LEHMAN, Aileen
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Hospital Transport Corps |
| Born: | Kooringa Burra South Australia, 14 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trained Nurse |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 12 December 1953, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
| 14 Sep 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Aileen was 27 years old when she enlisted, in Egypt. She had trained and worked at the Melbourne General Hospital and also worked at the Albury Hospital. Aileen served in France and then had a few bouts of pleurisy. Aileen was sent back to Australia on medical grounds, as 'exposure to cold' made her condition worse and she Returned to Australia on July 17, 1917. On November 17 of the same year she married Cecil Paul Best at Kew. I believe it was a short lived marriage as by 1919 (according to the Electoral Rolls) Aileen (but not Paul) is listed with her address as care of her parents in Cranbourne and from 1924 she is living at various addresses in Malvern East with her sister, Norah and sometimes other family members. Aileen died in December 12, 1953 aged 68. The death notice in The Argus listed her as 'late first A.I.F' and the mother of Dr Jim Best and the grandmother of three and no mention of the husband.
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