame the people, I suppose. I tried to hearten up some poor mothers huddled
up near me, and said, 'Just try and be worthy of our men who are under that every minute
and every second,' and then one said, ' But the poor little children, it is so awful for them.'
I said,' 'Yes, but the most awful thing for the children is to be brought up little cowards when their fathers are doing so much. Didn't they think the mothers could help also,' just by being calm.' Poor things, I am afraid it was almost useless, but they, commenced talking of other things, and' asked me questions about my home, my brothers, and Australia, and presently the ' All clear ' was sounded and they went up stairs again, while I pushed and struggled to -get into a carriage. We are expecting a ' beauty ' to night. There is an arsenal near here (Southall), and if they manage to hit that it will be good-bye for all of us. There is no where for us to evacuate to, but dare say we would have to ' dig in ' out on the lawn.”
Upon her return to Australia in 1918 Faye married Arthur Harold Hoskins, whom she had met whilst on duty overseas. Arthur and Faye worked at the Callum Park Mental Hospital in Sydney. Arthur was promoted over time to the Superintendent of the Darlinghurst Reception House, a Psychiatric Hospital where they lived on site for many years. Faye ran a cigarette and newspaper kiosk at Taylor square, Darlinghurst during this time. They had two boys (one died soon after birth - Douglas) and James Hoskins.
Faye and Arthur retired to Springwood in the 1960’s where Fay died in 1968.
Courtesy of Peter Toohey
Photograph - Punch Thursday 02 December 1915 page 20
Nurse Taylor, with the Australian nurses abroad, writing to her sister in Gundagai, giving a
graphic description of a recent air raid on London, says :— We- had a severe raid Here last
week-, mostly Zepps. A very silent danger, as they must have shut the engines off. I had
been in to the theatre and we went to the Troc. for supper. It was a peculiar feeling, a noise
like a train going over a bridge, a thud, screams, falling glass, and then another thud in the
distance. We rushed out, but could, of course, see nothing. Special constables ushered us
into tubes for safety, but Fitz., being a doctor, offered his services, so I struggled home alone,
and it was ' some ' struggle. You've no idea how terrified the people are. Men, women, and
children just crowd into the, tubes and make them a very inferno. The closeness and the
smell almost kills one. Babies in arms, dirty women, some with babies and some carrying
dogs, just stampede. I did want to stay on top and help, but being a woman I was bundled
down and didn't get home till after 1 o'clock. One couldn't get near the trains. Of course
one can't blame the people, I suppose. I tried to hearten up some poor mothers huddled
up near me, and said, 'Just try and be worthy of our men who are under that every minute
and every second,' and then one said, ' But the poor little children, it is so awful for them.'
I said,' 'Yes, but the most awful thing for the children is to be brought up little cowards when their fathers are doing so much. Didn't they think the mothers could help also,' just by being calm.' Poor things, I am afraid it was almost useless, but they, commenced talking of other things, and' asked me questions about my home, my brothers, and Australia, and presently the ' All clear ' was sounded and they went up stairs again, while I pushed and struggled to -get into a carriage. We are expecting a ' beauty ' to night. There is an arsenal near here (Southall), and if they manage to hit that it will be good-bye for all of us. There is no where for us to evacuate to, but dare say we would have to ' dig in ' out on the lawn.”
Upon her return to Australia in 1918 Faye married Arthur Harold Hoskins, whom she had met whilst on duty overseas. Arthur and Faye worked at the Callum Park Mental Hospital in Sydney. Arthur was promoted over time to the Superintendent of the Darlinghurst Reception House, a Psychiatric Hospital where they lived on site for many years. Faye ran a cigarette and newspaper kiosk at Taylor square, Darlinghurst during this time. They had two boys (one died soon after birth - Douglas) and James Hoskins.
Faye and Arthur retired to Springwood in the 1960’s where Fay died in 1968.
