Lettitia Gladwys MORETON

MORETON, Lettitia Gladwys

Service Number: Nurse
Enlisted: 17 July 1915, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born: Brim, Victoria, Australia , 1891
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Enteric Fever, Quetta, India, 11 November 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
India Gate New Delhi, New Delhi District, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India Face 23
Memorials: Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Delhi Memorial (India Gate), Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Bullwinkel Memorial, Maryborough Nurses Honour Board, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral Australian Army Nursing Service Great War Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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17 Jul 1915: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
17 Jul 1915: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Victoria, Australia
11 Nov 1916: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF

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Biography

"LEIGH CREEK NURSE MORETON.

Miss Gladys Moreton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Moreton, Leigh Creek and niece of Dr Moreton, Geelong, and Mr I. K. Moreton, land proprietor, Ballengeich, has died in India. Sister Moreton, who was well advanced in her profession, was in all respects quite adapted for the calling. She was of a gentle and kindly disposition. After volunteering for service in Egypt and elsewhere she was transferred to India, where she contracted enteric fever, to which she succumbed." from the Ballarat Star 01 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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