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Most of these nurses were serving in the Australian Army Nursing Service; however, a small number were serving with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, one of a number of British Army nursing services during World War I. [2] Other Australian women made their own way to Europe and joined the British Red Cross, private hospitals ...
Bicknell sustained a scratch on her hand while nursing wounded soldiers, and developed pyaemia, a type of infection. [2] [4] She was ill for about six days, and died on 25 June 1915. [1] [2] Before she died, it was reported that she said: "How hard it is to die with so little accomplished, but I would go through it all again to help." [4]
1914 – Alice Gordon Elliott and Sister Janet Radcliffe are the first nurses to sail abroad to assist in World War One. [30] 1914 – Australian nurses in England join Australian Voluntary Hospital in northern France. 1915 – Wounded from Gallipoli treated on Lemnos [31] and at converted Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Cairo; [32] death of Louisa ...
Nurses killed in World War I (37 P) Pages in category "World War I nurses" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total. ... Bluebirds (Australian ...
In 1906 she joined the Australian Army Nursing Service. In November 1914, at the start of World War I, Miles Walker was one of the first 25 nurses who travelled to Egypt with the Australian Imperial Force. She was acting matron at the Mena House hospital in Cairo when the first casualties of Gallipoli arrived.
Nurses who joined the Australian Army Nursing Service during peacetime and attended prescribed lectures were the first to be called upon when the First World War broke out in August 1914. These civilian trained nurses, including Creal, were known as 'efficient'. Creal became the principal matron of the 2nd Military District. Creal's role was to ...
Pages in category "Australian military personnel killed in World War I" The following 185 pages are in this category, out of 185 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Florence Elizabeth James-Wallace (1886–1970) was an Australian nurse, who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War I. She and her unit were praised for their service in support of the Australian soldiers. [1]