Courtesy of Peter Toohey
Photograph - Punch Thursday 02 December 1915 page 20
TAYLOR, Jessie Maie (May)
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Sister
AANS Born 1881 at Lake Bolac, Vic. Daughter of John George TAYLOR and Jessie Ferguson nee McQUALTER Of ‘St Johns’ Bulla Rd. Essendon, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 3 years Melbourne Hospital Enlisted 17 June 1915 Embarked 17 June 1915 from Melbourne per’ Wandilla’ Illness Broncho-Pneumonia Returned to Australia 12 May 1916 per ‘Karoola’ for change Returned to Duty at Sandringham House 5 August 1916 Re-Embarked 11 September 1916 from Sydney per ‘Euripides’ Returned to Australia on hospital ship Wiltshire nursing staff leaving England 12 November 1916 Re-Embarked 10 February 1917 per ‘Osterley’ nursing duties to England 2nd Australian General Hospital & Sea transport to Australia Re-Embarked 2 February 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wiltshire’ to Suez Embarked on 21 May 1918 at Egypt for France per ‘Indarra’ Returned to Australia 1 February 1919 per ‘Nestor’ Appointment Terminated 28 March 1919 Married Francis Vivian Sparrow Died 17 May 1958 in Vic. Aged 70 years Late of Armadale, Vic. Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row AC, Grave 52 Table Talk |
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TAYLOR, Kathleen Clara
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1889 in London, England Daughter of Henry Alfred TAYLOR Of Woolochra, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Trained 4 years Coast Hospital Enlisted 22 May 1917 Embarked 9 June 1917 from Sydney per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 27 years Served in Salonika Illness Returned to Australia per ‘Karoola’ leaving Suez 27 April 1918 Discharged as medically unfit 28 May 1919 Married Arthur Alexander KEMBLE in 1928 Died 03 July 1970 in NSW Late of Balmoral Beach, NSW |
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TAYLOR, Kathleen Miriam
Sister
AANS Born 1890 Silverton, NSW Daughter of William Henry TAYLOR and Mary Jane nee SMITH Of 34 Commercial Road, Hyde Park Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse at Wakefield Private Hospital Enlisted 23 September 1916 at Keswick Embarked 29 December 1916 Served in France Returned to Australia per ‘Kanowna’ 20 October 1919 Appointment terminated 30 November 1919 Married 15 December 1920 Leslie Frank BURGESS Husband died in 1961 in Mosman NSW Died 09 November 1965 in NSW Late of Cremorne, NSW State Records of SA GRG 26/5/4/1521 |
TAYLOR, Rose
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 31 July 1873 in Yorkshire, England
Daughter of Rev. William and Ellen TAYLOR
Occupation prior to enlisting
Enlisted 25 June 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’
Aged 39 years
Sea Transport
Served in England
Returned to Australia per ‘Karoola’
Appointment Terminated 5 July 1919
Did not marry
Died 29 November 1927
Buried Macquarie Park Baptist A2 Plot 0002
MILITARY SISTER ROSE TAYLOR
Not a few men of the A.I.F. will feel a pang of sorrow at the untimely death of Tuesday evening of Sister Rose, whose gentle hand, untiring patience, and merry laugh endeared her to the legion of sick and wounded that returned home on No. 1 A.H.S. Karoola. At the outbreak of hostilities, Sister Taylor volunteered for active service, and was detailed for duty on the Karoola, then being fitted as a hospital ship in London. Leaving Sydney on the Orsova, with her staunch and life-long comrade, Sister McClymont, she jointed the Karoola, and remained a member of the nursing staff till the end of the war. After eighteen months' further service at the Randwick Military Hospital, she joined Sister McClymont in private nursing at Chatswood.
Sister Taylor was the youngest daughter of the late Rev. W Taylor, of Sydney and Brisbane, and the sister of Mr. W Carey Taylor, of North Sydney, Mr. Richard S. Taylor (editor of the Brisbane Courier), Mr. Roland D. Taylor (of the Queensland National Bank, Sydney) Miss Sophie Taylor (of Tamworth), Mrs. Frank Mackenzie (of Glen Innes) and Mrs. Jim McKenzie (of Armidale).
