Olive Isabel LAYCOCK

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LAYCOCK, Olive Isabel

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	16 January 1918, Olive Enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) AIF. First Posting was No.1 Sea Transport Staff. Pay Book No:608646.
Last Rank:	Staff Nurse
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 5 January 1893
Home Town:	Nhill, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1972, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nhill Cemetery, Victoria Location: Methodist Section, Row 97, Grave 1.
Memorials:	Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour, Eaglehawk St Peter's Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1918:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Sea Transport Staff, Olive Enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) AIF. First Posting was No.1 Sea Transport Staff. Pay Book No:608646.
28 Jan 1918:	Involvement Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1918:	Embarked Sea Transport Staff, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
17 Sep 1918:	Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: No 2 Hospital Ship public_note: ''
17 Sep 1918:	Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
13 Jul 1919:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

Olive was the daughter of Annie Jones and Harry Rowley Laycock.

Olive enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 6.1.1918 and embarked in Sydney on 28.1.1918 per "Themistocles". Transport duty England to Australia June 1918 per "Suevic". Return to England September 1918 per Kanowna". Returned to Australia per "Kanowna" and was Discharged on 13.7.1919. Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal. (Information provided by Australian Nurses in World War 1).

In 1926 Olive married Oswald Welsgott Dahlenburg.

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