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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:World War I nurses. It includes World War I nurses that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Contents
Cawood volunteered as a staff nurse for the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) on 14 November 1914. Two weeks later she left Sydney on the hospital ship HMAT A.55 Kyarra as a member of the No. 2 Australian General Hospital, bound for Egypt. [1] She was promoted to nursing sister in 1915 while serving on a hospital ship and transports. [4]
Nellie Spindler (10 August 1891 – 21 August 1917) [1] was a staff nurse who was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele.She is one of only two British female casualties of World War I buried in Belgium [a] and the only woman buried among more than 10,000 men at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
During World War I, Jane stayed on the home front and organized nurses to go overseas and work with wounded soldiers. She was in charge of over 20,000 nurses, who all worked in vital roles overseas in the war. In 1918, Jane went to Europe to attend a nursing conference and to continue her work. However, she fell ill there and passed away in 1919.
Mary Anne Pocock, ARRC (20 July 1863 – 16 July 1946), commonly known as Bessie Pocock, was an Australian nursing sister and army matron who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. She was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross and thrice Mentioned in Despatches for her wartime service.
B. Theodosia Bagot; Katharine Baker; Vicki Baum; Léonie de Bazelaire; Ethel Becher; Dorothy Bell; Jessie Bicknell; Louisa Bicknell; Catherine Black (nurse) Bluebirds (Australian nurses)
Three Scottish nurses drowned while serving on hospital ships during WW1. A further 33 Scottish nurses died from diseases acquired while on military service. [ 56 ] Two nurses were members of the regular Military Nursing Service and the others were members of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and the Territorial ...
Following the war, Corkhill went on to pursue a nursing career. After serving as a nurse in various hospitals both in Australia and overseas, Corkhill became the senior sister at the District Hospital in Bega, New South Wales in 1951. [1] In 1975, she donated a large collection of her father's photographs to the National Library of Australia. [13]