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 30 November 1927 page 19
AANS
Born 31 July 1873 in Yorkshire, England
Daughter of Rev. William and Ellen TAYLOR
Occupation prior to enlisting
Enlisted 25 June 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’
Aged 39 years
Sea Transport
Served in England
Returned to Australia per ‘Karoola’
Appointment Terminated 5 July 1919
Did not marry
Died 29 November 1927
Buried Macquarie Park Baptist A2 Plot 0002
MILITARY SISTER ROSE TAYLOR
Not a few men of the A.I.F. will feel a pang of sorrow at the untimely death of Tuesday evening of Sister Rose, whose gentle hand, untiring patience, and merry laugh endeared her to the legion of sick and wounded that returned home on No. 1 A.H.S. Karoola. At the outbreak of hostilities, Sister Taylor volunteered for active service, and was detailed for duty on the Karoola, then being fitted as a hospital ship in London. Leaving Sydney on the Orsova, with her staunch and life-long comrade, Sister McClymont, she jointed the Karoola, and remained a member of the nursing staff till the end of the war. After eighteen months' further service at the Randwick Military Hospital, she joined Sister McClymont in private nursing at Chatswood.
Sister Taylor was the youngest daughter of the late Rev. W Taylor, of Sydney and Brisbane, and the sister of Mr. W Carey Taylor, of North Sydney, Mr. Richard S. Taylor (editor of the Brisbane Courier), Mr. Roland D. Taylor (of the Queensland National Bank, Sydney) Miss Sophie Taylor (of Tamworth), Mrs. Frank Mackenzie (of Glen Innes) and Mrs. Jim McKenzie (of Armidale).
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 30 November 1927 page 19
TAYLOR, Ruth Stewart
Probationary Nurse
AANS
Embarked 22 December 1915 per "Kanowna'
Sister
AANS
Born 1882 in Campbell Town, Tas.
Daughter of James TAYLOR and Jane nee GIBSON
Of ‘Weena’ Trevallyn, Launceston, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Trained at Hobart General Hospital
Enlisted 25 April 1917
Embarked 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’
Aged 35 years
Served in England
Returned to Australia 5 September 1919 per ‘Prinz Ludwig’
Appointment Terminated 18 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 18 January 1967 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Late of Camberwell, Vic.
Her brother Barrett Leach Taylor was killed in Gallipoli in 1915.
AANS
Embarked 22 December 1915 per "Kanowna'
Sister
AANS
Born 1882 in Campbell Town, Tas.
Daughter of James TAYLOR and Jane nee GIBSON
Of ‘Weena’ Trevallyn, Launceston, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse
Trained at Hobart General Hospital
Enlisted 25 April 1917
Embarked 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’
Aged 35 years
Served in England
Returned to Australia 5 September 1919 per ‘Prinz Ludwig’
Appointment Terminated 18 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 18 January 1967 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Late of Camberwell, Vic.
Her brother Barrett Leach Taylor was killed in Gallipoli in 1915.
TAYLOR-WILLIAMS, Henrietta
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Born Henrietta WILLIAMS in Ballina, NSW
Daughter of Charles WILLIAMS and Jane nee SKENNAR Married Henry James TOMPKINS 1925 in Sydney, NSW Died 1959 in Ballina, NSW Sister
Red Cross Sister Henrietta Williams, daughter of Charles and Jane E Williams, of North Creek, via Ballina, offered her services to the Red Cross in June 1915, after training at the Coast Hospital. She sailed on 31st July 1915, and after 9 months in Egypt, went to France, where she was nursing for 18 months, and returned to Australia, arriving here in the last week of December, 1917. She is now on duty at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire (NSW and Qld. Edition) DENISTON CONVALESCENTS
Matron Williams Cheers Sick Men Deniston Men's Convalescent Hospital, at Eastwood, is one of those homes where sick people are soon restored to health.The building itself is a link with early Australia, it having been for nearly half a century the home of the Terry family. Since the influenza epidemic Deniston has been utilised by the Board of Health as a convalescent home. It is a remarkable institution. A month's board and lodging in this beautiful home and grounds costs nothing. No patient is asked any questions concerning finance. Matron Taylor Williams is in charge at Deniston. She is as happy as any nurse can be. The men adore her, and, never is it necessary to ask any of them to do a turn at picking up leaves from the lawns. They know it has to be done, if the grounds are to look at their best, so they do the job without waiting to be told. That popular nurse is going to be missed from next week. She has been granted three months' holiday. After the spell she will return to Deniston. Sister Taylor Williams was a nurse with the A.I.F. Sunday Times Sunday 22 October 1922 page 14 |
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